Boot Illusion

Research status: unresolved as of 2026-09-09

Also known as: Boot Illusions

Boot Illusion appears to have closed after its Barbara Corcoran deal did not proceed, but the tracker withholds a definitive closure status because no primary entity filing or exact shutdown record was captured.

Shark Tank appearance

Season 3, episode 13

Air date: 2012-05-04
Appearance source: Boot Illusion pitch — ABC official Shark Tank YouTube pitch
Episode guide: Authoritative episode guide
Pitch: Fashion boots with interchangeable uppers and shoe bases.
Ask: $100,000 for 30% equity
Offer: Daymond John reportedly offered $100,000 for 75%; Barbara Corcoran offered $100,000 for 55%. Queenie Davis and Andrew Goodrum accepted Barbara Corcoran’s $100,000 for 55% offer.
Deal closed?: No

Dated timeline

Date	Event	Evidence
2012-05-04	Boot Illusion aired in Season 3, Episode 13 and accepted Barbara’s $100,000 for 55% offer.	BI1, BI2, BI3
2013-01	A founder interview reported that the Barbara deal did not proceed and described manufacturing failure, customs delays and order refunds.	BI3
2013-08-05	BOOT ILLUSION trademark application serial 86028331 was filed to Gwennette Davis for shoe accessories.	BI4
2013	Later follow-up reporting says the planned relaunch failed and the business shuttered; no primary filing fixed the exact date.	BI3, BI5

Legal and entity identity

Legal entities: Unresolved
Aliases: Boot Illusions
Successor/acquirer: None verified

New York

Entity unresolved · unresolved; registry endpoint returned 502

Limitation: NY DOS endpoint returned 502. No entity filing tying a corporation/LLC to Boot Illusion was captured.

Boot Illusion — New York official registry attempt · accessed 2026-09-09

Notable findings and disputes

unresolved Boot Illusion appears to have closed after its Barbara Corcoran deal did not proceed, but the tracker withholds a definitive closure status because no primary entity filing or exact shutdown record was captured. [ BI3, BI5, BI6 ]
strong corroboration Barbara’s deal did not close; evidence is a post-show founder interview rather than an executed termination document. [ BI3 ]
unresolved ABC’s current page links Boot Illusion to Queen Grace Shoes; without archived contemporaneous ABC copy or entity records, this is not treated as proof Queen Grace was the original legal entity or a successor. [ BI1 ]

What we could not verify

Exact legal entity/entity number and state filing history.
Exact closure/dissolution date.
Direct USPTO status history for serial 86028331.
Archived original Boot Illusion and ABC pages.

Full research sources

BI1 — Boot Illusion — ABC official episode roster ABC official episode roster accessed 2026-09-09
Season 3 Episode 13 roster and current outbound link.
BI2 — Boot Illusion — episode database episode database accessed 2026-09-09
Original air date 2012-05-04.
BI3 — Boot Illusion — specialist contemporaneous/follow-up reporting specialist contemporaneous/follow-up reporting accessed 2026-09-09
Ask, offers, failed closing, founder manufacturing account, closure.
BI4 — Boot Illusion — USPTO-derived trademark index USPTO-derived trademark index published 2013-08-05 accessed 2026-09-09
Trademark serial, owner and goods.
BI5 — Boot Illusion — retrospective reporting retrospective reporting accessed 2026-09-09
Secondary closure corroboration.
BI6 — Boot Illusion — New York official registry attempt New York official registry attempt published 2026-09-09 accessed 2026-09-09
502 blocker.
BI7 — Boot Illusion pitch — ABC official Shark Tank YouTube ABC official Shark Tank video accessed 2026-09-09
Official pitch video provenance.

Status-Verification Sources

Boot Illusion — ABC official episode roster (abc.com)
Official episode and company provenance.
Boot Illusion — post-show founder interview (sharktankblog.com)
Reports that the Corcoran deal did not proceed and describes the manufacturing and refund problems; closure still lacks a primary filing.