I know some ladies made New Years Resolutions to save a few dollars and here’s a great start for your 2009 shopping list. Compare these runway inspired items to the real designer duds and make your choice for a deal or the designer…
First up is this popular Balenciaga Fall 2008 off-shoulder dress, which retails over $1000 – Bebe has a very similar copy for much less and in more color options.
Gucci’s Fall 2008 is still all the rave this season. Bakers made a cheaper boot inspired off Gucci’s Devandra studded heels.
And Bakers doesn’t stop there – remember those fierce Chloe boots Kelis rocked a few months ago? The wrap around Chloe boots retail for close to $800, while Bakers offers a copy on sale for $99 bucks.
And yet another great alternative to a designer item. These super hot Givenchy birdcage booties though marked down, will cost you close to $500, while flyjane offers a copy for $55!
The items that cost less look better. Loving them Fly Janes.
Yea those Fly Janes are hawwwt
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The alternative designs look better anyway!
Thanks! Love it all!
lovin those gucci knockoffs…$249 is still a lil much for me though
nice stuff
Yeah I love the gucci knockoffs, but 249….we are in a recession. And honestly the guccis look cheap and the bakers looks like a softer leather.
oh bakers is havin a sale so the gucci look-a-like are $199.99 and the chloe look-s-likes are 69.99
at sha boogie…
yea i like the slouchy look of the bakers one instead of that stiff look the gucci ones got
Whatever CL…the knock-off prices are still more than I’d spend…!!
I’m broker than a MUG…!!!!!
Loved the post Tianna. Please keep posts like this coming!
Like everyone else..I think the knockoffs look better..especially of the Gucci and Bakers version…Those Fly Janes are really nice also…Thanks CL
STILL not paying that much for those items.
Yeah, they cute. But they’re not THAT cute.
Love the boots – wish i was shorter sometimes, i will be 6’3 or 6’4 in those boots.
the only knockoff that looks better than the original is the gucci
I would def pay $55 for those fly janes!!!
the cheaper ones look better! haha
I can do the copy cat apparel and jewelry but NOT the copy cat shoes….sorry~
…just to be honest, ALL of the knockoffs look obvious: CHEAP & WORN…precisely, that they are! I usually LOVE these designers: (Balenciaga & BeBe’s) fashions, it always appears as: elegant, classy & trendy. Bad part this time around, I find both gowns: nice, but nothing at all exceptional: “Missing an edge”. For me, the style of the cut needs more character to it: starting first, with doing away the hung off part of the shelves…it’s doing to MUCH to the style & not enough.
I’ve seen the Gucci knock-offs in person, and I’ve seen the real Gucci boats as well….NO COMPARISON! I hate knock-offs…..
@21
I can see I’m not the only REAL FASHIONISTA here! lol
i love those “chloe” boots. may have to go to lenox and cop them.
you can also find great imitations for great prices at cutesygirl.com.
@16
ME TOO!! ….. I wish I was shorter all the time
I can’t get with the knock-offs, and $249 for any knock-off is ridiculous! The FlyJanes are the best looking, but I’d still prefer the original!
the gucci boots are on sale too.
WHATS GOING ON WITH THIS SITE SERIOUSLY?
You get what you pay for. Your better off waiting for needless markups’ Last Call sale or shopping consignment!
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SHOOT, BEBE NOT CHEAP!, I BOUGHT SOME BLACK ANKLE BOOTS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GIVENCHY ONES UP THERE FOR $200!, LOL, AND I LOVE ME SOME GUCCI MANEEEEEE, LOL, BUT NOT AT THOSE PRICES….. THANK GOD FOR THE PX/BX FOR THE MILITARY AFFILIATED FOLKS!
Hey they have the “Fly Jane” shoes at Gojane.com for only 29.99 regular price!! I always get knock offs at their website ’cause the cost less, and they look great too. Here’s the link to those shoes right here: http://www.gojane.com/304...es-velvet-caged-heel.html
Do you know your audience, this kiddies going back and forth with the Rihanna vs Beyonce don’t even have the $249 to by the knock off. You better put up the Target or Forever 21 version
@ 16 & 25
I’m a tall sista too but I absolutely LOVE IT!!! I embrace my height because I like to stand out amongst the crowd….I’m forever wearing 4 inch heels!
Same here #33.
I’m about 5’8…But I STAY in the 3 – 5 inch heels. Due in part to my boyfriend being 6’4
I LOOOOOVE the studded boots from Bakers!!! I would buy those tomorrow.
@ 33 and 34 im 6’1 without heels the highest i go is a 3 inch heels but i do own a 4 inch heels lol.
this should be illegal ..that is shameless copying..im all for a bargain but come on
@61, i try not to go past 3 inches (i’m 6′ 0 barefoot), but there are no cute shoes
under 3 inches, everything is mostly 4 inches and above – i hate flats
its GIVENCHY!!! NOT GUCCI. DAMN READ PEOPLE!!
