Shoes

[Bann]

When exactly did shoes become the new status symbol and why is it that a pair of kids sneakers cost surpassed that of hand made Italian footwear and why is it that the process for selecting said footwear now rivals the process we used to have for buying a car?

When parents started & kept buying them.

BTW the 2011 fad in footwear for the hip kid is called Griffey's and they start at $139.

Only if you can afford it. I can't fork out that kind of money for sneakers for one kid on my income (even with child support) I have had to turn mine down for a lot of things they want vs what they need - or things that are purely status symbols, etc. etc. because I cannot support that habit financially. I'm not taking out a loan so my kids can wear top of the line clothing that they outgrow in 2 months.

Thing2 grew nearly 4 inches taller this summer!