(the very first) tuesday shoeday - frye dannika

last fall, i had a dream. a dream that was doubted by many a skeptical friend, but a dream that i refused to believe was out of reach. and this fall, that dream came true.

i am talking about the fold-over boot.

last fall i bought a pair of gorgeous leather over-the-knee boots from http://www.victoriassecret.com/ called the "devon boot." i bought them in a delicious brandy color, and wore them every possible way--scrunched, cuffed, and even pulled all the way up, as shown by the picture found on the website. around this time last year, though, the thought occurred to me that this boot would be even more fabulous if i could fold them right in half, the bottom of the cuff overlapping the heel of the boot.

in execution, however, this idea was far from ideal. the top kept falling down too far, and the inside of the boot wasn't designed to be showcased this way. also, the edge of the cuff kept scrunching down too far and dragging against the floor. basically, the boot wasn't having it.

i couldn't properly explain the idea to anyone else, either. people generally gave me the "are you out of your damn mind" look with which i'd become all too familiar when making my boots-over-skinny-jeans mission statement after my summertime european tour in 2004. it seemed i would have to be patient.

finally, this fall, the original boot experts the frye company have made my dream come true with their gorgeously designed dannika boot. this made-to-be-cuffed leather holy grail is the object of my most concentrated affections of late. the $588 price tag seems steep, but then again, these are the boots that cowboy dreams have always been made of, and are pretty much guaranteed to survive well into vintage heirloom status.

these boots are exactly why i've always thought that the holiday season would be MUCH more pleasant if we all simply spent $500 on ourselves and got together for cocktails and show-and-tell.