I'm not very comfortable in SR shoes, so I've never been drawn to them.
But I do despise it when a fairly established and reputable house copies another's designs blatantly. Designers are "inspired" by each other all the time and they can't avoid the classics resembling each other, but an entire line of shoes that closely resemble another designer's? Ugh. I think it completely takes about the reputation of SR to do something like that. Steve Madden, Nine West, Oh Deers? Fine. That's the business they're in. They're shoe MAKERS, not shoe DESIGNERS, which SR is... or at least claims to be. So sad!
But I do despise it when a fairly established and reputable house copies another's designs blatantly. Designers are "inspired" by each other all the time and they can't avoid the classics resembling each other, but an entire line of shoes that closely resemble another designer's? Ugh. I think it completely takes about the reputation of SR to do something like that. Steve Madden, Nine West, Oh Deers? Fine. That's the business they're in. They're shoe MAKERS, not shoe DESIGNERS, which SR is... or at least claims to be. So sad!