https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:22:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126653 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 08:13:25 +0000 Deborah 1126653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I essentially wear them as a style statement, it's a bonus that they are warm in winter;) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126588 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 04:42:22 +0000 deb 1126588@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear them as a style statement. We do not have really cold weather So I do not need them for that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126405 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 01:37:21 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1126405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear them for statement... I like the added benefit of warmth,but with winter temps rarely reaching freezing temps I can't say it's the top reason for wearing them... I have 6 pairs of heeled knee high boots and 5 pairs of flat riding boots. &nbsp;My dear husband is so supportive of my boot love. I bought 3 new pairs this season... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126392 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 01:30:53 +0000 Jjsloane 1126392@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Confessions of a shoe/boot junkie. I long for boot season each year&nbsp;(no more worrying if my pedicure is up to snuff). If I waited for the weather I would rarely wear boots. I think of them as accessories in my winter looks. I have fashion ones for work (they do also keep legs warmer in freezing office temps) and gearish ones for style (since we get minimal snow most years).I do have a few pair of rain and snow boots that are strictly for weather and if worn to work I will change (probably into fashion boots) but the choices these days are so vast one can have both fashion and function at once,&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126337 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 00:45:39 +0000 MuseumGal 1126337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear boots all summer long.<br />Or at least I did when I lived in northern California and wanted to be Stevie Nicks.&nbsp; I lurve boots, but not even I wear them in 100+ OK temps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126239 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 22:12:43 +0000 Catnip 1126239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I find it uncomfortable to wear tall boots all day long because they make my legs hot, and mainly wear them for bad weather, taking them off indoors.&nbsp; This is unfortunate because I love the way they look.&nbsp; I usually wear ankle boots or booties and wish I could wear them in the summer since I hate sandals. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126219 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 21:36:04 +0000 April 1126219@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely both for me too. &nbsp;Lately, though, the ubiquity of the skinnies-inside-tall-boots look on the streets of New York has begun to weary me a bit. &nbsp;It's so practical for the weather&nbsp;and I certainly wear this combination&nbsp;a lot myself, but it's literally visible on every third woman you see.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love boots because they solve the problem of needing real socks (not delicate nylon sheers) in winter&nbsp;but not liking the look of real socks with most of my shoes. &nbsp;If it's not knee-high boots over pants, it's ankle boots under pants, pretty much from November through April. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126205 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 21:23:59 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1126205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Knee high boots, especially over pants, are a really strong look visually, and for years they weren't in at all - I may have my dates off but what I recall is that tall boots were very in in the 70s, and then out for the 80s and most of the 90s, when docs and calf height boots started to creep back in, but mostly with skirts and dresses. The whole skinny jeans thing has made jeans under boots possible again when it really wasn't with boot cuts. So for me, who lives in a climate that requires rain boots but not snow boots, I find that tall boots don't quite fit my style - they are a little fashion-y, a little too intentional, if that makes any sense, to blend in and serve to stand out a bit more than I prefer most days. I own a couple pairs now, but mostly wear them over tights with skirts in the winter, not with pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126111 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 19:19:36 +0000 Janet 1126111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both! I wish I could tolerate boots in our summers, but from May through September it gets just too warm and humid for me to encase my feet. Like shemarie, I find it challenging to find sandals that come near the style quotient of many of my boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1126089 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:50:03 +0000 Elly 1126089@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Boots fit my style persona to a T--- they are also incredibly practical and with the new job are becoming more practical for our 7 months of cold weather. My office is chilly even with pants and closed shoes most of the year, I need non-slip, warm and sturdy office shoes and then rugged comfortable non-slip warm and sturdy shoes to commute in snow and live the rest of my life in for the rest of the fall and winter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125582 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:53:15 +0000 Suz 1125582@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For me it is both, but not all of my boots are suitable for rotten weather. If I didn't live in Canada but in Arizona or someplace like that I would probably still have several pair of booties, and maybe one pair of tall boots, but boots wouldn't be a fashion priority. If I lived in Seatlle or Vancouver, I'd have several rain worthy boots and booties. Living where I do, I have a variety of types and still feel the need for even more!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125552 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 21:23:16 +0000 Alassë 1125552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got my pair for style but found that they're very practical in winter with skirts as I run cold. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125239 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 07:57:32 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1125239@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another Portland-area person here. I love me some tall boots and like to wear them about 3 seasons a year. So it's sort of seasonal, but style is the main thing. </p> <p>When it's really cold or messy out, I'm more apt to wear Doc Martens than boots (well, if I had Doc boots I could wear those, but at the moment I don't). