Leopard print boots are having a moment right now. Among the crowds enjoying the autumn sunshine in Ploschad Revolutsiy last Saturday afternoon was a pretty girl (above) darting about taking photographs of other pretty girls. I got her to stand still long enough to shoot her cute lace-up leopard-print bootees, though she scooted off before I found out where they're from.
Shortly after on Kamergersky Pereulok another pretty girl was toting an outsize violin case and a slouchy pair of leopard boots, this time in knee-high ponyskin.
Back in the Shoeblog studio (a small patch of white wall next to the Vogue picture department), here's Katya Z and her lovely leopard-print ponyskin kitten-heel ankle boots from TopShop.
Katya again, above, in leopard-print lace-ups from Sam Edelman.
These featured in last week's post about brogues, but they deserve a second look: Elena B's fab leopard lace-ups from Atillio Giusti Leombruni.
Pride of place goes to Masha S and her amazing black suede and leopard-pattern fur wedge bootees from Ash (an Italian company with a very rock 'n' roll boots selection, take a look here.)
Of course, the more fashion-forward (read 'older') among us have been hip to the joys of the leopard-print boot for some time. This one's from the archives: ponyskin desert boots by Emma Hope. Shoehorn has had them for years, and every time he wears them they are, ahem, a roaring success.