- The Observer, Sunday November 4 2007
For the past two winters, we've been trotting around in platform boots and high heels, and endured all the scrapes and bruises they brought. Icy pavements left us sprawling and splayed in puddles. So we limped to the internet and bought some Uggs.
They're warm and they're cosy and they've just opened their first British store, and everybody's still wearing them. Famous people, un-famous people, people who you sort of recognise from reality TV, but aren't sure if maybe you went to school with. Seriously, everybody. Apart from us. We've moved on. Now we're all a-flutter over Grazia magazine's favourite boot of the season - the biker boot. Both comfortable and toasty, the biker boot is the answer to many of your (less searching) questions. It's sexy and sensible, and quite chic with some slim tucked jeans, or when teamed with a floaty dress and tights à la Courtney Love circa 1991, or even, like SJP on the SATC set [right] with some possibly-horrid baggy black denim.
If bikers aren't your bag, Grazia also likes riding boots, which bring an air of aristocratic delight, and hold up very well in either a storm or a mosh-pit. Tick and tick. Or enjoy the embellishments on the equally terrific cowboy boots, which are thankfully more 'ahh' than 'yee-hah'. Grazia also recommends some excellent posher tall boots, with zips and points and studs and poppers, and some wet-look patent ones, which are a bit like grown-up fashion wellies. All of which will a) look fantastic, b) keep your feet warm and comfortable and most importantly c) prevent you from ending arse-up on a slippery pavement blinding strangers with your knickers.
