I was so excited to see the sea of boots at Macy's today after getting my brows done at the Benefit Brow Bar, which will warrant its own post. It's fabulous and so easy!
But back to the sea of boots that was calling my name to venture through. I love boots, but I have found a few issues with them for me. One, like many active women, I have athletically shaped calves that often do not work with standard boots. This usually leaves me with the option of seeing if the store can order the boots in a wide calf. The challenge of this that one, you are never sure how the boots will look until you get them in the mail, two many styles do not come in wide calf options, and finally and most importantly, three, even though you have a wide calf does not mean you have a wide ankle, which means the boots bunch up around the ankle if you size the calf up. Still, when I was living in NYC, I would spend hours every season looking for my magic pair of boots that would meet my style needs and calf needs all in one.
Now that I have lived in California for a few years, I am noticing things starting to change. I have started to embrace the booties trend. Booties still give me the feeling of it being fall in my wardrobe, but keep me cool and comfortable in LA's fall and winter weather (which is the equivalent of spring temperatures for most of the country). Booties also have allowed me to join in on the boot trends every year, keeping my fashionista itch at bay. To go with my two pairs of slouchy boots and mid calf Frye boots in my closet I have since added three pairs of booties over the last 2 years and I couldn't love them more! I find my tall boots have been relegated to the back of the closet.
Have you ventured into the booties world? If not, what's stopping you?!
