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| Images: Garnett Hill (l), Sketchers (r) |
Why do children’s shoes have to light up? You know the ones - the lights come on when the shoe hits the ground. I have no idea, but helping two sets of friends’ children into their sparkly light up shoes last week it got me thinking.
Whichever designer came up with the idea that it was a good thing for children’s shoes to light up should be shot. And why has this trend caught on and stayed? In case you hadn’t noticed, I hate these shoes with a passion and hope I won’t have to persuade my daughter one day out of buying some. So far so good. Why should these shoes need lights anyway? Do you need to keep track of your children after dark that often? I would suggest that they should be in bed by then. Is it an incentive to make the child wear the shoe? If so, once the novelty factor has worn off, I’m not so sure how effective that would be.
There are so many beautiful children’s shoes out there. My current favorites, Livie and Luca's Flower Sandals, are on the left; some heinous light up shoes on the right.
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