In fact, even the whole cute equestrian chic bordering on preppy look which you can buy pretty much head to toe from the infuriating Jack Wills which is doing the rounds doesn't particularly appeal to me; the closest to horse jewelry I've ever got is a sweet little seahorse pendant (which soon broke). With all this background information on offer, it may be a little easier for you to understand my shock when I started to notice a pattern in the boots I was being attracted to.
Clockwise from top left: Dorothy Perkins £70, Office £100, Belstaff £295, Marks & Spencer £79Predictably, the Belstaffs are the most yummy (I know, 'yummy' should be strictly restricted to kids describing their nuggets and chips but seriously, would you not eat those if you could keep them once they'd passed through the system???) but also the most unattainable. The M&S pair are out of stock, the Office boots are a little too high and pricey and the DPs are likely to look crap in the flesh. For now I shall have to console myself by reminding me that normally horse riding boots actually have a tendency to look more like this:
Paddock boots (like the ones in the very last photo) are usually pretty unsightly, clearly not the choice for "pretty face."
ReplyDeleteI see you've picked tall boots that look like what dressage riders wear—what I used to wear. They're beautiful, strong, and dignified.
Maybe you can save your cash and get some Belstaffs—they look like dressage boots crossed with engineer boots. A very cool look.
The good thing about the belstaffs is that by the time I've saved enough they won't have stopped selling like all the others!
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