Paired with a loose, mid-length skirt, this silhouette radiated laid-back nonchalance on the catwalks
Allow me to introduce you to some dear old friends of mine: these boots. Every week in these photos, I wear something from my own wardrobe mixed with clothes that are in the shops now, and this week I’m wearing knee-high Mulberry boots that I wore and wore years ago, and that then languished in the bottom of my wardrobe for several winters, during which I wore ankle boots. Until last winter, when I sat catwalk-side, ankle-boot clad, watching knee-high boots in fashion shows and realised I wanted to wear them again, because… fashion.
So here they are. Except they look different, because the rest of my clothes are different. I’m not wearing skinny jeans these days, so I can’t wear my knee boots over the top of those, which was definitely a thing last time around. This time, the boots go under a loose, mid-length skirt. I know this because I saw it on the catwalks, like I said, but it’s taking a bit of getting used to now that I’m trying it out on me. This silhouette – a chunky heeled, sturdy boot disappearing under the hem of a skirt that swings loose below the knee – radiated effortless, laid-back nonchalance when I was watching it being worn by high-stepping 6ft-tall glamazons, but in the mirror, it looks a little... challenging, let’s say.
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