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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Hadley Freeman

What every toddler needs


Proving yet again why the Cruise dynasty is fricking A-list, baby, here we see Katie, against all odds, providing an even more hilarious shoe-based photo opp than the one from the Met Ball in NY on Monday when her husband insisted on having her stand at least three steps below him on the conveniently staircase-based red carpet. M'lady was wearing heels then, you see, and even though Tom is "5'7'" (of course he is), when she wears heels, well, you can see the problem. Repeatedly.

Anyway, so here we have Katie and Suri taking a nice little NY stroll with their Roger Vivier shoes, a shoe brand for people who only feel secure in their fashion choices if they scream out their designer provenance, whether it be via a label or, in Vivier's case, a pointless rectangular buckle. Look how Katie carefully tugs the hem or her trousers behind the buckle so passers-by can see them in their full look-how-much-I-spent glory, just in case anyone was wondering whether the Cruises were wealthy or not.

The question is, why is Suri brandishing a shoe that looks a little big for her? Is it an alternative chew toy? The carrier for her bottle? The case in which her mother totes about her father? Readers, over to you.

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