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Combat Boots For Now And Later

I really love combat boots.

Mostly because they remind me of seventh grade, when I switched from a uniform-requiring private school on the Upper West Side to a non-uniform-requiring one on the Upper East Side, and got very, very excited about the concept that I was allowed to wear whatever I wanted.

I remember my old combat boots vividly: my friend Harley and I bought matching pairs (along with matching baby-doll tees and matching mini-backpacks, of course) at a discount store in the East 70s, and I wore them just about every day right up until the point when the laces frayed and the soles started to separate. Which wasn’t long after I bought them, because they were extremely cheap. But that was OK, because once My So-Called Life went off the air the expiration date on combat boots arrived pretty quickly.

I am so excited that they’re back. And I think they may be back to stay this time around, because they’ve moved beyond a trend into the world of classics…and also, they’re just so fun to wear. They’re great with pretty much everything for fall –  I especially like them with ’90s-ish floral dresses, skinny jeans and muscle tees, and shorts with lightweight sweaters or long-sleeved tees (for balance).

This is how I wore my boots in last fall’s UGG Australia campaign, and more or less how I plan to be wearing them in about a month.

But that’s later. Let’s talk now!

Two ways to wear combat boots during the summer-to-fall transition:

 

How To Wear Black Combat Boots

 

With black-and-silver everything…

 

…And with shorts, a colorful top, and a knit sweater.

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