MEN’S BOOTS ARE BRANCHING UPWARD FOR FALL

For several seasons, Fall/Winter boots were easy identifiers. Either short cropped styles (leather Chelsea boots) or suede lace-up half-boots. For Fall, I am witnessing PRADA (pictured: FLAUN+ Magazine spread displaying PRADA's Fall Applique boots), Burberry, Gucci, and hordes of designers hiking up men’s boots—some mid-calf length and others close to below-knee lengths. I pose one query: How can these towering-up boots be considered functioning men's footwear? Particular styles surely surpass androgynous connotes and are noticeably high femme. Case in point: GUCCI men’s slouch boot. I have come to the conclusion the new trend-of-the-moment (I stress!) boots scream fashionable rather than functional. I pray Spring/Summer styles plummet in height.

Update: (6:00am) I picked up today’s edition of New York Times and read a similar article (entitled "A Right Way to Go Wrong") by David Colman pertaining to men indulging in the latest trend: High boots. Excerpted from the article, David says, “Boots that are knee high, can be too costumey.” The article also featured the Gucci slouch boot.

CHECK THE BOOTS MAKING THE HIGH JUMP: