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Yeah, I love them also. It's strange that I love many different styles of boots, but am extremely particular at the same time. One misplaced design feature, or strange heel style, and I'm out. I love wearing my stiletto boots but tend to kill the heels pretty quickly on crappy terrain/streets/sidewalks. My ankle block heeled boots were a lucky thrift store find, not the greatest materials, but look good and are super easy to walk in. Better I should wear these out from constant use than some of my other more valued boots...

Stunning! Yes, it was rather cold about two weeks ago. Downtown Chicago, I presume? Looks like the race for "Best Dressed 2025" has started!

A style I love. Along with go-go boots, block heeled boots were what attracted me to feminine footwear in the first place. I love them. I’ve always preferred boots to shoes and high heeled ones seemed like racier more daring forbidden versions of my usual style. I like stiletto but block heeled boots are “me”

I think we are all more influencers than we know, and you especially. You just have this huge love of high heels that bursts through, a true passion, so I think you influence a lot more people than you give yourself credit for. That includes a lot of people on this site. And never forget, most forums have 99 people lurking for every one that posts a reply, so you might (and others on here) have far, far, far more influence than you think. But that is what being authentic does... it shows others its fine to like whatever it is that they like!

That is all so true. I also think motivation has a lot to do with it too. My wife straight up dresses for me because she loves me and knows I like it. Since she is not dressing for others attention, I think its a look she can pull off. But people also suck. My wife and I are probably some of the most humble unassuming people in the world, but we do like to dress up and most of the time are some of the best dressed people at a venue. Not over the top bling-bling, but sharply dressed. Yet we hear snide comments a lot. Most of the time it is my wife who hears them from other women in the bathroom, or walking past just loud enough to her husband but so that we can hear, and occasion for us as a couple. I think it just becomes unusual as more and more people dress down, and in doing so they either feel guilty about how they constantly dress, or flat out make the wrong conclusions on why we do dress nice. For us, its all about this: "You feel how you are dressed". Spend a week in the wilderness bush crafting it, you are going to feel gross and yucky. But dress nicely, and you feel better about yourself.

Yes there are a lot of boors in the world - wearing sweatsuits and pyjamas to to their shopping, and I saw an article last week where airlines in the US are now bringing in dress codes for passengers - with such challenging demands as no travelling barefoot. I can’t even in my wildest dreams imagine heading off to the airport barefoot to catch a flight Apparently it’s done often enough to require a rule. So I’m not surprised to hear you and your wife are the odd ones out at social gatherings.

Cat, you look amazing....What brand boots are those? My favorite classic stiletto styling and fit your legs perfectly....Home run

I have been wearing my block heeled ankle boots the most lately.

Good for you, and as others have said, it looks good on you. Sorry you were cold, but sometimes you just got to put fashion before performance! 🙂 I think it is a true staple of fashion because there are so many versions of the pea coat. It can be mini-skirt length, or trench length, or something in between which can really go well with various outfits.

Very presentable - and yes I can imagine it was rather nippy!

Here is the outfit from 2 weeks ago, and yes it was f'ing cold !