While Brad and Ange try to put their troubles behind them, debate erupts over the way they are raising their daughter.
Sporting a closely cropped bob and an expensive wardrobe, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt seems to be loving her new life in Venice, Italy – with mum and dad Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt even forgoing the Oscars to take their three-year-old to a children’s party last week.
But even as Shiloh’s parents try to put their recent relationship troubles behind them, the family is the subject of new controversy in the US over Shiloh’s look. On February 23 they went shopping at a Bonpoint kids’ boutique in Paris, where Brad reportedly shelled out almost $11,000 on clothes for Shiloh and his adopted Ethiopian daughter Zahara, 5.
While the couple’s older daughter snapped up a number of pink outfits, Shiloh reportedly asked to be taken to the boys’ store across the road, where she chose acid yellow jeans and a number of shirts and scarves.
“We try to foster each [child’s] individuality as much as we can,” Brad has said of his and Ange’s decision to let their kids choose their own styles – “no matter how wacko they may be.”
The actor has previously said he’s happy to give in to Peter Pan fan Shiloh’s requests that she be called John – her favourite character in the book – and insiders say Brad, 46, and Ange, 34, are determined to let the toddler be her own free spirit.
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