It seems we have a bit of mindset out west.
And really, I don’t get this newest trend either.
Peeptoe boots, like these Alexander McQueens available through Browns.
They first hit the shelves last spring and they don’t seem to be going away.
I love my peeptoe heels. They’re a little flirty, a chance to show off your summer toe polish, best for spring, summer and early fall.
But boots?
It’s tough to wrap my head around.
Boots — and all my love for them — need to be a little bit functional.
As in keeping my toes warm in the cooler/ cold as hell months.
And I don’t spend a lot of time on my toes in the winter either. The funky polish is a second thought to more important matters, such as staying warm.
Peeptoes in the winter months are entirely non-functional.
Peeptoes in the snow?
Forget it. No, thank you very much.
And you don’t get it either.
“That would be a shoe oxymoron in my book,” says my friend Tracey, a.k.a. @applecrisp.
“What good are they? I’d never wear them,” says Diane, a.k.a @Diegirl.
“Yeah, no … my little toes freeze off. OK, my size 10 BIG toes. Whatever,” says Chelsea, a.k.a. @chelscore and @fashionwestca.
Maybe it’s because we’re Calgarians and we’re already bracing for our first snowfall in late September.
We need our boots to be functional, not just fashionable.
We need our boots to cover our toes and protect us from the elements.
My shoe girl, Tonia Hammer, a.k.a. @MolsonTonia, loves them.
“I have room in my closet for peeptoe boots,” she says. “I love that they can be casual with jeans, but formal with a dress/shirt. I can wear them spring to autumn … and show off a nice pedicure.”
We have to trust Tonia. Not only is she a shoe girl, but she’s also a shoe girl in Toronto, the hallowed centre of fashion in Canada.
See … they may actually four seasons in Toronto.
We don’t.
We go right from it’s so friggin cold to holy smokes is that warm weather for the next two weeks.
And boots are the last thing we want to put on our feet.
Love your new side project! Also forgot to mention the wonderful world of underground PATH here in Toronto = can get around most of the downtown core while wearing peep toes and never worrying about cold toes
PATH sounds wonderful. We have the Plus-15 system but we still have to get downtown in the cold.
Oh god, now the whole internet knows I have size 10 boat feet. They are actually 9 1/2, ok?
Damn the Google tubes!
The open toe boots are so sexy! But….on the GVRD we are preparing for our usual 9 months of rain fall.Sexy?~ YES Practical?~ A BIG NO!!
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