I couldn’t afford Doc Marten sandals for summer so used a £1 hack to turn my shoes into dupes and saved £100

A WOMAN has shared the genius way she transformed a pair of sandals into Doc Marten dupes using a £1 hack.

Doc Martens are a fashion staple but don’t come cheap with most of their shoes priced at £100 or above.

TikTok / sapphoes

The TikToker, from the US, decided to get crafty with a pair of sandals rather than buy DMs[/caption]

TiKTok / sapphoes

She used a highlighter to create the signature Doc Marten stitching[/caption]

But TikToker, sapphoes, was determined to look the part this summer, so decided to upcycle a pair of sandals to look like dupes.

She took a pair of black leather sandals, with white threading at the bottom which cost her £19 ($25) and a yellow highlighter pen.

She then used the pen to colour the white stitching on the soles yellow – giving the appearance of Doc Martens, famous for their yellow stitching.

In total, the hack cost her just £20 ($26) saving herself £100 instead of buying the real deal.

After watching the video, viewers took to the comments to praise her for her hack.

One wrote: “Patrick your genius is showing!”

“I literally need to do this with my boots.” Said another user inspired by the hack.

A third commented: “This is so smart!”

But others said they actually preferred the white stitching, one commented: “NOO BUT THE WHITE LOOKS BETTER.”

“No, but I’d rather not have the yellow stitching.” Another person wrote.

A third exclaimed: “THE WHITE LOOKED SO MUCH BETTER.”

Since posting the video, the TikToker was contacted by the Doc Martens team, and while they loved her ‘resourcefulness’ they wanted to give her a free pair of her choice from their website.

She was thrilled by their offer, and many users on TikTok thought it was a nice gesture.