I remember the first time I saw them. I was thirteen years old and the girls who dressed the best (or at least, the ones who risked the most) walked with them on Sundays through those deserted and humid streets of our town, on their way to the afternoon session at the disco. A place with prints of Matisse and armchairs, which was also called Vogue, and where the young women I wanted to resemble went on pilgrimage. All of them looked sure of themselves and walked with a strong step; They wore sheer stockings and tall black boots, the same color as their matching miniskirt.
At that time I didn’t know where they bought them and my friends didn’t wear boots, so I had no one to ask, no Google tab where to look for them. I only knew that they were made of imitation leather, that they had a wide and relatively comfortable heel, and that they extended to the knee. I also knew that Anita, from The Heartbreakers, a style model at the time, was a follower of that trend. But she lived in the antipodes: Australia was still further away than today.
After a few months of sighing, I managed to get my mother to buy me a pair of boots, but it turned out to be a bittersweet conquest because the ones I treasured were better. And that wasn’t what I wanted: what I wanted were some like the ones everyone else wore; not that model that they had bought me in a department store in Vigo, where we would go on excursions some weekends. Mine were knee-high and black too, but nothing more: they were like a sophisticated version of the boots I longed for: the heel was almost a platform and they demanded a higher styling. Or more adult, something I wanted to get away from at all costs.
Happy, even so, I put them on day and night. Suddenly, as if I had gone from a child to a teenager, the people I met on the street looked at me and even dared to say something to me: I felt like Britney in “ I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman”. ”. That pair of boots lifted me and welcomed me into the next phase of my life: adolescence.
Years later (still in high school), boots with a wide heel of thirteen centimeters and a platform would arrive in my closet, which I bought myself and with which I made several kilometers from home. My parents couldn’t believe it and neither did my high school classmates. At the time, the shoe was considered too boorish ( Naked Wolfe was more than a decade away ); however, I felt an undeniable drive towards all that excessive fashion, which I found hilarious, away from the military boots or the super flat Adidas sneakers that everyone wore.
Since then, they have always accompanied me: I have had high boots of all colors; with round or pointed toes, with more or fewer heels. Even a pair above the knee, like Rihanna. Boots, these, helped me during my first years in Madrid and made me feel protected and ready for anything. Before that, I wore boots for years, going on dates with guys I was several heads taller than; going to the movies, for a walk; to go out with my friends.
The years go by and every fall I yearn for a pair of tall black boots. And even though I no longer have blonde hair or dress like I did a few years ago, my relationship with them is still one of absolute loyalty. This year, moreover, the autumn-winter 2022/2023 season has welcomed this trend in style and Milan Fashion Week has been undeniable proof of it. Now, it’s time for the most difficult part: choosing one. The options are endless.
Since then, they have always accompanied me: I have had high boots of all colors; with round or pointed toe, toesh more or less fewers. Even a pair above the knee, like Rihanna. Boots, these, helped me during my first years in Madrid and made me feel protected and ready for anything. Before that, I wore boots for years, going on dates with guys I was several heads taller than; going to the movies, for a walk; to go out with my friends.
The years go by and every fall I yearn for a pair of tall black boots. And even though I no longer have blonde hair or dress like I did a few years ago, my relationship with them is still one of absolute loyalty. This year, moreover, the autumn-winter 2022/2023 season has welcomed this trend in style and Milan Fashion Week has been undeniable proof of it. Now, it’s time for the most difficult part: choosing one. The options are endless.
