https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:23:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319676 Thu, 31 Jul 2014 04:54:10 +0000 unfrumped 1319676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Och, long day and just getting back; thanks to all for weighing in and I can make some more specific responses tomorrow.<br />I appreciate the feedback and enabling me that these are very nice booties! They do look so&nbsp;well made. I want to wear them, so will try some of my remaining pants and skirts and see if overall they work with enough, so's I'm not just having a one-or 2 outfit deal; I'm trying to be stern with myself about that! Now I've opened up the door to&nbsp; Paul Green footwear,&nbsp;&nbsp;I may be in trouble!<br />I seem to have more pant-leg misbehavior than some. Since there are a lot of references to skinnies,&nbsp; I wonder if denim is less troublesome, or more clingy/stretchy over boot, whereas I am wearing trouser fabrics-tropical wool or poly-rayon blends, that drape and so aren't stretched or scrunched over the boot shaft.&nbsp;Hmmm. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319253 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:10:50 +0000 rachylou 1319253@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think the booties look good with skirts/dresses when the hem is above the knee or right at the knee. I also think you should be able to wear these with any kind of pant generally speaking, if not the one pair of straight legs. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319218 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:26:54 +0000 Suz 1319218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now this is fascinating and shows how different we all are. Like Lisa, I live in a cold climate -- and I'm the opposite in my skirt/ dress/ bootie habits. I wear skirts/ dresses in summer but much less often in winter. And I also wear my BFs much less in winter! Mainly because I love them best rolled, and rolling exposes skin I can't expose in the chill.&nbsp;</p> <p>I wear my booties with skinnies all the time. I either pull the pant leg over the top of the bootie, or I roll it a little. Usually I just pull it over. Doesn't present a problem and generally stays put on me.&nbsp;</p> <p>But your issue is not jeans, which might work fine. Your issue is trousers. I am trying to think on this one. I don't have very many dress trousers but they all seem to work just fine with my booties. I don't know if it is because the booties are quite snug at the ankle, or what? I have one pair of wide legs (okay-- that is no issue); two pairs of slouchy tapered trousers (haven't had a problem); and one moto trouser (a skinny, essentially).&nbsp;</p> <p>My booties include:&nbsp;</p> <p>Stuart Weitzman chelsea boot<br />Zara ink blue neoprene top bootie<br />Sam Edelman Petty (these actually seem most problematic -- they are a bit shorter and the trouser hems can catch on them at times.)&nbsp;<br />Munro Robyn (with the V in front)</p> <p>The only ones that give me grief are the Report Dicker lookalikes. They're too wide at the top unless I cuff or stuff them. Which only really works for jeans.&nbsp;</p> <p>Back to you. I <b>LOVE</b> those booties, love them on you, and think you should keep them if they are comfortable. You make me truly want a pair, even more than I already wanted a pair.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319203 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:17:36 +0000 Angie 1319203@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Unfrumped, I wear all my booties with skinnies and straight legs. No wide hems needed.&nbsp;</p> <p>It's hard to judge from these photos whether they work with the dresses, but the booties look splendid on your feet. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319144 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:10:04 +0000 Anonymous 1319144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hear you - and can only offer two comments: &nbsp;I end up not wearing pants in the winter much at all for that very reason: booties don't really work with them and I'm constantly adjusting the pant leg after sitting down/getting up. &nbsp;Too much fussing - so no traditional pants in true winter for me. &nbsp;I'll wear them as late into the season as I can with pumps, then go for skirts , dress and jeans for the winter. &nbsp;Boyfriends work well with booties.</p> <p>And as far as the wider ankle opening goes - with skirts and dresses, I usually wear a scrunched to add some texture and to fill in any space. &nbsp;Club Monaco has great knee hi's specifically for this purpose. &nbsp;I don't always match them to the tights - a toned in colour is fun to do. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319137 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 18:00:42 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1319137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh--and I have considered adding short socks in similar situations that would act to fill in the gap visually with (for instance) a little bit of scrunched black sock cuff at the top of the boot. That would only work on colder days though I think. