Brands Like Paris Texas: By Far, Mach and Mach, The Attico, Magda Butrym and Dries Van Noten Compared
Brands Like Paris Texas: By Far, Mach and Mach, The Attico, Magda Butrym and Dries Van Noten Compared
If you like Paris Texas, you like a pointed toe, a covered heel and a shape that reads from across the room, made in Italy at a price under the big houses. Several labels at Luxury Handbags work the same ground from different angles. This is how By Far, Mach and Mach, The Attico, Magda Butrym and Dries Van Noten compare with Paris Texas on shape, heel, price and occasion, and which to choose for what.
Key facts
- Paris Texas: Milan, founded 2015, made in Monza; the Texan cowboy boot and the Lidia pointed stiletto; $1,060 to $3,080 at Luxury Shoes , most mules and slingbacks $1,150 to $1,500.
- By Far: founded in Bulgaria in 2016, made in Italy; square-toed 1990s mules and lower, chunkier heels; the closest neighbour in price and mood.
- Mach and Mach: Tbilisi, founded 2012; the crystal double-bow pump; the red-carpet shoe where Paris Texas is the dinner shoe.
- The Attico: Milan, founded 2016; pointed boots, high mules, bright colour and crystal; a step above in price and louder in hardware.
- Dries Van Noten: Antwerp; almond toes, sculptural heels and print; the opposite temperament and the useful contrast.
What Paris Texas actually is
Paris Texas was founded in Milan in 2015 by Annamaria Brivio, a former buyer, and her partner Massimo Baltimora, and it is made in Italy in Monza. Its two signatures are the Texan cowboy boot on a covered block heel, the Dallas and the El Dorado, and the Lidia, a long pointed toe on a slim stiletto that comes as a mule, a slingback, a pump and a sandal at 105 mm and 70 mm. Most pairs carry a pink leather sole the house calls Texas Rose. At Luxury Handbags it runs $1,060 to $3,080, with most mules and slingbacks $1,150 to $1,500, and it sizes EU 35 to 42, true to size. It is the pair to buy for a Western boot with a fashion heel, and for a clean pointed mule with no crystals on it. Who Paris Texas is has the full story.
By Far
By Far is the closest neighbour in price and in mood. Founded in Bulgaria in 2016 by the twins Valentina and Sabina and their friend Denitsa Bumbarova, and made in Italian family-run factories, it built its name on a square-toed 1990s mule and a mini bag, then moved into pumps and boots. Where Paris Texas points the toe, By Far squares it off; where Paris Texas puts a 105 mm stiletto under a mule, By Far tends to sit lower and chunkier. Choose By Far for a softer, rounder shoe with the same easy-to-wear logic, and Paris Texas when you want the sharper line.
Mach and Mach
Mach and Mach is the evening shoe turned up. The Tbilisi label was founded in 2012 by the sisters Nina and Gvantsa Macharashvili and is best known for the crystal bow pump, a satin point covered in stones with a double bow across the toe. It is a red-carpet shoe first. Paris Texas covers the same occasion with the mirrored Lidia mule and the velvet slingback with a jewel buckle, and does it with far less decoration, so the two rarely compete for the same outfit. Buy Mach and Mach for the wedding and the party where the shoe is the point. Buy Paris Texas for the dinner where the dress is.
The Attico
The Attico is the loud Milanese cousin. Gilda Ambrosio and Giorgia Tordini founded it in 2016, the year after Paris Texas, and their footwear line, which followed quickly, has the same city-plus-nightlife energy: pointed boots, high mules, bright colour and crystal. The Attico sits a step above in price and a step louder in colour and hardware. Luxury Handbags carries The Attico’s ready-to-wear, and the two labels share a customer, the woman who wants an Italian evening look that is not a classic house. If you wear The Attico’s dresses, Paris Texas is the shoe that will not fight them.
Magda Butrym
Magda Butrym is the Warsaw label whose shoes share the Lidia’s logic: a long point, a slim heel and a single sculptural detail, usually a rose in leather. It sits above Paris Texas in price and its footwear is a smaller, more occasion-led range. Choose Magda Butrym when the shoe should match one of her dresses; choose Paris Texas for the same silhouette in twenty colours at a lower price and with a cowboy boot beside it.
