James wears vintage and hand me downs

CBB Reader Mary sent us this blurb she typed up for us:

Entertainment Tonight interviewed Sarah Jessica Parker on Tuesday May 3rd for her upcoming movie The Family Stone.  SJP told Mark Steiner that her son, James Wilkie, wear hands-me-down clothes from her nephew, who is 1 and 1/1 years older than James, and a lot of vintage clothes that her brother wore 30 years ago.  No wonder the little boy is always mismatched!  This is one of the pictures that aired on the show.

Comments

i think baby james is adorable in anything.

- alisha on May 5th, 2005

He is sooo cute ,and nothing wrong with handme downs.

- Michelle Anne on May 6th, 2005

I’m thinking the whole family looks a bit mismatched in this picture. With the amount of money they make, it’s nice they wear vintage and hand me down clothes, but they can afford more.

- Rachael on May 6th, 2005

SJP needs to buy that baby some clothes!

- Sylvie on May 6th, 2005

They look OH-SO New York. I love it!

- Kristen on May 6th, 2005

I think a lot of celebrities looked mismatched a lot of the time.

SJP has an interesting sense of style, so I’m sure she purposely does that.

- Mary on May 6th, 2005

He’s a cute kid but if my mom made that much money I would be asking for NEW clothes. But i suppose he’s too young to care!!!

- julie on May 6th, 2005

I think it’s adorable.

- Dani on May 6th, 2005

I saw the interview with SJP where she said that her sons were hands me down. She seems so happy and proud that her son gets to wear those clothes. It made me like her a lot, I mean she can spend tons of money on clothes but chooses not too because she rather that her son wears clothes from her family. I think its awasome. I say do it up SJP.

- Mi-Kai' on May 6th, 2005

They’re such a cute family! James is absolutely adorable!

- Candice on May 6th, 2005

How old is James? Hand me downs from his 1 and a half year old cousin? I thought he was older than that and they’d be too small for him.

Still, I think it’s great not to spend ridiculous amounts of money on kids clothing but to be fair she does spend a lot on a handbag so where does she think this is going to balance out? Put James in hand me downs while we buy ridiculously expensive other things? It has been reported they bought him really expensive nursery furniture and a Silver Cross pram and they’re not cheap!

- Trish on May 7th, 2005

Is it just me or does little James look like a mini Macualy Culkin? Anyway I think
its cute that James wears hand me downs. There is nothing better that I like when I see my nieces wearing my old clothes. Its a good feeling.

- crazy on May 8th, 2005

Oh thats sweet !!!! My nieces and nephews wear our 30 year old hand me downs. They look very retro & original. It’s nice to know we aren’t the only ones !!!!!

- Clare on May 10th, 2005

Why does her son get hand-me-downs from someone younger than him? Isn’t James 2? He’s very cute though. Hehe, I’d love to see him wearing something really retro! XD

- II on May 15th, 2005

I think she said in the article that her nephew is exactly a year and a half older than James, not that he was one and a half years old. I also got the impression that all these clothes in question were her brother’s from 30 years ago, and then were handed down to the nephew (who is her brother’s son), and then handed down to James. None of them were clothes bought for the nephew, so it’s all about them being vintage, which SJP loves.

- Ally on May 15th, 2005

Thanks for the corrections. I didn’t see the program, so I only knew what Mary sent in. Thanks!

- Sarah, CBB Editor on May 15th, 2005

James is such an adorable little boy! And I like his hand-me-downs.

- dana on May 15th, 2005

I grew up wearing hand me downs and now most of my clothes I got are from garage sales and it saved me alot of money and also all they all look brand new. I think that Sarah is teaching her son values and that money isn’t everything. One thing I like about wearing hand me downs or clothes from garage sales is that I don’t have to worry about being uncomfortable. LOL Kudos to Sarah. Remember Sarah grew up poor and didn’t have much and she has learned what it’s like to value a dollar and she’s teaching her son the same thing.

- Morgan on June 1st, 2005