Biker boot one can wear even at this stage in the game and not feel like mutton dressed as lamb.
Knee-length biker boot which is maybe a bit more of a stretch in that regard, but is spectacular nevertheless.
Rain boot that wouldn’t leave one feeling like a clunky-ass mess.
The Knee-high stacked heel boot of life.
The mile-high wedge for when one needs to clomp around like a powergirl.
The pointy Chelsea.
Boot that makes blue boots feel wearable.
Rather elegant riding boot that also look like they could take a beating.
Just a really nice boot with excellent lines to wear until the end of time.
You had me at “boots.” I really like those Madewells, and the Frye’s.
Every fall I want to get a pair of boots. I don’t have any yet because I am either too broke at the time or the boots are too small for my muscular calves. Maybe this year will be the year I get some cute leather boots for fall.
Love the “biker” boots (both low and high) and the blue boots.
At 46, I spend plenty of time worrying about veering into mutton territory. That being said, I intend to wear biker boots to my funeral.
Rock on, lady.
Don’t fret too much about the “mutton dressed as lamb” thing. I just boarded a flight to Atlanta and the sartorial sights I witnessed were horrific. I would welcome a semi-stylish person dressing a bit too young over a bunch of schlubs who look like they just cleaned out the basement.
Would love to see a post just on finding stylish rainboots… this is my mission for the fall! I am so not into the clunky, brightly printed ones.
I can only dream of rain. But I must say, it seems to me that that is the time — if it ever is not the time — to go for a happy color.
On the “mutton” question: I can’t decide if it’s better or worse to even talk like that. Human beings are not cartons of milk. Otoh, there is the relentless sexism we all live with, which seems universal. So. I guess I have nothing useful to say today.
You are not helping here.
The link on the pointy black Chelsea leads to the wedge. Thanks for fixing!
Fixed!
Thanks – awesome!
What about this? Would a real biker ever worry that s/he was too old to be seen on a bike?
Therefore, why should I, a wannabe/faker at most — my moto-ing days (both of them) are decidedly over — worry about it? They’re *shoes,* people.
Well, I am definitely not a real biker and I think the reason I feel like I can get away with biker boots is that everything else I wear is so un-bikerish. If I tried to pair them with a harley t-shirt, I’d just feel like I was wearing a bad costume.
As far as the “mutton” question goes, I think I worry about it most because when I do try to pull off something too young I just feel ridiculous. Not to mention, my body, no matter how much I work out, just can’t accommodate the style of clothes it could ten years and two kids ago — this is one of the great things about shoes. I think even an older woman with enough confidence can pull off an awful lot, but I’ll just stick to all the neutral, non-prints in my closet…