I love the rugged accessories Prada showed for FW 09 – over the knee boots were everywhere, and Prada’s stood out for forgoing the dominatrix references.  Over the knee boots have to look loose, or the woman in them does.  The heeled shoes took the boots’ lug soles and raised the vamp to a similarly 90s grunge era silhouette.  Naturally, Dr. Martens go with grunge, so it’s no surprise there are some Prada alternatives from that brand.

These Dr. Martens styles have some common features as the Pradas, yet they take the ideas someplace else.  They’re not knock offs, and they’re not meant to simulate actual Prada shoes.  Note the super good Yohji Yamamoto x Docs collaboration!

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Yohji Yamamoto for Dr. Martens

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Dr. Martens Diva Darcie

Details from the Prada FW09 show are on style.com.

Get the Yohji Yamamoto for Dr. Martens boot here.  More from the collaboration here.

Get the Dr. Martens Diva Darcie here.

Tags: Dr. Martens, FW09, Prada, Yohji Yamamoto