She has always displayed a strong sartorial instinct, and has been wearing heels since the age of three. Now, it appears that in just a few short years Suri Cruise has acquired quite the shoe collection.
The five-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes has $150,000 worth of footwear in her closet, according to news reports. And you’d be unlikely to spot any Stride-Rite among the young fashionista’s array, as sources claim she already has a taste for high-end labels such as Christian Louboutin and Marc Jacobs.
They say Ms Holmes, 32, has even been getting her favourite designers to custom-make shoes for Suri, to accommodate her little one’s penchant for heels. A source told Star magazine: ‘Suri has so many designer shoes. She’s a massive fan of Marc Jacobs and she’s had several shoes custom-made, so if they didn’t come with a heel, Katie had them redesigned for Suri. She commissioned a pair of Louboutins for her a while back!’
But $150,000 on shoes is small fry compared with the rest of the youngster’s wardrobe, which is believed to have a value of $3.2million. She has been spotted out in a $2,140 Dolce & Gabbana trench coat, and last year she was spotted with an $800 miniature version of her mother’s Ferragamo bag. Last month Suri even came 21st in a list of Glamour magazine readers’ style icons, beating Lady Gaga and Sarah Jessica Parker in ranking.
Source: The Daily Mail
Summer for those in the Southern Hemisphere, that is…
To top off their Summer 2010 collection, Chillikids have just launched the super cool ‘Andy’ flipflops. Printed with bright bubbles and bold stars and stripes, these new flipflops are a great addition to any kids’ summer wardrobe; especially for little girls, the retro hot pink bubble ‘Andy’ flipflops are playful and fun.
And for both the boys and the girls, the all-American inspired stars and stripe ‘Andy’ flipflops. With the stars to be worn on one foot and stripes on the other, thees are great for the beach these holidays (& and easily spotted when left lying around in the sand…).
Sizes range from 25-34 and are priced at $19.95, the new Chillikids ‘Andy’ flipflops will literally rock socks off and are available to buy online now!
www.chillikids.com.au
This ever growing children’s shoe brand seems to have quite the celebrity following. Jennifer Garner, Nicole Richie, Jessica Alba, Julia Roberts, Halle Berry are only some of the celebs who put these shoes on their children. And why?
The focus of this company is to ensure the shoes are made just right for growing feet. From the fit to the materials, See Kai Run shoes are designed to assist in the healthy development of babies’ and children’s feet with their ultra-flexible soles, soft leather and wide toe box.
Here are some of our top picks for Fall:
Eric: These will look good with jeans
Logan: great with denim jeans and a nice navy puffa jacket
Shari: This is a pretty butter yellow which will look beautiful with a navy skirt
Jordan: These will work well with a prety red dress1
Oh, and PS: Their footwear meets the American Podiatric Medical Association’s rigorous standards for foot health and functionality and has been awarded the APMA’s prestigious Seal of Acceptance. Always important.
Swedish Hasbeens shoes are hand-made using the same craftsmanship as in the the 70s which is kind to people and nature. They only use natural materials which means you could pretty much bury your shoes in your garden.
Like all hand-made stuff using natural materials every pair will be unique which is a sign of quality. So don’t worry if the wood varies in color and if there are twigs in it. Natural grain leather may also have marks and may vary in color and thickness.The untreated natural colored leather will darken with time. The colored leather, like black, might rub off on other light stuff. The color on the painted wooden sole and the rubber sole will wear off in a natural way with time. Hand-made stuff with natural materials just makes you more unique… which is really great…if you like being unique that is…
And the genius behind Swedish Hasbeens? Her name was Anita and she was the hottest mum in all of Southern Sweden in the 1970’s. While smoking Camel she screamed at her kids until her curlers fell out and she just looked fabulous in her white high-heeled clogs. One summer day in 2006 the creators of the brand found the shoes she wore (300 pairs of red, white and black beautiful clogs from the 70’s) in the basement of an old clog factory in the neighboring village and brought them to Stockholm, and thus Swedish Hasbeens was born.
