Buckle Boots

[kellyyen]

I recently found the perfect pair of buckle boots by Steve Madden - the simple black leather one and a brown distressed leather:

Their only difference besides the distressed look on the brown ones, is that the brown has a rubber sole whereas the black has a synthetic sole.

I originally wanted the black ones but synthetic soles have much less traction than the rubber ones.

Are there any alternatives to the black pair that have the rubber sole that I am looking for? And perhaps at an affordable price? Thank you

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Totally love this type of boot - I want a pair!

 

[MissyJG]

Kelly, those are great! I love the black one. They are totally knock offs of fiorentini and baker though which cost like hundreds of dollars. I prefer the Steve Madden ones.

Fiorentini + Baker

notcouture.com

 

[kellyyen]

Exactly! The actual ones are at least $525 Thus, I turn to good ol' Steve Madden. Except I'm a little iffy about the sole traction issue. Does anyone know if synthetic is really as 'slippery' as it sounds?

 

[MissyJG]

^the sole is just rubber right? That's better than leather. Leather often makes it slippery. Do they run true to size?

 

[kellyyen]

Actually, the soles are synthetic, which isn't as great as rubber as it has less traction. But I still ended up getting a pair! Hopefully it won't be too bad.

It runs pretty true to size. I'm usually a 6.5/7 and for these Bucks, I got a 6.5. I''m a 37 (size 7 approx.) for Aldo.

 

[goregeous]

If the sole ends up being an issue, you can always take the boots to a shoe repair shop and have them replace the soles. I've done that with boots before, it's usually quite cheap to do.

 

[STYLEOClDE]

Totally love this type of boot - I want a pair!

me too