ASOS Laced Up Shoes (Trial before Designer)

Safe to say for the last six months or so I’ve been obsessing over the shoes from Aquaazzura and Stuart Weitzman. I desperately want to add a couple of their pieces to my small designer shoe collection, but as you may know I’m a little funny with expensive shoes since mine wear down so quickly (though that’s also because I buy very cheap shoes to wear daily!) so I tend to do a ton of research and then even more umming and erring before I make the plunge.

Part of my research was to pick up a “look alike” pair from ASOS. I am in love with the “laced” up look, but I wasn’t sure if I’d find the shoe very comfortable to wear or not so I decided to pick a cheaper version up to try first. Safe to say I love the design and have no real issue with the wear (esp once the material softens with more wear). Now to spend a few more months being unsure before I take the plunge 🙂 Do you guys do similar things for big purchases?

If you want to go for the ASOS version then you can pick it up online.