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319135 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:58:45 +0000 Pree 1319135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think they look great with tights and skirts- does seem to be too much gape at the ankle.&nbsp; I agree with pants, they need to be able to fall over the bootie and the shootie will work better with the straight legs pants. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319132 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:57:28 +0000 Suzanne (ambergreen) 1319132@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm...well, I can't speak to the wider pants as I avoid them--but with bootlets I've been wearing skinny jeans or trousers, sometimes rolled at the bottom to meet with the tops of the boots. </p> <p>I think these look really good on you though and the flowerpotting is really not enough to worry about. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319125 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:53:06 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 1319125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I got these boots as well, and so far had only got into the plan of wearing them with skinny jeans. But I do like them with your skirts and the dark hose (possibly other colors might accentuate any flower potting) so I may try this as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/nas-round-2-paul-green-boots-and-rant-on-ppws#post-1319118 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:45:24 +0000 unfrumped 1319118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This post is combining NAS option with a<br /> diatribe on PPW’s (perfect pant widths) and how to match up footwear.</p> <p>&nbsp;Here<br /> is another NAS item I really like, but am debating just on the basis of where<br /> my boot capsule should be heading,&nbsp; in<br /> case I need to look in a different &nbsp;direction.</p> <p>These are the Paul Green’s in dark gray<br /> suede. I swore I was not going to get even 2” heels because I need some true flat booties (meaning only 1/2-1") but they looked great to<br /> try. They fit very well.</p> <p>One problem is, I am having to realize that<br /> typical ankle boots require a wide-ish or bootcut leg pant. I picked this color<br /> to go with both black and with some gray stripe and check pants, but the gray<br /> ones are more straight and they won’t fall back over the boot when moving<br /> about. But, these boots&nbsp;do look good with about 5 pair of either AT trouser pants (the<br /> original wider leg that’s about a 20” hem opening) and bootcut or &nbsp;slight boot cut trousers.</p> <p>I’ve shown them here with tights so you can<br /> see them better and the amount of ankle gap (should have used nude hose)&nbsp;so as&nbsp;to ask, could<br /> these be worn like this as well? There is still some flower-pot effect<br /> though less than some, so I wondered about that plus the height—are these<br /> pants-only boots, and for a dress one would need a lower bootie or more intentional<br /> mid-calf or tall along with closer fit.</p> <p>I ask because I have quite a few<br /> dress/skirt outfits that&nbsp; I’m wearing<br /> with dark gray, as opposed to black, tights for a softer look (the dress or<br /> skirt may be gray or a print with gray) so I could see wearing gray booties of<br /> some sort. If these worked for that, that would substantially increase the # of<br /> times I would wear during fall and winter and into early spring and mitigate the pant width limitations. </p> <p>On to the essay on PPW’s and footwear. I<br /> already knew that the sort of straight-not-slim trousers &nbsp;were going to create some issues. This kind of<br /> straight trouser works well for me as it’s less frumpy-prone than the wider<br /> leg. However, that pants&nbsp; width will not<br /> slide over most typical ankle boots/booties. </p> <p>I am figuring for those I will need to be<br /> very fitted at the low calf, which is kind of a HEWI already, or possibly a<br /> lace-up style to get that fit, and maybe even a taller boot shaft that I used<br /> to think. Alternatively, the footwear needs to have no shaft to speak of , so a<br /> shootie. I got my Born shootie for this purpose but am having trouble finding<br /> something lower or more refined or both. That’s because I don’t do well with a<br /> narrow shoe heel (meaning “heels” not fit of my heel) which is often part of<br /> the shootie &nbsp;look.&nbsp; Oxfords are a problem because there’s too<br /> much “stuff’ on top of the foot, and even loafers may give a problem (the<br /> narrower the pant hem, the more a loafer will work).</p> <p>So, if&nbsp;<br /> you’ve made it this far, feel free to give feedback on the above booties<br /> in general and with skirts, and any observations or success you’ve had with<br /> finding footwear&nbsp; for these&nbsp; not-wide, not skinny pants.</p>