Ann Demeulemeester

UPDATE: This post has been updated on December 19, 2009. Scroll down to see the new add.

These badass military style lace up boots by Ann Demeulemeester are from her Fall 2008 collection and used to retail for as much as $1.795 last year. They were a favorite of Jane Aldridge of Sea of Shoes and afterwards became very popular with many fashion bloggers and fabulous fashionistas all over the globe.

Ann Demeulemeester Fall 2008 Triple Lace Up Boots in grey/black

Ann Demeulemeester Triple Lace Up Boots
($1.795, SOLD OUT)

L.A.M.B. “Volera” Lace-Up Boots

UPDATE (12/19/2009): Stumbled upon these Ann Demeulemeester look-a-likes by L.A.M.B.. Pricey, but still less than half the price of the originals. Available in black or white.

L.A.M.B. “Volera” Lace-Up Boots
($603, Zappos)

P.S.: Also available at Shopbop and NORDSTROM.

Pour La Victoire “Kerry” Lace Up Flat Boots

If you are willing to spend some money on a pair of exquisite Ann Demeulemeester knockoffs, these lace up boots by Pour La Victoire are a great alternative which retail for a fraction of the original’s price. Available in either black or brown. Thanks to reader Leah who mailed us this awesome find!

Pour La Victoire Kerry Lace Up Flat Boots
($247.50, Shopbop)

P.S.: Also available at Endless and Zappos.

Jeffrey Campbell “Rilla” Lace Up Boots

In case spending $600 on knockoffs is simply out of your budget, these boots by Jeffrey Campbell might fit your bill instead. They lace up double instead of triple, but overall they still look very much like the Ann Demeulemeester boots, don’t you agree?

Jeffrey Campbell “Rilla” Lace Up Boots
($229.95, Solestruck)

P.S.: Also available at REVOLVEClothing and Shopbop (low boot version only).

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UPDATE: This post has been updated on October 05, 2009. Scroll down to read the news.

Does this sound familiar? You see something and are really turned off by it first, but then, the more you look at it, the more it grows on you until you become obsessed with it? That happens to me quite often I must admit. In almost every case it’s a shoe which I first hate, then like and finally LOVE! The last time this happened to me was with these lace-up ankle boots by Ann Demeulemeester.

Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2009 black lace up ankle boots

Ann Demeulemeester Lace-Up Boots
($890, SOLD OUT)

P.S.: Browns is selling the Ann Demeulemeester lace-up boots in white.

When I first saw them, I thought they were way too clunky for a woman’s feet. But I couldn’t help but be fascinated by them, so I decided to give them another chance and googled them. Sometimes, in order to be able to see a shoe’s full potential, you have to see it on a person’s feet. That was definitely the case with the Ann Demeulemeester lace-up boots. The moment I saw the models flaunting them in a mini dress, I was irrevocably in LOVE!

Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2009 black lace up ankle boots

Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2009

I couldn’t find any celebrities rocking these beauties, but fashion editors and style bloggers like Jane of Sea of Shoes happen to love them as much as me.

Jeffrey Campbell Corset Heels

UPDATE (10/05/2009): More good news! Free People have finally restocked Jeffrey Campbell’s Ann Deumeulemeester knockoffs. Missed out on these the first time? Now is your chance to get hold of these cuties!

Sometimes I think everything Jeffrey Campbell does these days is copying other people’s work. Well, it may be unethical, but at least it allows us budget fashionistas to be fashionable without the hefty price tag. Look at these beautiful, almost identical knockoffs. Pretty amazing, huh? They sure are shamelessly expensive for knockoffs, but even priced at $198 they are about $700 les than the originals, so they can’t be TOO bad, right?

All sizes are still available, but you better be fast as these knockoffs won’t stay for too long (they’re also exclusively sold at Free People, so if they are gone there, you won’t find them anywhere else).