STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

JMR · Dooney & Bourke

brrr I need winter boots

member · Hermes

I just got these @ Ann Taylor Loft. They're onsale for $69.99.

Christine · Coach

I own this pair in black - they're really cute and waterproof! They cost me $69.

FashionPrincess · Hermes

I think these are cute:

I also bought these in black and they are very warm and comfortable (shopped in them all weekend!):

If you are interested in them, you can PM me if you want and I can get them for $68.

I also like this style by the same brand:

Oh, and I just sprayed mine with suede waterprotector spray and it works beautifully. HTH!

Hermes

I love these - who makes and where can I get them?

also love these fryes - but the wooden clog would last two seconds in the wet/snow/salt... I almost bought them but for the price, and extremely dry weather conditions required (which are few and far between) I passed...

-- Edited by detroit at 12:44, 2005-12-09

tara t · Marc Jacobs

if i needed boots, i'd get these...

cute

FashionPrincess · Hermes

detroit wrote:

I love these - who makes and where can I get them? also love these fryes - but the wooden clog would last two seconds in the wet/snow/salt... I almost bought them but for the price, and extremely dry weather conditions required (which are few and far between) I passed... -- Edited by detroit at 12:44, 2005-12-09

detroit, those first boots are by Sugar and are at Macy's. Also, I thought honey was looking at those fryes for snow boots and said they have a rubber thread on the bottom? Maybe they were a different style???

Christine · Coach

detroit wrote:

I love these - who makes and where can I get them?

-- Edited by detroit at 12:44, 2005-12-09

Detroit, the brand is Sugar and they're called the Parka Boot. They used to sell them at Macy's.com, but the last time I checked they were sold out. Here's a link to another place to buy them. They even have little pockets inside them for cash or whatever, and they're really lightweight. I'm a 7 1/2 and ordered both the 7 and the 8, not knowing which would fit best....I kept the 8.

honey · Gucci

yeah, i was looking at the low heeled version of those boots, and they had a rubber tread, or some sort of groove action going on. i'm sure the high heeled version would have the same thing.

Hermes

FashionPrincess wrote:

I thought honey was looking at those fryes for snow boots and said they have a rubber thread on the bottom? Maybe they were a different style???

no - not a different style. yes they have a rubber tread on the bottom, but Michigan and New York are very similar in depth of snow, wetness and salt - it's not limited to a thin covering on the surface of sidewalks - you are often up to your ankles or more in it when navigating to your car or a building or on sidewalks or when you get stuck and need to get out of your car in deep snow, or if you're running out to get the newspaper, or a multitude of other situations. I have wooden heel shoes and the heels got water stains from just getting wet from rain - I couldn't imagine wood soles in northern winter...

-- Edited by detroit at 12:59, 2005-12-09

FashionPrincess · Hermes

detroit wrote:

no - not a different style. yes they have a rubber tread on the bottom, but Michigan and New York are very similar in depth of snow, wetness and salt - it's not limited to a thin covering on the surface of sidewalks - you are often up to your ankles or more in it when navigating to your car or a building or on sidewalks or when you get stuck and need to get out of your car in deep snow, or if you're running out to get the newspaper, or a multitude of other situations. I have wooden heel shoes and the heels got water stains from just getting wet from rain - I couldn't imagine wood soles in northern winter... -- Edited by detroit at 12:59, 2005-12-09

Ok, gottcha. I thought you were just concerned about potentially falling on your a**

tina242 · Kate Spade

tara t wrote:

if i needed boots, i'd get these... cute

Me too - just like Kors boots - but they only have size 6.5............

honey · Gucci

detroit wrote:

FashionPrincess wrote: I thought honey was looking at those fryes for snow boots and said they have a rubber thread on the bottom? Maybe they were a different style??? no - not a different style. yes they have a rubber tread on the bottom, but Michigan and New York are very similar in depth of snow, wetness and salt - it's not limited to a thin covering on the surface of sidewalks - you are often up to your ankles or more in it when navigating to your car or a building or on sidewalks or when you get stuck and need to get out of your car in deep snow, or if you're running out to get the newspaper, or a multitude of other situations. I have wooden heel shoes and the heels got water stains from just getting wet from rain - I couldn't imagine wood soles in northern winter... -- Edited by detroit at 12:59, 2005-12-09

yeah, i actually decided this morning that i'm not going to get them. as a test run i wore a pair of fryes to work (it's snowy & icky) and water still leaked in. now i have wet socks.

jmr, i'm not much help, but i saw these merrell boots that i really like

i'm hesistant on them b/c i don't think they're completely weatherproof (that's a big priority for me). but if you don't have to trudge through tons & tons of snow they might work.

bumblebee · Coach

this is probably a really dumb question, but are regular leather boots not okay in snow? like the water gets in around the seams and stuff? or do you guys buy wintry snow-boots just because they are warmer with fur?

i have a pair like this. would they be bad for walking around and shopping in NYC in the current snowy weather?

-- Edited by bumblebee at 14:39, 2005-12-09

jj · Kate Spade

Bumblebee, most of my boots are like the ones you posted, and I haven't had any problems wearing them in the snow. But they don't keep you feet warm at all, so I wear warmer socks.

JMR, I just saw these at Nine West and thought they were cute!

honey · Gucci

bumblebee -- i would wear boots like that for walking around the day after it snow and they've had a chance to clean the streets, etc. but i wouldn't wear them when it's snowing. unfortunately, i don't have the option of staying in everytime it snows, so i need hardcore boots.

bumblebee · Coach

thanks, honey--that's helpful. i've never walked around in the city when it was actually snowing, so i didn't know.

halah · Kenneth Cole

On my commute into work I saw these on a girl and had to ask here where they were from (Lands End) they looked so cute tucked into jeans.

She had them in black

shopgirl82 · Chanel

these are $123 at zappos. the brand is timberland. i really like these, but no wedge heel.

i have the Kors wedge heel ones and they don't really provide traction, but i still wear them and just make my bf hold my hand. i plan on buying these marc jacobs ones that i posted earlier. they have a wedge heel, but i don't think they would be the best for snow either.

these are cute but $218 :( la canadienne is the brand

$152, cute, but leather.