Monday, June 23, 2008

Topshop does Balenciaga

For those of you who oohhed and ahhed when spotting some killer Balenciaga booties on the likes of Nicole Richie and Lindsay Lohan, the oohing and aahing stops here. Topshop (about time) have done an "inspired" sandal on the shoes from Balenciaga's Spring 2008 collection. I'm suprised they made a sandal instead of a boot. Perhaps it's more wearable? If you're interested, they are priced at 35 pounds ($69.0690 USD) which seems pretty appealing as the orignal Balenciga ankle boot is is valued at $1500. Will you be buying a pair of Topshop's new sandals?

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FORBES Plaited Gladiator £35

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source: style, fadedyouth, linds-lo

10 comments:

Couture Carrie said...

Hmmmm . . . your fashion radar is spot on, but I think I prefer the knee-high version.

Sharon S said...

Oh, I really like these-good spot!!

Rebecca, A Clothes Horse said...

Gotta love Topshop knock-offs.

Chantelle said...

lurvz it, lurvz it!

Elana said...

great find! i really love your collage of balenciaga gladiators!

Anonymous said...

those are so nice and reasonably priced, wow

Wendy said...

I actually like these more than the knee length, easier to wear I guess.

Ida said...

Those look very nice. I don't think I'd invest in them, though, as I am the matchy-matchy type and that surely looks difficult to combine with.

Ella Gregory said...

Ahhh these are very similar. Very nice but such a copy!

Julia said...

I kind of can't wait for topshop to debut in NY, but I wish we'd get things at 35 a piece vs. 70+ because of the bad exchange rate.

I need those in a knee high version asap.