@Bassackwards there alot of shoes that r 3 inches and 2 inches. Like metrostyle, lalalingerie, shoe department, shoe trader. I do not know what size you wear but there alot of nice shoe on them sites. I wear size 12 so u know when i see a shoe in my size i jump on it lol. But yes check them sites. I searching for some more site too lol. Lalalingerie i order some fishnet boot they r hottttt lol. So check them out and get at me of hit me up at ladyfloatmaster@yahoo.com
prefer the knockoff dress over the real deal….not feeling any of those shoes.
Just because some people decide to wear “knock-offs” doesn’t mean they’re any less of a “Fashionista”…I mean c’mon almost every retail store you shop at copies the Runway Look.. If u can find a way to look fly without hurting your budget..even if that means buying the knock-offs…GO FOR IT!
@61, thanks
You welcome girl us tall women have to stick together lol.
OK I LUV FASHION AND I THINK ITS COOL TO B INSPIRED BY SUMTHIN, BUT THESE FASHIONS ARE TOO MUCH ALIKE…. BUT @ THA SAME TIME U CAN TELL WHICH ONE IS OBVIOUSLY CHEAPER…. I’D RATHER GET THA REAL DESIGNER ITEMS… OH AND BOTH THA CHLOE AND THA BAKERS WRAP AROUND SELECTIONS COULDA STAYED ON PAPER OR JUS AN IDEA… I HOPE SUM OF U REALLY KNO WUT FASHION IS B4 U PUT SUM OF THOSE DUMB (LESS-SMART) COMMENTS UP!!!! (NO OFFENSE) LUV YA!
That Bebe dress looks better plus it is cheaper. Im not feeling anything else at all.\
Shout out to everyone in the Killeen Texas area.
I’D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THIS INFO AND BLACK HISTORY SPOTS, RATHER THAN THE USELESS CELEBRITY RABLE!
why the nock offs looking better?lol.
all the items are hot…but I dont know if the wrap around boots are for me! Out of all the items i love the BEBE dress and those gucci studded boots…i might have to break my new years resolution so I can get these…
IS #39 RETARDED?? NO, YOU READ!! GIVENCHY AND GUCCI ARE BOTH UP THERE.
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL.
Wearing the fake version of a designer’s item SUCK! The ONLY exception is shopping at low end stores that sell a look a like that does not have the designer’s name on the label….However, I still believe that it’s robbery for the actual designer
THANK YOU 42!!!
Does anyone know where to fine a dress similar to those Herve Leger bandage dresses?
Cant seem to fine one ANYWHERE….I was just bout to buy a REAL one on Ebay but hell…its a recession!!! lol
cool blog.. i actually like the bebe dress better! is it just me?
THE KNOCK OFFS LOOK LIKE JUST THAT KNOCK OFFS TO ME.
I CANT SAY I LIKE ANY OF THE STYLES CHOSEN BUT IF YOU ARE UP ON TRENDS AND RUNWAY STYLES YOU KNOW THAT MOST STORES LIKE BEBE, BAKERS, ETC SELL KNOCK OFFS OF DESIGNERS. MOST OF YOU ARE WEARIN DESINER KNOCKOFFS AND PROBABLY DONT KNOW BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY HAVENT PAID ATTENTION TO THE RUNWAY.
DESIGNERS ARE NOW SHOWING THEIR SPRING 2009 LOOKS…..WHATS BEING SHOWN NOW WILL BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOREVER 21, BAKERS, AND WHEREVER ELSE YOU BUY CHEAP CLOTHES. AND IM NOT TRYING TO INSULT OR DEMEAN ANYONE BECAUSE I MIX MY EXPENSIVE PIECES WITH INEXPENSIVE BUT IM JUST SAYING….THIS AINT NOTHING NEW AND IF YOU ARE UP ON WHAT THE DESIGNERS ARE PUTTING OUT THEN YOU KNOW WHAT IS A COPY! MOST LIKELY THE MAJORITY OF CLOTHES YOU GET ARE KNOCKOFFS…
GWEN STEFANI AND DIANE VON FURSTENBERG ARE JUST A FEW DESIGNERS WHO HAVE TRIED TO SUE FOREVER 21
THE KNOCK-OFFS ARE STILL EXPENSIVE THOUGH, BLAH!
I own TWO of those Balenciaga dresses, beyotches! I got it like that. What!
Shout out to Beyonce Beyonce,I will be moving to Killeen, TX next week due to the military move!!! Anywho, I guess I am not a fashionista…tear going down my eye…(LOL). I am a recessionista! How about we focus more on gaining wealth then buying clothes that are only going to be in style just for a season. I mean how many times can you wear those guccis. I am just saying. I guess I like the bakers studded joints because I am going to have to pay a mortgage and have real bills…..just a thought to think about…hmmmmmm. And to 52, where you been babycakes!Bebe has all those bandage dresses, but you might have to go to the local store they have them for like 60 dollars now, they were like 129 dollars! Good luck!
The baker’s boot that favors the gucci looks way more uncomfortable. I don’t really care for Baker’s shoes b/c they are rather stiff and they’re not made for comfort, just for style.
I have the caged booties from flyJane and I LOVE THEM! I wore them to a New Year’s eve party and they were definitely a hit! I like their website. its organized and they give you a $50 gift card for every 7 pair you buy. It’s cool for those who love fashion and dont care about the labels.
the gucci knock-offs are fire.