Dear Heat magazine,
I love you. However, I do have a little question. See these two boot pictures – are the boots featured exactly the same? Or can you spot the odd difference between Boot Picture 1 and Boot Picture 2?
Boot Picture 1
Boot Picture 2
Answer: Boot Picture 1 is a TopShop boot costing £75. Boot Picture 2 is a Chloe boot costing approximately £750. Why do I ask? Oh, no real reason. It’s just I was slightly surprised to see the following picture of Fearne Cotton, accompanied by the caption: ‘How envious are we of Fearne’s accessory collection? Chloe boots and a Mulberry bag – so not fair!’
Um, CHLOE boots, did you say? Now, if anyone knows about Chloe boots, it’s me, seeing as I spent a large chunk of my husband’s money on the green lovelies featured at the top of this very blog. Now I can see where Heat’s confusion stems from. After all, TopShop did create a pair of boots that ‘pays homage to’ (fash-speak for ‘blatantly rips off’) the Chloe originals. And they’re very good copies. Apart from the fact that they have two buckles instead of three, a completely different stud pattern, no zip, are much less cool…and basically look NOTHING LIKE them. However, those of us who could have bought 10 pairs of TopShop boots for the amount they paid for their Chloes, get VERY UPSET when magazines (or indeed, individuals – you know who you are) confuse high street for high fashion.
But it’s OK, Heat. I forgive you. Because, taking price as a proxy for worth, you have drawn my attention to the fact that my boots are 10 times better than Fearne’s.
Still want her bag, though.
Lots of love,
Kate Loss xx
