This is my ongoing series of posts that list the boots that I wore during the past week to give you an illustration of what boots a man who only wears boots (and has a large boot collection) chooses. Over the last 8 days, I wore 20 pairs of boots.
Here goes…
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I have frequently said on this blog that guys should wear the “right boot for the right application.” For example, smooth leather-soled cowboy boots are not a good choice to wear when operating a motorcycle.
Muddy work boots don’t go well with a suit in church. Tall motorcycle patrol boots look best with breeches tucked into them. Lug-soled boots for motorcycling. Dressy cowboy boots with dress clothes in an office.
However, this blog post will discuss my feelings and observations about different styles of boots and features. I definitely have my own opinions. What are they?
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I am asked from time to time about how to make boots feel more comfortable on the foot. Since I wear boots every day as my only choice of footwear, having boots that feel comfortable is important.
All boots come with some sort of insole — from cardboard to a thin cushion to an actual built-in gel insole. Most boots, though, have only paper-thin insoles of cardboard.
Interestingly, some higher-priced boots come with paper-thin insoles and they feel hard as a rock to wear. This includes Lucchese boots. Other lower-priced commercially made boots come with cushion insoles, like Dan Post boots, and feel comfortable right away.
What do I recommend about insoles for boots?
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I am trying to make a weekly post to demonstrate how boots in a large collection are worn. Following are how, when, where, and why I wore 15 pairs of boots during this past week:
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This past week, I wore many different pairs of boots in my boot collection. I firmly believe that boots are to be worn, and wear them I do! During the last seven days, I wore these boots for the following activities:
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From time to time, I look at the questions about boots that drive visitors to my website. Following are some more recent questions that I have seen be entered through search engines and land there.
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A vendor that sells Xelement boots found a review of these boots on the “boots wiki” and wrote a message to me to express discontent. The vendor was unhappy with some opinions on that wiki page that said things like “available from websites that offer cheap boots and gear made for the masses, not for people who understand quality.”
I can understand why that statement would upset a vendor trying to sell those boots.
The vendor representative also said,
[Xelement] boots are made in the same factories that other high end brands (such as Official Harley-Davidson boots) are produced in.
as a defense or as fact, stating that the opinion above was a false assumption.
How did I deal with this input?
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I received an email with a series of questions from a fashion design student based in Hong Kong, who wrote:
I am doing a men’s boots fetishism (MBF) fashion research. The project aims are finding out the MBF consumer behavior and personal perspective; i.e., how the MBF wear their boots in daily life, how MBF wear boots with clothing, and what they want to express their message form they wearing.
He said that many others referred him to me. Wonder why.
I tried to answer his questions. Here goes…
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I hate to say it, but I have confirmed that there is indeed a nationwide shortage of an excellent brand of motorcycle boots — Chippewa. The boot styles that are currently not available (in common men’s sizes) include–
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As I was driving into work today, I was listening to the all-news radio station as usual. There was a story about how much of a discount people expect to be offered that actually get them to buy something.
This time of year, many stores and vendors are offering sales for Christmas. Since mid-November, I have received email after email from vendors that sell boots. Offers of 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%, or more.
What amount of a discount motivates me to look? What amount gets me to consider a purchase?
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