Brands Like Roger Vivier: 11 Houses for Fans of the Belle Vivier Buckle

Brands like Roger Vivier share one of its three strengths: jewelled evening shoes, a heel shape you can recognise across a room, and buckle hardware that runs from shoes to bags. The closest matches at Coveti are Jimmy Choo and Aquazzura for evening and bridal heels, Amina Muaddi for a signature heel, Alaia for Paris flats and Judith Leiber for crystal bags, all alongside 106 pairs of Roger Vivier shoes in our designer shoe edit. To see what makes the original distinct, start with Who Is Roger Vivier?

What Do Roger Vivier Fans Usually Love?

Before comparing houses, it helps to name what you are looking for. Roger Vivier stands on a few clear ideas.

The buckle

The square buckle of the Belle Vivier Pumps in brown suede, USD 1,520 on a 4.5 cm heel, is the house signature. Catherine Deneuve wore the pump in Belle de Jour in 1967. Read more in our Belle Vivier guide.

The heel shapes

Vivier created the modern stiletto in 1954 and the comma-shaped virgule heel in 1959. Today the house cuts the curved Choc heel, on the Choc Pumps in black leather at 10 cm, and the slightly flared Trompette heel, on the Trompette Pumps 7 cm in burgundy leather.

The jewels

Efflorescence is a cluster of crystal flowers with a Rococo feel. It appears on the Efflorescence Pumps in grey satin, at 10 cm, and on bags like the Jewel Efflorescence Mini Bag in black satin.

A house that shares one of these qualities will appeal. One that shares two is a real alternative.

Which Brands Are Most Like Roger Vivier for Evening Shoes?

Jimmy Choo

Jimmy Choo was founded in London in 1996 by the shoe designer Jimmy Choo and Tamara Mellon, then an accessories editor at British Vogue. Like Roger Vivier, it is a shoe house that also makes bags, and evening and bridal heels are a large part of what it offers. Our Jimmy Choo heels guide covers the shapes.

Aquazzura

Aquazzura was launched in 2011 by the Colombian designer Edgardo Osorio, who set up his studio in Florence after a decade at Salvatore Ferragamo and Roberto Cavalli. It shares Roger Vivier’s focus on dressed-up shoes for evenings and weddings. Read Who Is Aquazzura? and our comparison Aquazzura vs Jimmy Choo to decide between the two.

Manolo Blahnik

Manolo Blahnik is not stocked at Coveti, but it belongs on any list of brands like Roger Vivier. Its Hangisi, a satin pump with a square crystal buckle, launched in 2008 and was carried into wider fame by the Sex and the City film that year. If you love a buckle on satin, the Hangisi and the Efflorescence pumps answer the same wish in different ways.

Rene Caovilla

Rene Caovilla, also not stocked at Coveti, is a Venetian evening shoe house founded in 1934 in Fiesso d’Artico, near Venice, by Edoardo Caovilla. It is known for embellished evening sandals. Fans of the Jewel Heel Sandals in black satin, on a 12 cm heel, will see the overlap.

Which Brands Share Roger Vivier’s Love of a Signature Heel?

Amina Muaddi

Amina Muaddi launched her own label in 2018. Her Begum pump is recognised by its flared heel, often described as a martini-glass shape. That is the closest modern parallel to the way Roger Vivier built a reputation on heel shapes, from the virgule to the Trompette.

Gianvito Rossi

Gianvito Rossi, not stocked at Coveti, founded his house in 2006 in San Mauro Pascoli, the Italian shoemaking town. He is the son of the shoe designer Sergio Rossi. It is a name to know for clean pumps without a buckle, the territory of the Roger Vivier Choc.

Sebastian Milano

Sebastian Milano is a Milan shoe label with roots in an artisan boutique that made handmade heels for Milanese clients in the 1970s, and its shoes are made in Italy. Like Roger Vivier, almost every piece of which is made in Italy, it suits shoppers who care where a heel is made. Our list of the best Italian shoe brands for women goes wider.

Which Brands Match Roger Vivier for Flats and Day Shoes?

Alaia

Alaia is the Paris house founded by the Tunisian-born couturier Azzedine Alaia. Its mesh ballet flats have become a recognisable shoe under the current creative direction. For a shopper who wears Roger Vivier flats like the Belle Vivier Slingback Ballerinas in off white leather, at 2.5 cm, Alaia is the obvious second Paris name. See our designer ballet flats guide.

The Row

The Row was established by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in New York in 2006 and makes ready-to-wear, footwear, handbags and accessories. It shares nothing of Roger Vivier’s sparkle, but it suits the side of a Vivier wardrobe that is plain leather: the Viv’ in the City Ballerinas in black leather and the Viv’ Rangers loafers.

Khaite

Khaite was founded in New York in 2016 by Catherine Holstein. Like The Row, it is a ready-to-wear house that also makes shoes and bags. It is a good match for the autumn side of Roger Vivier: the Viv’ in the City Boots in black leather, on an 8.5 cm heel.

Which Brands Are Like Roger Vivier for Bags?

Judith Leiber

Judith Leiber started her company in 1963. Her crystal minaudieres came later in the decade, when she covered a flaw in a metal bag’s plating with crystal rhinestones, and they became her trademark. If you love the Boite de Nuit Clutch in black satin, with its applied crystals and crystal boule, Judith Leiber is the specialist in that idea. Read Who Is Judith Leiber? and the guide to designer evening clutch bags.

Brands Like Roger Vivier Compared

Is There Really a Substitute for Roger Vivier?

For one quality, yes. For the whole package, not quite. The Belle Vivier buckle, the history with Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior, for whom Vivier designed from 1953 to 1963, and the habit of carrying the same buckle across shoes, bags, belts and hair clips are particular to the house. Most of the brands above do one of those things well. If you are deciding whether to buy the original, our article Is Roger Vivier Worth It? weighs prices, materials and wear.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What brands are similar to Roger Vivier?

Jimmy Choo and Aquazzura are similar for evening and bridal heels, Amina Muaddi for a signature heel shape, Alaia for Paris ballet flats and Judith Leiber for crystal evening bags. Manolo Blahnik, Gianvito Rossi and Rene Caovilla are also often compared, though Coveti does not stock them.

Which brand has a buckle pump like the Belle Vivier?

Manolo Blahnik’s Hangisi, launched in 2008, is a satin pump with a square crystal buckle and is the best-known comparison. The Belle Vivier came first: it debuted at Yves Saint Laurent’s 1965 show.

Is Jimmy Choo like Roger Vivier?

In part. Both are shoe houses that also make bags, and both make evening and bridal shoes. Jimmy Choo was founded in London in 1996, while Roger Vivier opened his Paris house in 1937.

What is a cheaper alternative to Roger Vivier?

Within Roger Vivier, the most accessible pieces at Coveti are accessories from USD 720 and shoes from USD 1,250. A Belle Vivier Pump on a 4.5 cm heel is USD 1,520.

Who is the Roger Vivier of bags?

Judith Leiber is the closest match for jewelled evening bags. She started her company in 1963 and became known for crystal-covered minaudieres, the same evening spirit as the Roger Vivier Boite de Nuit Clutch.