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

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#346
Hi Alex,

I imagine the main difference in the reaction of the public regarding men wearing them will be between just high underknee boots and clearly overknee boots. The first belongs to the category of boots policemen and horsemen wear; the second is different. And its the second type I will wear, and indeed more eyecatching because of the piratebootslike cuffs and the big buckles. So that makes a big difference, to wear such kind of boots openly in public. It never will become totally 'normal' for men, i suppose. And you yourself confess that you often wear your high underknee boots covered by your pants (smile). Well, why is that?

p.s. Where did you get the boots from you wear on your avatar-pic? They are a bit overknee....
 
#347
Talking about men wearing overknee boots: I remember I blog by a guy from Munich, Germany, who wore over the knee boots also as some kind of social experiment.
The typical reaction he got was just no reaction.

Too bad the blog was removed in the meantime...
 
#350
Yes Pirate, the main difference is between knee and overknee boots, you are right.
About overknee, there was probably a mistake in my text, because i did not wear them under the pants, it'd be difficult to fit. I wore them outside the jeans, but just sometime and always by night, travelling for work and where I do not know anyone who can recognize me. As told, and as the same who wrote Swedishchef about the German guy, the reaction of people was mostly no reaction! Probably, most could be that someone thought I was extravagant, maybe weird, but really I had no reaction at all. It happened when I was where none knows me, so it is easier to be unnoticed.
The boots you see in my avatar are a pair I did do by an expert italian shoe maker, because I did not find anything of that kind in Italy and I wished to get a pair of my own. Then I posted some photos on the web and immediately sold two pairs, so I thought there were some men who were looking for boots, and launched a new business in biker style boots (called Runnerbull) that is growing up, very slowly, it is anyway a small market, but intresting.
 
#351
Pirateboots said:
I totally agree with you. It was his site, connected to the blog, that you still can find on the internet (I suppose you mean thisd one: http://overknees.blogspot.nl/) that was a main factor to overcome my many many hesitations to wear overknee boots as a man and to encourage me to start to wear them too!
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Yes, I remeber too the blog, but I thought it was closed now, in fact the pohotos are of 2011
 
#352
alex63 said:
Yes Pirate, the main difference is between knee and overknee boots, you are right.

About overknee, there was probably a mistake in my text, because i did not wear them under the pants, it'd be difficult to fit. I wore them outside the jeans, but just sometime and always by night, travelling for work and where I do not know anyone who can recognize me. As told, and as the same who wrote Swedishchef about the German guy, the reaction of people was mostly no reaction! .
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But if there is no reaction, why do you only wear overknee boots when you will not be recognized by somebody? Or us the difference with just-knee-boots indeed to big for that?
 
#355
Pirateboots said:
But if there is no reaction, why do you only wear overknee boots when you will not be recognized by somebody? Or us the difference with just-knee-boots indeed to big for that?
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Even if the most of people doesn't get reaction seeing a man in overkenne boots, it is very difficult for me, and imagine for everyone, to dress in so unconventional way! To be a pioneer in style needs to not care about the mainstream, but I think it needs some steps: the first was to wear the knee high boots over pants, and now it is almost completely exceeded, but you have to feel confortable to get tne next step.
I remember firts time when I wore the boots on the jeans, it seemed me everyone was looking at me, but it was just my feeling ...!
 
#356
alex63 said:
Even if the most of people doesn't get reaction seeing a man in overkenne boots, it is very difficult for me, and imagine for everyone, to dress in so unconventional way! To be a pioneer in style needs to not care about the mainstream, but I think it needs some steps: the first was to wear the knee high boots over pants, and now it is almost completely exceeded, but you have to feel confortable to get tne next step.
I remember firts time when I wore the boots on the jeans, it seemed me everyone was looking at me, but it was just my feeling ...!
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But you're now used to see yourself wearing them? You will take the next step now?

To be honest: I have the same hesitations aboy wearing them in public, that's the reason I posted in this forum. Tigh high boots are very eyecatching, and this is even more the case with my new piratestyle boots with big buckles and cuffs. I am not a pioneer in style matters either, so I perhaps will kneed those stages of acceptance too. I too will have first to get used to regard myself as a guy that just wears them as a 'normal' fashion item in daily life, and than to get used to other people - family, friends, colleagues and strangers alike - seeing i'm wearing them as my daily dress. I hope I dare to take the first step, as soon as my new boots arrive.
 
#357
I doesn't feel ready to wear overknee boots in daily life, and with persons and in places I know. But I have to admit that two years ago I was unconfortable wearing also knee boots under jeans and going to dressing room in the gym, where I had to take off and put the boots in front of some people. But, again, nobody seemed to care, so I began more confident and now I'm just proud to wear with boots!
Besides, I spoke, looking on some photos on my computer, of boots and even overknee boots with my sister, showing her some of those we are making and she just smiled.
Things become normal when you use or talk about everyday; about boots for men, the fact is that you can see just sometimes in streets, and often in provocation way on fashion catwalk; but, you can be sure, if some of the most named brand would launch a new range of boots for men, they will be more popular in minutes!
I'm not exactly a guy who follow fashion and style, I do not care about trends and I do not spend a lot of money to dress, I just like boots and like to wear them.
 
#358
The problem with the catwalk is that male fashion demonstrated there is just a bit to extreme to be worn in reality by 'ordinary' guys in daily life. It woul be better if a new model of overknee boots on the catwalk would be combined with just jeans etc to make it more easy accepted by a wider public, i think. As to be seen here: http://www.hotboots.com/pix1123.html
 
#359
I do not think that runway looks are too extrem - I think that most men are just not interested in fashion - also because fashion is some kind of reserved for women ...
Nonetheless I cannot remember that I ever saw men wearing over knee boots on runway ...
 
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