The £20k designer kid: He's not spoiled, says model who dresses her son of eight in Armani, Gucci and Prada

When buying clothes for an eight-year-old boy, the priority for most parents would be that they can be shoved in the washing machine when he comes home covered in mud.

Vicky Antonia, however, begs to differ. The 31-year-old model has spent more than £20,000 on her son’s wardrobe since he was born – and it’s all designer.

Miss Antonia dresses Zak, her only child, exclusively in clothes from brands such as Armani, D&G, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Prada, spending up to £1,000 a month.

Designer baby: Vicky has spent thousands of pounds on clothes and shoes for her 8-year-old son Zak

Label love: Zak shows off his shoe collection featuring brands such as D&G and Ralph Lauren

When he was a baby she bought him  a £100 Christian Dior bottle, and since then she has spent £10,000 on jeans and  T-shirts, £5,000 on 200 pairs of shoes and £5,000 on accessories. Even his swimming trunks are Armani.

Miss Antonia, from Epping, Essex, said she had funded her son’s expensive wardrobe with money from his father, a businessman from whom she is separated.

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He was on what she described as ‘footballer’s wages’ at the time. She explained: ‘I wanted to give Zak the things I wouldn’t have been able to give him myself and the things that I didn’t have growing up.

‘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?

Expensive taste: Vicky said she likes making her son look good

Big spender: Vicky funds Zak's wardrobe through her work as a model but admits she sometimes regrets not saving for his future

'When Zak was first born I was really young and I didn’t know any better, so I just bought him stuff without really thinking about anything.

‘Because he is so young I don’t think he even understands the fact that he has all this designer gear.’ Miss Antonia added: ‘I would buy him different sizes in the same shoe if I really liked them so that when he grew out of one pair he could just put on the newer ones.’

She admitted that she sometimes regrets spending so much, adding: ‘I could have put that money away for his future, but I was given money from his father at the time and I just used to spend it week on week. I just thought it would always be like that.’

Zak was born prematurely and spent two months in intensive care with bacterial meningitis.

After that, Miss Antonia vowed to give her ‘miracle baby’ whatever he wanted.

She said: ‘As far as I’m concerned he is my wonder child and I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing to want to treat your son.’

Fashion conscious: Vicky has spent £10,000 on designer jeans and T-shirts for her son

Miracle baby: The mother said she can't resist spending on her only child after he was born premature