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...
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...