Online marketplace Temu is popular with shoppers thanks to its wide range of budget-friendly fashion, accessories, beauty supplies, décor items and more – and it’s even got designer dupes
A Temu shopper ordered a £25 imitation of a designer pair of trainers and got quite a shock when she opened her parcel and finally saw the shoes in the flesh. Temu is known and loved for its eclectic array of budget friendly products, with the online marketplace home to countless items spanning departments including fashion, homeware and more.
Content creator Aimee Michelle recently partnered with the company to share a shopping haul with her 132K YouTube subscribers. Among the items featured were a pair of shoes, which cost her £24.81 and bear a striking resemblance to the coveted New Balance X Miu Miu 530 SL suede sneakers, which cost £870.
The Temu version pictured online comes in the same brown colour – though the fabric isn’t suede – with dual-tone laces. They’re also available in black, and are currently on offer for £20.16. Sometimes, when ordering online, the expectation doesn’t quite match up with reality but this wasn’t the case for Aimee.
Describing Miu Miu as “the hottest luxury brand of the moment,” Aimee said shoppers could save a tidy sum by snapping up Temu’s cheaper version of the trainers as opposed to the designer original.
She then said: “I can’t say I’m a personal fan of them, but they are definitely very, very hot right now in the luxury fashion world.”
When the shopper opened the box containing the budget-friendly shoes, she was visibly impressed.
Aimee said: “Okay, these are actually quite nice. I definitely thought they were giving me those Miu Miu vibes. And you guys, the quality, oh my gosh, if you were styling this from a distance, you would not know.”
She continued: “So, yeah, I loved these ones. I think they did it in a few different colourways on the Temu listing, but I of course went for the original chocolate brown with the white and then deeper chocolate brown laces, and the cream insides.
“These are genuinely really nice quality. They’re really well made. I don’t know how much they’re going to suit me, but they are definitely a designer dupe. and they are definitely a very hot style of shoe at the moment.
“Even on the high street, I’ve seen these, which obviously they’ve taken inspiration from Miu Miu but yeah, you can get them for a fraction of the price on Temu.”
Miu Miu’s New Balance X Miu Miu 530 SL suede sneakers are available in a brown shade named “cinnamon” on the company’s website, as well as a more neutral ecru shade.
Both colourways feature two sets of laces in different colours, giving them a more unique look than standard trainers.
The cinnamon version comes with brown, orange and cream laces while the ecru trainers come with green, brown and cream laces.
In the comments section beneath Aimee’s video, fellow YouTube users shared their thoughts. One person said: “I love your Temu hauls, one of my faves to watch”.
Source: Mirror
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