Angelina Jolie: Shiloh Loves Dressing Like a Boy

By The Editors of StyleList Posted Aug 16th 2010 09:30AM

Angelina Jolie is sick and tired of the media criticizing her daughter's tomboy look, admitting little Shiloh Jolie-Pitt likes to wear boys' clothing and even wanted a short hair cut because "she thinks she's one of the brothers."

In a new interview with UK magazine Stylist, the 'Salt' star insists Shiloh calls the shots when it comes to her attire, and that's just fine with Jolie.

"It's not my choice," Jolie, 35, says of Shiloh's wardrobe, which includes polo shirts, cargo pants, hoodies and boys' swim trunks.

"I have a very strong-willed four-year-old girl who tells me what she wants to wear and I let her be who she is."

That includes letting her lop off her locks into a super-short style. "Shiloh cried and said, 'Please cut my hair off, I don't want to have long hair,'" explains the actress. "I'm not going to leave it long because somebody thinks I should."

Jolie, who is also the mother of Maddox, 9, Pax, 6, Zahara, 5, and 2-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, extends the same freedom to all her children. "My other daughter Zahara dresses very much like a girl, very pink and flowery, very feminine," she notes.

As for Shiloh, don't expect her to trade in her vests and neckties for frilly frocks anytime soon. "I want to do what's in her heart and what's in her heart is to dress like that. I think it's beautiful," Jolie says of Shiloh's style.

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Wednesday 01 September

By jill

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that's Crack Pot. And this is what I forgot to add.
It's not my choice," Jolie, 35, says of Shiloh's wardrobe, which includes polo shirts, cargo pants, hoodies and boys' swim trunks.

Really? WHo buys her clothes!

Friday 03 September

By Isabella

Well it is not as simple as it seems, when your child says she wants to be a boy and begs you everyday, is heart breaking ,you have to be in that person's shoes or have gone thru that to understand ,is not just being lesbian or gay is about not being happy with her/his private parts. Its hard.

Sunday 05 September

By Lizzo

If her kid wants to wear a potato sack, it's her business. She doesn't have to conform to anyone's standard of dress. Maybe she will outgrow it, maybe not. It happens. At least the kid is healthy and growing up within a family which loves her. As far as people talking about what a 4 year old's warerobe, why bother? Stupid people will find something stupid to talk about regardless. Plus, it's none of their business.

Tuesday 28 September

By Janet

The worst thing you can do to her is force her into a role she isn't gravitating towards..trust me...as a woman that found her swagger at eight....you aren't helping by jamming her in a dress.

Monday 08 November

By katie

I guess its okay for little boys to wear dresses and dress like girls and wear their sisters clothes, NOT!!

Saturday 13 November

By Danni

It is so obvious that Zahara hates Shilou, and self-centered Adoptalina prefers Zahara and loves her more, Shilou is emotionaly neglected and is due to a real psychologycal damage.

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