From Shiloh to Suri: Why Do We Dress Our Kids The Way We Do?
Yes, celebrities often dress their kids like mini-mes. Let's face it: So do we!


Updated on May 18, 2011, 5:20 pm ET
By April Daniels Hussar    Find in Parenting    Related videos | articles | comments | share it

Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, and Suri Cruise

Just a few weeks ago, 3-year-old Suri Cruise came in for more than her fair share of criticism for wearing high heels and girlie dresses. But now we have a new Hollywood kid to trash: Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the cherubic, three-and-a-half-year-old offspring of Hollywood uber parents Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Recently there was a to-do about Shiloh and her propensity to appear dressed in “boy clothes.” The website HollywoodLife.com ran an article with a giant pink headline, “Do Brad & Angelina Want To Turn Shiloh Into A Boy?”

The article points out that Shiloh is almost always photographed wearing boy clothes – like her mini-Brad fedora, camouflage pants and a hat with a skull and crossbones. Dr. David Eigen, a psychologist, says all this “cross-dressing” is indeed bad for little Shiloh. “She is being guided into a bisexual role,” he tells the website. “Her mother is projecting this onto this particular child — she has chosen her as her favorite.”

Brad Pitt and Shiloh

Urgh. All I can say is thank God I’m not a movie star who has my parenting analyzed by publicity-minded shrinks I’ve never even met.

Read Why Can’t Suri Cruise Play Dress Up? 

Suri and Shiloh aren’t the only A-list kids who have attracted attention for being decked out like their superstar moms and dads. With his spiky blond hair, Kingston Rossdale, the 3-year-old son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, looks like an extremely short, hip British rocker. And Maddox Jolie-Pitt, 8, wears cool stuff like mid-calf cargo shorts, and has been known to rock a Mohawk and don a smaller version of his father’s fedora.

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hankie1
#1. hankie1 on 01/11/2010 - 12:14 am (EST)
Why is Shilol always dressed like a boy? She is a very cute little girl but never dresses like a girl.. Why is Suri always dressed like a grown up and why is her hair always in her eyes? These people may have money but they have no clue when it comes to dressing the kids, I blame the mothers because we are the ones who normally dress the kids..