Dries Van Noten
Dries Van Noten is the opposite temperament and a useful contrast. The Antwerp house makes shoes in a print and in colour blocks, with an almond toe rather than a needle point, and a heel that is sculptural rather than slim. Its footwear is for a wardrobe built on pattern and layering. Paris Texas is for a wardrobe built on denim, tailoring and a slip dress. If your clothes are quiet, Paris Texas gives them an edge. If your clothes are Dries, you already have the edge and the shoe should be calmer.
Which to choose
For a cowboy boot, Paris Texas, with no real rival in this group. For a pointed mule you will wear three days a week, the Paris Texas Lidia at 70 mm, then By Far if you prefer a square toe. For a wedding shoe, Mach and Mach, then the Avorio Lidia. For colour and hardware, The Attico. For a rose on the toe, Magda Butrym. For print, Dries Van Noten. Is Paris Texas a luxury brand places it against the big houses, the price guide sets out the numbers, and all designer shoes at Luxury Shoes has every label here.
“Paris Texas is the perfect fusion between two worlds and this duality is expressed in the brand’s name itself, where Parisian chic sensuality meets the fearless audacity of Texan cowboys,” Annamaria Brivio told Footwear News in March 2024, adding that “for Paris Texas the Western style is an attitude and not a trend, it is part of our DNA.”
Frequently asked questions
What brands are similar to Paris Texas?
By Far for the same price and mood with a square toe, Mach and Mach for a crystal evening pump, The Attico for a louder Milanese shoe, Magda Butrym for a sculptural point, and Dries Van Noten for print. All are stocked at Luxury Shoes .
Is Paris Texas cheaper than The Attico?
Generally, yes. Paris Texas sits below The Attico on most comparable shapes, and both are made in Italy.
By Far versus Paris Texas: which is better?
They are close in price and both are made in Italy. Paris Texas has the sharper pointed toe and the cowboy boot. By Far has the softer square toe and lower heels. Choose on the shape you want to wear.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Paris Texas?
Not one that is made in Italy on a leather sole with the same last. The honest budget answer is the Lidia 70 in black patent, the cheapest shape in the range, and the seasonal colours in the sale.
Which brand makes the best designer cowboy boot?
Paris Texas, for a cowboy boot with a fashion heel made in Italy. The Texan boot has been its signature since 2015 and none of the labels above make one.
Read next
Read the Paris Texas review, the best mules and heels and the styling guide. Shop the Paris Texas collection at Luxury Shoes .
More Paris Texas guides
Every Paris Texas page by Luxury Shoes ’s fashion editor Gemma Deeks: Who is Paris Texas?, How to style, The 2026 edit, Size guide, Price guide, Where to buy, Is it a luxury brand?, Sale, Are they comfortable?, Care, The Beyonce boots, Cowboy boots, Lidia mules, Lidia slingbacks and pumps, Stiletto boots, Ankle boots, Best boots, Best mules and heels, Black, Brown boots, Red, Nude and pink, White and ivory, Gold and silver, Patent, Suede boots, Croc and python-print, Anja boots, Bettina boots, Review, Heel heights, Boot shafts and calf fit, Materials, Glossary, History timeline, Every style explained, Real vs fake and resale, vs Amina Muaddi.
Sources and method
Checked on 17 September 2026 by Gemma Deeks, fashion editor at Luxury Shoes . Product facts, the heel heights, shaft measurements, compositions and the fit lines, are the brand’s own product-page text; counts, prices and price ranges are Luxury Shoes ’s live catalogue on that date and move with stock; the company history comes from the trade press articles listed below, each read on the date above; the size chart is the brand’s own. Where a claim could not be checked against one of these it was left out, and where the fitting room is giving its own advice the page says so.
- Paris Texas product pages: the description, “Fits true to size” line, shaft height and circumference, heel height, colour and composition of every style (350 pages saved 16 September 2026)
- Paris Texas size guide: the EU, US, UK, FR, JP and centimetre chart
- Paris Texas (brand) on Wikipedia and its cited articles
- Wikidata Q133890861
- WWD, 3 March 2023: Arezzo and Co takes a 65 percent stake for 25 million euros; the 2015 founding, the Monza boutique and the 2022 sales figure
- Footwear News, 19 March 2024: the Paloma mid-calf boot on the Cowboy Carter cover and the Brivio interview
- Amina Muaddi on Wikipedia: biography, Oscar Tiye, Fenty, awards
- Luxury Handbags live catalogue, 17 September 2026: prices, sizes and stock
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