On the Street

And at the mall, in your local coffee shop, and in college classrooms everywhere are Combat boots. They are a shoe you must have in your closet this season. I am seeing them everywhere. On my quest the past two weeks to shoot street fashion, I have over 70 photos of people in combat boots.

Although combat boots are not my personal style, they are effortlessly cool. (After seeing this trend everywhere, I had to try them on. They did not look so great on me.) There are many ways to wear this trend. I saw girls wearing combat boots with dresses, skirts, shorts with black hosiery, leggings, denim, black straight leg jeans, and printed pants. On the street, it is easy to tell that the style is "anything goes" and that also applies to combat boots.

Here are some photo's I took while at school, Starbucks, the mall, and just walking around College hill. They are being worn by men and women at any age. I was also inclined to ask someone why they loved combat boots and she told it was because they are extremely comfortable. Shoes that are stylish, easy to wear, and comfortable? That is a no brainer! Ladies and gents, if you don't already own combat boots, buy them now! Unless you are like me, the only person that does not look good in them!

 

 

What is also great about combat boots, is they can fit your personal style. Whether you are girly and feminine, hipster and edgy, American classic, Californian cool, or just like to wear jeans and a plain white tee shirt, combat boots can fit into your wardrobe.

One designer that incorporated some key elements of combat boots into their runway show is Marc Jacobs. In his collection for Louis Vuitton Fall 2012, some of the footwear some distinct design details to them.

Here are some photo's from Louis Vuitton's Fall 2012 collection.

 

As Jacobs was designing for this season, he was likely inspired from street fashion. His interpretation of combat boots might have been these lace up pumps. These shoes have the same fabrication of combat boots - leather. They also have toe caps of the same color leather and are featured in nuetral hues. The most important similarity of these shoes is the style of shoes laces and the tongue of the shoe. 

I dare to try this trend for Fall 2012.