The new year is looking much brighter already.
For many months, I have had my eye on these gorgeous Steve Madden boots -- named "Intyce." I have checked the website many times each month, in hopes that the $200 price tag would lower to perhaps mm, $50? At the lowest, it has gone down to a little over $100, but I have remained hesitant to spend so much... even though I have spent more on less wise purchases.
So this is where Target has come to rescue me by releasing Mossimo boots that look nearly identical to the Steve Madden ones. For $34.99! Target didn't even try to pretend they weren't straight up copying the design. Hell, they didn't even change the name of the color (Cognac). I've noticed that Target often replicates popular designs of Steve Madden shoes and prices them up to three times cheaper. For example, Target sells a knock-off of the popular Steve Madden Sannibels, which was my main summer staple. Within days of shelling out $30 on my Sannibels (they were on sale, too), I subsequently saw the same damn sandals in varieties of fun colors at my local Target, priced at about $15. Sad story.
The boots are not real leather, and they're not Steve Maddens, but when it comes to shoes, I'm hardly ever brand- or quality-conscious. This is probably the worst approach when it comes to my footwear purchases, since it is always advised to invest in good-quality shoes rather than cheaply made ones. But if I can't have the real one, the Mossimo boots are the best and most affordable alternative. And should I ever one day find them hideous (though highly unlikely), I only wasted $35 on them, as opposed to $100+. Oh, how I love guilt-free shopping :)
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