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Chanel Mesh Crochet Cap Toe Ballerina Flats dupes

$1,995 for the original, $395 for our best alternative — 80% less, $1,600 kept.

The Inspo
Chanel Mesh Crochet Cap Toe Ballerina Flats

Chanel

Mesh Crochet Cap Toe Ballerina Flats

$1,995

The tell: the black cap toe anchoring an otherwise all-white open crochet flat

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The Find
Staud Nell Crochet Ballerina

Staud

Nell Crochet Ballerina

$395

Why this dupe

Black-and-cream open weave over a round cap toe is the whole Chanel idea, and the Nell lands it in handwoven leather, the interlaced cream strands tighter and more architecturally structured than the original's looser rope crochet, with a black braided topline trim that gives the silhouette a cleaner, more finished edge. At $364 against the Chanel's four-figure price, this is a considered piece of leatherwork, not a stand-in.

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