I ran into Wendy aka retro gurl from Nitrolicious at the Vogue/Jimmy Choo event and she was rockin’ a pair of fierce studded sandals. At first glance I thought they were Balmains but she gleefully told me “Aldo!”. I had never shopped at Aldo before but apparently it’s a very popular chain of shoe stores. Of all the copy cats (Zara has a pair, too), this pair from Aldo (called the Smeal) looked most appealing to me because it’s not an exact replica like some of them. The Smeal is obviously inspired by the Balmains but at $125 it could hardly be called competition for the $2300 pair! The platform instead of thonged toe also looks more comfortable. What do you think? Smeal or not to Smeal?
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