It was January 2019, and Chicago was currently cosplaying as the surface of Hoth. We’re talking a polar vortex that dropped the temperature to -23°F. I had a flight to catch at O’Hare, and like a total amateur, I decided…
Tag: winter style
It was February 2019, and I was crossing 14th Street in Manhattan during that weird, gray window between a heavy snowfall and the inevitable slush-pocalypse. I was wearing a pair of very expensive, very sleek black leather Chelsea boots. I…
It is currently ninety-two degrees outside and my air conditioner is making a sound like a dying lawnmower, but I am sitting here staring at a pair of La Canadienne shearling-lined waterproof boots. My husband thinks I’ve finally lost it….
February 2018. Lower East Side. I was wearing these quilted, faux-fur-lined “snow boots” from a brand I won’t name but it rhymes with ‘Shmeve Shmadden.’ They looked incredible with my oversized parka. They also had zero traction. I hit a…
If I see one more person recommend a “weatherproof” suede Chelsea boot for a Northeast winter, I’m going to lose it. Seriously. We’ve been lied to for a decade by brands telling us that a thin coating of chemical spray…