Bindi Irwin Hits The Runway

Local News, By burgjo, 31st August, 2007

Bindi Irwin — wildlife warrior, television personality, tourism ambassador, columnist, nine-year-old. Her incredible little life took another quantum leap away from conventional notions of childhood on Sunday when she took to a Las Vegas catwalk to promote her clothing line.

According to The Age, Bindi and her minders are hoping to crack America’s $US34 billion ($A41 billion) a year children’s clothing market with her Bindi Wear International fashion line for babies to 10-year-olds.

Her weekend performance at the world’s largest trade fair — barefoot and draped in a two-metre carpet python in front of 500 fashion buyers — was typical of the precocious youngster, giving ammunition to both sides of the seemingly worldwide argument over whether she is a well-adjusted little girl or the victim of child exploitation.

The slogans on her t-shirt range include “Green is the new black”, “Extinct Stinks” and “Save Me, Plant A Tree”.

Created by Queensland-based designers Melanie Finger and Palmina Martin, the fashion line — dubbed “clothing with a conscience” — has previously only been on sale at the Australia Zoo.

With Las Vegas as the launching pad, the brand, much like Bindi herself, is going global!

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robbie

said ages ago

those shots Jonno, she looks like an alien..

Christian Taylor

said ages ago

i have such a love hate relationship with bindi. is she
precocious or is she just really confident and intelligent? is
she being exploited or is she an absolute dynamo? i am torn.

ambience77

said ages ago

i find her over-exposure a bit disturbing.. is she gonna end up
another britney spears later in her life or worst paris hilton
going to jail...

joseph41

said ages ago

She is not like your normal/ average 9 year old girl so the
chances of Bindi growing up a normal/ average adult?? Yes, i
too have a love/hate relationship with Bindi.

ambience77

said ages ago

few years down the track there will be another child star,
then Bindi will be appear on "Where are they now?"

pinkyboisyd

said ages ago

I hate her - i can't wait till she hits her 19 and starts
going out to clubs.....anyone got a rolled up hundred?

MelbLouie

said ages ago

Please! No more Bindi! she is WAY too overexposed.

philandering

said ages ago

love/hate - yeah i hear ya! and poor bob... i'm seeing jack
osbourne all over again... and yeah shes not the most
attractive kid but neither were her parents. (i'm going to
hell)

DanM82

said ages ago

Will somebody find a gag for this girl? I don't want to hear
her wail on my television anymore! I foresee a Lindsay Lohan
story in the future for her. "I don't do drugs, they do me and
so does half the club aftewards"

aussie_songbook

said ages ago

this girl creeps me out more than anyone or anything else on
the planet. to the point that i have to leave the room if
she's on the tv. scary, scary child.

drmoreau

said ages ago

Since when did they model clothes on chimpanzees?

Christian Taylor

said ages ago

so i'm assuming people don't like bindi irwin? ;)

Mr Azza

said ages ago

She's so creeepy! I used to have dreams of toy clowns at the
end of my bed (like in the poltergeist) but now... Bindi has
taken their place

superspace

said ages ago

I have a "Bindi and the CrockMen" badge :)

superspace

said ages ago

Oh and also a "Crocodile Hunter" sew-on badge as well... still
looking for a beige shirt to sew it on

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