The children’s range is very select and we would love to see much more, especially the boots, but we think your girls will have fun in these:
Peep Toe Child
Baskemolla Child
Braided low Child
A delightful take on sock puppets, these darling socks feature 3D pop-up paws, tails and heads. Non-skid bottoms and a fun wraparound design make these perfect for new walkers. Baby’s animal friends are also designed to playfully sit atop shoes.
Too much fun!
Available in packs of 3 through Amazon.com
Puppy, Teddy & Monkey.
Panda, Kitty & Bunny.
And what fantastically fun packaging…
Last night I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Temper Trap show at the New York city SPIN magazine office space. Amazing semi-private gig! and a fantastic gift from co-sponsor VANS – a voucher for a pair of personally customized kicks!
Understandably this morning has been spent clicking around the VANS website matching and rematching colors and styles to design my very own colorway. I’m a huge VANS fan and must have had dozens in the past, but once I hit the “submit order” button I felt sure that these would most definitely be the coolest thus far!
There’re 4 classic styles to choose from starting as a plain white canvas, and although mine ended up being quite subtle in final design, your kids’ can be as wild as their little punkrock hearts desire!
Sure it’s nothing new as VANS has been doing customs since they started out (with the first shoes made to order and pick-up on the same day), but it’s SO much fun!
Definitely check it out, if only for a distraction.
www.vans.com/customs
Last month the Vans collaboration with selected footwear dealer Undefeated to produce the Hernan Era LX pack in both adults and kids sizes. True they’re nothing amazingly outstanding design-wise (although very nice indeed!) but just the fact that the colabo was extended to kids sizes is fantastic, making them possibly be the hottest mini kicks I’ve seen this year!
Available in 4 colorways, the suede and nylon uppers match the colored vulcanized sole, with just a hint of white (or red) detailing.
Pick up a pair for yourself and the little ones at Undefeated locations in California and Las Vegas, or online.
Ballet flats are not only comfortable for your minihipster-ette, but you can throw them on with absolutely anything – and we mean anything! Jeans, shorts, dresses, skirts, pants. The only decision you need to make is, which colour!
Suri Cruise has many a pair, looking over old photos of this little stylish lady we have found many colours in her collection. She even has several pairs in the same colour, like these purple ones below.
Madonna’s daughter, Mercy is another fan of the ballet flat, she has several pairs in black! We have searched the globe and picked out some super stylish ballet flats just for you.
You can click onto the pictures to get to the site to find your shoe. Enjoy!
Aussie label BLOCH (Suri has these in purple)
Miss Sixty @ ASOS
These Miss Sixty flats above would have to be our absolute stand out favourite!!
Little Marc Jacobs @ Alexandalexa.com
Ralph Lauren @ Alexandalexa.com
Frilly Lily Dotty @ ASOS
Miss Sixty tartan @ ASOS
BLOCH
Anything Crayola sounds like fun! As does anything Vans!
But Vans X Crayola…? Wow!
Incorporating some of their most classic styles, Vans has team up with Crayola to bring you the new Vans Colored By Crayola collection of back-to-school mischief shoes.
Personal favorites include the ever-popular Sk8-Hi’s available in both his & hers pink and blue:
and the forever-classic Classics, available in blue, pink, purple, red & yellow:
The icing on the cake here is that each pair comes with a Vans x Crayola coloring book. The cherry on that icing is that you can nab the coloring book online immediately!, here or click the image below.
Pick’m up on the Vans website, or of course on Amazon.com.
Once just “the flying tomato”, now a household name through his near-flawless Olympic golds in snowboarding, Shaun White teamed up with retail giant Target in 2008 for a signature “action sport -inspired” clothing range. Presumably due to success, they have now expanded this to include footwear, on shelves in July.
“It’s been a lot of fun working with Target for the past few years on my clothing line,” said Shaun. “I’m excited to have the opportunity to bring some authentic skate shoes into the mix.”
We dropped in for a peek, and although they’re definately no Lakai or Emerica, they’re not too shabby.
Available at Target, of course, or online.
