Fashion News About A Future Mum-To-Be

Mothers and fathers typically spend over $500 in the first year on clothes for their stylish offspring, meaning the child wears more than one new item each week.

The Beckhams' daughter Harper, 15 months, and Tom Cruise's girl Suri, six, are often pictured in stylish clothing. Two in three parents say such images "pile on the pressure" for them to do the same for their youngsters.

Two-thirds of parents have refused to dress their children in clothes received as gifts because the item was "too unfashionable".

And two in five have rejected 'outdated' hand-me-downs, the study by Marks & Spencer found. This is because they only want to dress their children in brand-new items, which will be worn an average of only 12 times.

With trick-or-treaters still admiring their stash of candy, it might be time to admit that Halloween is the textbook example of holiday traditions run amok.

"Of course, the name 'Halloween' came from the tradition of All Saints Day, celebrated on Nov. 1," explained the Rev. Jason Nesbit, of Maternity BVM Catholic Church in Bourbonnais. "It was first called 'All Hallowed's Eve,' and I've heard that people used to dress up as their favorite saints." In this time, you do not need to wear formal maternity dresses, you only need loose and flashy clothes.

And with so many early saints dying as martyrs, the gory nature of some Halloween customs was pretty predictable.

"And, in many holidays, a few pagan trappings were incorporated along the way," Nesbit added, "this is certainly the case with Halloween."

The pagans considered today, Nov. 1, the beginning of the Celtic winter, and Samhain, for whom the feast was named, was the Celtic lord of death. He was said to allow the souls of the dead to return to their earthly homes that evening, so the traditions of ghosts and other spirits sprung up.

FANS of Tim Burtonâ€™s dark humour can now look forward to a line of Frankenweenie graphic T-shirts, inspired by his movie of the same name.

To commemorate the release of this comedy horror film, Frankenweenie graphic T-shirts were recently launched in Malaysia, as well as 13 other countries. Malaysian fans can purchase Frankenweenie T-shirts in all UNIQLO stores (except for the Setia City Mall, Shah Alam, store).

Priced at RM59.90 each, the Frankenweenie graphic T-shirts include Burtonâ€™s original sketches, in 15 different designs (only menâ€™s sizes). The T-shirts depicting the weird, wonderful world of Frankenweenie are sure to delight the movieâ€™s fans.

â€œUsing my original sketches and hand-picked frames from my new stop-motion animated film, UNIQLO has created an inspiring collection,â€ said Burton in a press release.

"This is an opportunity to pray for the dead, but it's also a day when we're reminded that we're all called to be saints, that God has given us the grace to live our lives according to the standards the saints have set."

And that might seem like a long way from Halloween's more devilish behavior, but mixing traditions is a confusing process.

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