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125230 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 06:24:45 +0000 Adelfa 1125230@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mostly style. Though in Northern California I really appreciated how booties + socks kept the chill off my feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125227 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 06:17:04 +0000 cciele 1125227@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another boots-for-style wearer here too! Living in the California Bay Area means temperate weather. If I had to wait for snow to wear high boots I would die! I wear boots, tall or otherwise,&nbsp;year-round. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125225 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 06:11:32 +0000 shemarie 1125225@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had to laugh out loud (or else I'd cry!)...my answer has to be style, style, and&nbsp;only style, living in the desert southwest.&nbsp; If I waited for the weather to dictate them, I'd&nbsp;be completely devastated because I LOVE them and cannot&nbsp;find sandals, oxfords,&nbsp;ballet flats, anything that comes anywhere <i>remotely</i> close to my attraction to tall boots.&nbsp; They bookend my hair, balance out my IT-ness, allow me to wear my skinnies and tunics and sheaths, and add that little bit of "edge" I so crave.&nbsp; Sadly it's not even January and I'll maybe only get to wear them for another month or two.&nbsp; Sigh.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125114 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 02:49:03 +0000 Anonymous 1125114@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both for me too! What I actually like best about my boots is that they let me comfortably wear skirts and dresses through the cold weather, which I guess is&nbsp;a style/weather combo. Now that I think about it, I've always liked skirts and dresses, but didn't start wearing them as my year-round default until tall boots really hit critical mass as a style option (maybe about five years ago).</p> <p>It looks like you have a lovely boot collection! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125092 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:48:23 +0000 pil 1125092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mostly weather for me, I guess. Tall boots are are a new addition to my wardrobe as of last year and now number three pair. Though my SE Petty booties I wear in cooler but not sloppy weather.</p> <p>AG, thanks for the heads up on the Kamiks. I've kind of narrowed my snow boot search to red and hadn't seen these. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125087 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:38:35 +0000 catgirl 1125087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The Kamik New York boots (both that model and the Brooklyn) are the warmest boots I own, and are fairly cute on as well. Just a heads-up for anyone interested. And they are not expensive, but I have been in -30F and not felt a bit cold in them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125085 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:38:02 +0000 Tania 1125085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have always loved boots of all kinds but have mostly invested in utility boots.&nbsp; I am newly interested in fashion and just found my first pair of well-fitting casual knee high boots a couple of months ago and I want MORE.&nbsp; Love boots.&nbsp; </p> <p>So,&nbsp;I wear them for the weather/utility need and will wear them for style.&nbsp; I find them comfy to wear but I haven't bought heeled boots.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125074 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:28:48 +0000 Diana 1125074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both for me also! &nbsp;Plus, my feet are fussy and boots are the best for them&nbsp;(can wear socks and orthotics in them, and no hard edges to cut up&nbsp;my heels and feet.)</p> <p>If the weather cooperated, I'd probably wear boots year round, so yes, they are definitely a big part of my style statement. &nbsp;</p> <p>I am actually currently annoyed because two pairs of my tall boots (both lace up pairs)&nbsp;are unlined not very warm at all&nbsp;so I can't wear them right now. &nbsp;But I think I may have just found my cold-weather black boots! &nbsp;(They are Blondos, I tried them on in a store in brown but have ordered the black.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125068 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:24:21 +0000 K. Period. 1125068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear them because I like them. &nbsp;They really aren't required for warmth or foot protection in Portland. &nbsp;Still, I have several tall and several ankle and I love wearing them all. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125061 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:16:04 +0000 catgirl 1125061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both! Fortunately, because I'd have to wear them anyway. Which came first, the weather or the statement? I don't know! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/musings-on-my-bootsdictates-or-of-weather-or-style-statement#post-1125054 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 01:05:19 +0000 Carla 1125054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Times spent on Pinterest reveal a lot of knee high boots worn regularly as a part of a look or style statement. Sometimes they are worn with skinny pants, sometimes with skirts, etc. Also, I note some folks on the forum are fans. </p> <p>Below are pictures of my boots. I wear the Sorels regularly for shovelling snow, or when it is just plain cold (which it is regularly here) for grocery shopping, or running errands when I'm in jeans or cords. The to-the-knee Franco Sarto leather boots get worn on the commute to and from work most days from November to May through snow and cold, but I switch to shoes at work. The over the knee (faux leather) boots get worn when I commute on public transit because they are low heeled and non slip, and keep me super warm under a skirt or dress. I sometimes wear them under a skirt all day at work. But, I NEVER wear the taller boots when there is no snow on the ground. </p> <p>The short boots get worn with pants, jeans, trousers, when I'm going building-to-car, or when I don't have to schlep through snow because it has been packed or cleared. I also wear the short boots during spring and fall, when there is no snow.</p> <p>All the boots are low healed. The Steve Madden Chelsea boots (3 yrs old) get the most wear. The Russell and Bromley boots are new (September) and are the only short boots worn with skirts or a dress. </p> <p>I'm thinking that if it wasn't for the weather (cold and snow) I probably would not wear boots for style, other than Chelsea boots, which I like quite a bit. </p> <p>Do you wear boots because of weather dictates or as a style statement? Do you find tall boots comfortable to wear (vs other styles of shoes?) </p>