Tuesday 24 August 2010

Cool summer

It's still August, but summer in London is already blowing hot and cold, and on Saturday afternoon in Chelsea it was definitely more – well, if not exactly cold, then certainly rather cool. The coolest girls on the Kings Road had ditched the flipflops and gladiators in favour of summer boots. When I asked the American twins above where they got their funky footgear, they replied, "Follow us!" – destination All Saints. The girl outside the Saatchi Gallery (below) was rocking "last season's Massimo Dutti", in beautiful black ponyskin.

Below: these lace-up platform ankle boots are from Urban Outfitters. I love the combination of bold shapes and colours and the flash of (a single) ankle.

A cool summer is not limited to London, mind you. I was in Dublin recently and spotted these gorgeous tan leather ankle boots with cut-out patterns (below). Their owner was from Barcelona, so sadly these won't be available in my high street any time soon.

One more pic from Dublin earlier in the summer: the trend for distressed boots hasn't been front-page fashion news, but there's a lot of it on the streets. I think these (below) were River Island. A (very) early homage to Tom Hardy in Mad Max IV? Or preview of recession-dressing to come? We shall have to wait and see...

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