Thigh Boots, Platforms and Stiletto Heels
Well, what a choice of footwear to make you look and feel good. Lets look firstly at boots.
Any colour you want, any size you want, any style you want, any length you want, the list goes on but where did it all begin?
Boots have been around for a long time. They would have been used by warriors to protect their shins in battle and then they found their way into the world of women of the night, i.e. prostitutes.
It’s from here that they became a fashion accessory mostly worn by women to look and feel good or sexy but of course, they became so popular that they very quickly became an everyday type of foot wear, you can use them in the snow to keep you legs and feet warm and dry so it just shows that despite the fashion aspect, they still serve to protect us. So, what boots are there?
You might choose a boot depending on the length of the upper. It starts from the ankle and finds its way up your leg as far as the hip. The four basic lengths are listed below.
Boots have found their way into fashion on all scales through the years but they are so very versatile that whatever fashion your into, there is a pair of boots that fit. This is why they are so popular and you can even venture into the strange, bizarre and the extreme.
Boots are often found in the sex industry and as a fetish accessory to the outfits required. You can even find them in the fancy dress department to create that perfect look.
On top of all that, the boot can have all sorts of heals too, the stiletto for example. A thin heals at the point of contact with the floor and becoming wider as they reach the foot. They can be half an inch up to 6 inches in height.
You can also get platforms. These are thick souls on a shoe or boot. Again they can make you several inches taller that you are. Platforms and heals can come together too making you making really tall.
Types of boots
A type of boot can fit into more than one of these categories, and may therefore be mentioned more than once
Forms
Ankle boot; they cover just over the ankle
Hip boot; they reach your hip in upper length
Knee-high boots; they reach your knee in upper length
Thigh-length boots; they reach your thigh in upper length
Some well known Styles
Wellington boots
Hessian (boot)
Chelsea boots
Cowboy boots
Rigger boots
Dress boots
Go-go boots
Mukluks
Some well known Sport boots
Mountaineering boots
Motorcycle boots
Motocross boots
Engineer boots
Harness boots
Football boots
Touring boots
Hiking boots
Racing boots
Ski boots and Snowboard boots
Figure skates
Roller skates
Cowboy boots
Chelsea Boots
Inline skates
Riding boots
Ice skates
Some of the most common Work boots
Wellington boots (rubber or farmer boots)
Hip boots (waders or fishing boots)
Jump boots (paratrooper boots)
Gumboots (mainly workwear)
Galoshes (overshoes)
Cold weather boots
Australian boots
Combat boots
Hobnail boots
Cowboy boots
Jungle boots
Jackboots
Steel-toe boots (safety boots)
Tanker boots
Logger boots
Rigger boots
Well known Brands you may have herd of
Redback footwear
R. M. Williams
Chukka boots
Doc Martens
Georgia Boot
Blundstones
Timberland
Tony Lama
Ugg boots
Durango
Meindl
Rocky
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