These boots were made for... you know the rest.

December 12, 2014 10:28 AM

"Work trips for me mean running all over a city in one night or festivals in unpredictable weather. You can save your macrame dress and flower crown festival fashion. Give me a denim shirt, jeans, and a pair of any of the boots above, and I’ll be fine for 24 hours (well, feed me, too)." 17 Pairs of Chelsea Boots That Are Actually Practical by Alyssa DeHayes, Paste Magazine.
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome (13 comments total)

Are those kinds of boots typically not practical? I have owned a couple pairs of this form and they're incredible comfortable if you get the fit right.
posted by mathowie at 10:32 AM on December 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

Best of the Web[bed feet].
posted by wensink at 10:36 AM on December 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

My feet spontaneously blistered at the sight of those Doc Martens.
posted by peripathetic at 10:40 AM on December 12, 2014 [2 favorites]

I naturally liked the look of the Frye's best. Because expensive! Sigh.
posted by suelac at 10:44 AM on December 12, 2014 [3 favorites]

Wow, those Timberland Earthkeepers are fantastic! Moving to Montana has given me a whole new appreciation for boots and I suspect my modest collection may need to grow just a bit more this winter. I don't think I've ever seen a Chelsea boot I liked a lot before, at least for women - usually the casualness of the elastic bit seems to clash with the formality of the boots, but that pair gets the balance just right. The Fryes are all beautiful too, as always, but I don't even dare look directly at them lest I find myself ruined for all other boots.
posted by dialetheia at 11:24 AM on December 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

I think the title is a bit misleading: I think you're supposed to read it as, "here are some nice X type of boots - and they're actually quite practical!" if you get my meaning. If you don't, nothing I can do about it! :D plus I thought the owner was ultra-right wing but that's quite off topic and I'd rather bury my head in the sand
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:48 AM on December 12, 2014

(ooo something strange happened, <> will cut out your text. Here's what was cut: Urban Outfitters have some Chelsea boots, as do The Gap (I think they're around $90 so I nixed trying them on, as I had already bought a pair of burgundy cheapies from Target). I feel a bit odd walking into Urban Oufitters now as a 46 year old, but I could always pretend I'm shopping for my (fictional) daughter, or something. plus I thought the owner was ultra-right wing but that's quite off topic and I'd rather bury my head in the sand)
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 11:51 AM on December 12, 2014

There's practically no content in here — the paragraph seems to stay the same. This is just someone's perusal shopping list, and seems like too thin of a post.
posted by klangklangston at 12:17 PM on December 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

This is helpful for someone looking for shoes ideas. It's not easy to find something that meets all of ones requirements. I've been wearing Uggs every day since September as they're the only shoes that keep my feet warm n comfy without crushing my toe-box or opening up friction holes in my skin. Womens shoes are horrific.
posted by bleep at 12:27 PM on December 12, 2014 [1 favorite]

My Blundstones are fantastic - until the boots are more than 5 years old. Then the sole starts to disintegrate. Literally. I had a pair where the tops were still in wonderful shape - but when I put them on last Fall, the heel fell out in large clumps.

Turns out that this is a known issue.

I love Doc Martens; I'll have to look at that style of boot for my next pair.
posted by spinifex23 at 12:29 PM on December 12, 2014

"This is helpful for someone looking for shoes ideas. It's not easy to find something that meets all of ones requirements. I've been wearing Uggs every day since September as they're the only shoes that keep my feet warm n comfy without crushing my toe-box or opening up friction holes in my skin. Womens shoes are horrific."

Then use AskMe. As it stands, this is 17 images of shoes that the author liked. That's it. There's no info about the specific shoes except manufacturer and price. This is a bad post and I'm surprised to see it still standing.
posted by klangklangston at 1:02 PM on December 12, 2014

I love a chelsea boot! I love the gender-neutral style. I'm a dude and rock these all the time now.

My only issue is that the pull tab on the back makes my preferred pant length sometimes a pain — the leg can get caught on the tab and hike up in an unflattering way. Pants need to be long enough to never ride up like that or short enough to avoid the top of the boot altogether.

Otherwise: woot chelsea boots!
posted by wemayfreeze at 1:04 PM on December 12, 2014

I naturally liked the look of the Frye's best. Because expensive! Sigh.

They're so worth it, though... I have a pair of these in brown and I plan to be buried in them. They are the most comfortable footwear I have ever owned.
posted by palomar at 1:06 PM on December 12, 2014