Hall of Shame: Christian Louboutin “Fifre 120” Bootie vs. Steve Madden “Trumpit” Bootie
Sadly, I have another Hall of Shame to share with you. Christian Louboutin’s “Fifre 120″ Bootie was one of my favorite shoes from Fall/Winter 2009/10, and I was very disappointed to see that Steve Madden had made a knock-off of it.
From what I can tell, the Steve Madden is almost an exact copy of the Christian Louboutin. The only thing Steve Madden didn’t copy was Christian Louboutin’s signature red sole. And, of course, the quality of materials and workmanship will not compare at all.
If you love the look of this bootie, please don’t buy the copycat! The Christian Louboutin Bootie will go on sale eventually, or you can find a less expensive suede bootie from another designer! You can search The Shoe Goddess to find all the booties we’ve reviewed lately, many of which are inexpensive!
Christian Louboutin “Fifre 120″ Bootie $1,195 Barneys
Steve Madden “Trumpit” Bootie $150 Zappos
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Comments (7)
Just an idea, if you want to discourage purchase of the knock-off, don’t put a link to where you can purchase it! I too hate knock-off’s – especially from established brands that make it all too easy for shadier companies to gain traction.
Steve Madden is notorious for this, I’m surprised I’ve not heard about a lawsuit yet. The designers have enough to worry about with replica sites and when an established name is stealing your designs it really is a shame.
Actually, McQueen has a suit against Madden right now. As you said, Steven Madden is notorious for blatant rip offs of others designs. I don’t think their creative team has ha an original thought in years.
this is crazy.
Wow, I thought, geez that Steve Madden on the left looks crap compared to the Louboutin on the right. How wrong I was! And although I don’t actually like the shoe, I would probably pick the Madden judging from these pictures, even though I hate fakes.
i agree with you jamie. before i scrolled down, i picked the bootie to the right.
there have been a few obvious knock offs done by madden but this one comes in pretty close…
Bought a really cute bootie from BCBG and then found it on Steve Madden as well. Exact replica and available in same colors. Closer look at it it is not the same quality in workmanship as the BCBG tho. You see strings and imperfections, but still ticked me off.