How many times have you gone shoe shopping for your baby, and looked at all the soft little booties shaped like Mary Janes and sneakers and stuffed animals and said to yourself, "But where are the shoes that get my infant daughter started on a life of bunions, misshapen toes, and spinal problems in the name of being a sex object?"
Never? Well, me either, but it turns out that someone has. Behold the first high-heeled baby shoe, Heelarious. Because, you know, it's never too early to install a taste for tacky, ugly, dangerous shoes in your baby girls.
Excuse me while I find a big bottle of whiskey instead of laughing.
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