Fakin' it til I make it...

Fashion rocks my freakin socks! Labels like Christian Louboutin, Alexander McQueen, Rodarte, Dior, and Gucci keep me up at night dreaming of fabulous shoes and handbags. Unfortunately, I'm a broke ass college student whose idea of fine dining is Applebees. *Sigh* One day I will be able to afford these things...but until then , I shall fake it til I make it. Shoes are my obsession and as such I notice the pattern that designers and stores go through. For example, hot new shoes hit the runway during fashion week. First you see them on celebrities, next comes the high end department stores like Neimans and Saks, then lower stores like Nordstroms. Then, companies like Steve Madden and Bebe make their own version of the shoe and finally...the shoe hits regular stores in the mall like Traffic (a place that I can actually afford). Yep..theres really no reason I need to shell out thousands of dollars for a shoe that in a couple of months I can purchase for less than 50 bucks. That's pretty much how I got my two favorite pairs of shoes ever...



These are Alexander McQueen's zippered peep toe booties. And they are gorgeous. Retail price: $1,155. If you know me...they look hella familar to you because I own a pair that look exactly like them. How much did they cost me? $40. Yep...I pretty much spent $1,115 less than the rich people who can actually afford these shoes did.




And that's me in my bathroom wearing gross basketball shorts modeling my awesome shoes. They are perfect replicas and I didn't even have to sell one of my kidneys on the black market like I planned to when I first saw these shoes. Go me!



These are the Christian Dior Extreme Cutout Sandals. They really should look familiar to you because two years ago these beautiful shoes appeared in the Sex and the City movie...twice. And they single handedly sparked the gladiator shoe movement that will probably never go away. When I saw them I had a fashion orgasm and then immediately went home and googled them. Retail price $770.



Once again...me in my gross bathroom showing my shoes. How much did I pay for them? $45. I remember when I first saw them...I stopped immediately and started screaming in the middle of the mall. Yep...shoes do that to me...I can't help it.

One day I will be able to afford the real thing instead of just drooling over the red bottoms of a pair of Louboutins.(Currently dying for the leopard print peep toe bananas) Fashion isn't just for the wealthy...the most creative people can work with what they have...or what they don't have.