Men in Knee-high-boots ?????

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#316
Hello, folks. Just wanted to chime in to say how thrilled I am to find this. Been a big fan of boots since I donned my first combat boots and "slam danced" in the early 80's. Tall boots have always caught my eye but I never knew how to make them work with my own personal style. By the mid 90's, I gave up on making them work.

As an older fellow, my love for boots hasn't changed at all but my style changed a lot over the years. I find that I can now wear boots with my personal style but I found a surprising absence of style guides on the internet for them. I found a lot of opinions touted as law but no one really taking the time to show how they can work. Fall is approaching and a moment of weakness at an ebay auction have left me wanting for more ideas of how to rock a pair a knee high boots. I've seen many examples here that totally hit it right. Validated some of my own choices in personal style. The examples here are much more refined. Looking forward to seeing more.
 
#317
great thread!! I have a lot of pics, of boots as well as other edgy fashion!!

on Instagram - DaryllBryant
on Pinterest - Daryll Bryant

I own about 15 different types of boots and I have a collection of over 300 coats!

enjoy! :cool:
 
#319
Hi,
Already for a very long time as as man I had the deep wish to start to wear real traditional overknee boots!!! In fact since my youth I have this desire, because I regarded high pirateboots than as very exciting. Till yet I only didn’t trust myself, to wear such very masculine boots in reality, as overknee boots seemed to be reserved for women. My highest boots until yet were cowboyboots, and only since a year I dare to wear those uncovered (so with my jeans put inside). To change from those half-high boots, only running up to my calfs, to enormous overknee boots is a big step than, as you will understand, as these are really an eyecatcher.
But your messages have encouraged me finally to take this step indeed. I have just ordered my first pair to be made by Jean Gabrit Boots for Guys in Paris. They will be even already be of the showily pirate-type, thus not only overknee, but with turned upside-down cuffs and four straps with very big silver buckles at the sides. As a startmodell we did chose the boots my avatar shows, so only higher and with a double amount of buckles. Soon as a man I will wear real overknee boots too!!!
I am very looking forward to receive them. I would like very much to wear my piratestyle overknee boots from the beginning as a standard everyday, and I hope I will indeed find the courage to wear them in public immediately. I hope reactions will be positive. I am interested in the experiences in this respect of those men who already dared to do so. If one indeed has found the courage to wear overknee boots in public, I suppose this to be very exciting.
Thomas
 
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#320
Been there done that. It's a blast, lots of people comment, both positive and negative. Some people will just stare rudely and other will look and smile, some will take your picture and tweet it. You are pushing the male fashion boundary…...go for it!

I have a pair of suede pirate OTK boots (now vintage) similar to your picture that I wore a lot in the 90's, mostly in the evening to parties, clubs and fun nights out. I paired mine with leather pants. Now I wear my otk's mostly over jeans. I think I still have some pics in this thread of me, in London, wearing otk boots.
Now that it's turning cold I can get my otk boots out again.
 
#321
During the colder half of the yoer I wear knee high boots for most occasions - also on my way to my job for several years now. A bit later I started looking for some OTK boots, but until now I did not find some I like.
The problem is not the boot, the problem is that I do not like what I see in the mirror after trying them on :-(
 
#322
junkmail4gra said:
Been there done that. It's a blast, lots of people comment, both positive and negative. Some people will just stare rudely and other will look and smile, some will take your picture and tweet it. You are pushing the male fashion boundary…...go for it!

I have a pair of suede pirate OTK boots (now vintage) similar to your picture that I wore a lot in the 90's, mostly in the evening to parties, clubs and fun nights out. I paired mine with leather pants. Now I wear my otk's mostly over jeans. I think I still have some pics in this thread of me, in London, wearing otk boots.
Now that it's turning cold I can get my otk boots out again.
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Hi Junkmail4gra,

good to hear about your experience.
do you have pics of your boots? Your pirateboots also have those big buckles?
do you wear your pirateboots also on normal days, when going to work etc, or only when going out? And how did your environment react, when you sarted to wear hem?

My pirateboots will not be of suede, but of black leather, so this will push the male fashion boundary further indeed, I suppose....
 
#324
@Pirateboots:

For me this was/is quite easy because my colleagues already got used to my "extraordinary style" - which was accepted from the first day :smile1:.

Although most reactions are very positive, I do not wear them during the whole day because I prefer a pair of comfy loafers.

If you'd like to get some impressions, just have a look on my blog.
 
#325
@swedishchef

Thanx for your quick answer. Always encouraging to hear that the experience of others is positive, as I regard it still a rather daring step to take, to start to wear high overknee pirate-style boots in public in daily life. Well, I hope my environment will react as positive as yours.

They motsly did even react VERY positive you wrote. You got other guys as far as to wear them too? (Smile)

I will have a look on your blog, as I am very curious after your impressions.
 
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Pirateboots said:
@swedishchef
They motsly did even react VERY positive you wrote. You got other guys as far as to wear them too? (Smile)
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There is something I learned quite soon:

It's is not about what you wear, it is about how you wear it. This does not only include matching pieces, but also questions like "do you like what you are wearing? Do you fil comfy and confident?"
 
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