Mother defends spending more than £20,000 on her eight year old's designer wardrobe

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A fashion-conscious mother has admitted she can't resist dressing her son up 'like a doll' and has spent more than £20,000 kitting him out in designer labels.

Model Vicky Antonia, 31, has dressed son, Zak, eight, exclusively in high end brands since he was born, including Armani, D&G, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Prada.

He also has two rooms full of toys to entertain him and friends at their home in Epping, Essex.

Vicky Antonia, 31, has dressed her son in high end brands since his birth
She once spent £1,000 a week on him
The eight-year-old has 200 pairs of designer shoes

Vicky said: 'I know it must sound like I am spoiling him, but I just want him to look his best, what is wrong with making your son look good?

'I just didn't know that there was any other way. I didn't think to get him clothes from anywhere else.'

Vicky admitted she finds it hard to curb her spending - splashing out on the same designer shoes in different sizes so Zak can wear them as he grows and buying the same T-shirt in different colours if she can't decide on one shade.

She said: 'I would buy him different sizes in the same shoe if I really liked it so that when he grew out of one pair he could just put on the newer one.
'If there was a T-shirt I wanted and I didn't know what colour to get then I would just buy it in every colour.'
She has also paid out £10,000 on designer jeans and T-shirts plus £5,000 on accessories - including a £100 Christian Dior baby bottle.
Zak has more than 200 pairs of designer shoes, including a £200 pair of limited edition Evisu trainers, and even his swimming trunks are Armani.
Vicky funds her big spending through her work as a model and from Zak's father - who she is no longer in a relationship with.