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The Combat Boots : Yay or Nay?

by DYS — Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 9:41 am

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Yay or Nay?

With the return of Dr. Martens boots, the “Combat Boots” come to the surface with a tougher and rebellious feeling. Adorned with studs, spikes, buckles, shoelaces, and zippers, these combat boots, especially the ones with heels give a certain chic warrior look, tough and resilient, a little bit “gothic”, yet  also “sexy” in the same time. 

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Proenza Schouler, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, and Victor & Rolf Pre-Fall 2009 collections show great examples on how to pull off these warrior boots. Whether you pair them with zipper latex leggings, jodhpur pants, jumpsuits, minis, tulip-shaped skirts,  skinny jeans, structured jackets, and even oversized dresses, they all give a different look and feel to each pieces of your wardrobe. Sexy, feminine yet valiant, if you pair these combat boots with mini skirt, zipper leggings or frilly dresses. Androgyny and edgy when you pair them with menswear-inspired pieces. The shoes are already the focal point, so  you don’t need to try too hard and stress on your hair and makeup or accessorizing other parts of your look.  

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Balenciaga, Pre-Fall 2009, courtesy of style.com

Not trying to coincide with the recent unfortunate political turmoil in Gaza, Afghanistan nor Pakistan, the warrior look has been adopted widely by several fashion muses, among others are the French Vogue editors with their favorite black on black ensembles from head to toe. This warrior look is definitely not for the fainted heart; it’s bold, strong, rough, and _borrowing the infamous Christian Siriano’s catch phrase_it’s fierce!

Are you ready to face the world and bring out your inner warrior? Yay or Nay?

 

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Sources and images courtesy of: style.com, iamfashion.blogspot, ebay.com, polyvore.com, neimanmarcus.com, urbanoutfitters.com, bakershoes.com, gojane.com, ninewest.com

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41 comments for this entry

  1. demodeboutiqe

    Absolutely YAY. kerenn kok.
    eniwei di MP, dah ada yg pre order legging pake restleting tuh. ayoo serbu…

    January 29, 2009 at 10:14 am

  2. Evi

    kesan yang powerful n edgy… definitely YAY!

    January 29, 2009 at 10:17 am

  3. Deszell

    Yay yay yay I want one with buckle to pair with my dresses!

    January 29, 2009 at 10:18 am

  4. Tifa

    YAY donk pastinya! ive been looking for combat boots kayak gini tapi maunya yang heelsnya “manusiawi”. waktu itu sempet ada yang keren bgt di mango. sayang heelsnya 9-10 cm ajah.. gue udah cukup towering, ditambah heels segitu apa kata dunia? :D

    January 29, 2009 at 10:42 am

  5. candrakirana

    YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!

    January 29, 2009 at 10:54 am

  6. sLesTa

    definitely a yay! i used to have one of them .. soalnya about 10 years ago juga mayan in tuh.. tapi heelsnya belom yang aneh2..

    tapi mau dipake kemana disini? hihi…

    January 29, 2009 at 12:36 pm

  7. domestic_goddess

    aduuhh aku punyaa..baru beli kemaren di NEXT tapi gak pede makenya..:( emang keren bangedd..n lagi aku pajang di mini fashion sale.. tapi setelah liat blog diatas jadi bimbang, dijual ngga ya..?

    January 29, 2009 at 1:28 pm

  9. Darling

    yay for me! i have them, but they’re sooo high and rather a pain to wear.

    January 29, 2009 at 2:11 pm

  10. RENDA

    BOOTS EMANG KEREN…, TAPI GW SUKANYA YANG SIMPLE AJA. KARENA BUAT GW, BOOTS ITU SENDIRI KESANNYA UDAH MENUHIN KAKI/RAME. KALAU DITEMBAH LAGI SAMA ORNAMEN MACAM2, JADI NORAK JATUHNYA. LAGIAN GAK SEGITU COCOK UNTUK IKLIM DISINI.

    January 29, 2009 at 3:10 pm

  11. Rebzone

    I thik its nay for combat boots, but yay for winter or fashion boots…Its just feel like a warrior princess to wear that. and u could wear a police outfits, so i will say combat boots yay for you..
    thats just my oppinion

    xoxo
    rebz

    January 29, 2009 at 5:02 pm

  12. disti

    YAY!! looove.. yay banget. buat fall/winter doang tp ye. klo di indo rasanya jadi nampak kormod (kecuali yg model open toe), panas bgt gitu di sini!! and am so sick of seeing gladiator sandals so bring on a trend change..

    January 29, 2009 at 5:07 pm

  13. DYS

    hehehe byk jg yah yg YAY.. kirain bakal byk yg NAY melihat boots bginian lbh cucok di iklim dingin.. tp bener spt yg kata si disti, yg open toe or even sling back gitu masi bisa di iklim panas.. walau bakal panas jg :) pas musim ujan aja kali make boots nya =)
    gw punya yg ninewest, mayan tingginya tp mayan bisa dipake utk jalan esp pas lg musim dingi gini, bisa ngelindes es sampe ancur hehe :D
    Tifa: byk jg kok yg hak nya gak gila2an, atau ga combat boots yg flats.. tp emang lbh keren yg make hak siy =) gpp, kamu uda tinggi jd biar tambah menjulang lagi =)

    January 29, 2009 at 8:10 pm

  14. Koukla

    Renda, please go easy on the capital letters. You don’t want to be considered “shouting”, do you? :)

    January 29, 2009 at 8:11 pm

  16. jude

    yay yay yay!!!
    gue suka banget sama boots yang begitu hihihi.. keren!

    January 29, 2009 at 10:03 pm

  17. Ragil

    yayy banget.. sayangnya gue suka nggak tahan pake heels setinggi gaban :(

    January 29, 2009 at 10:31 pm

  18. cheyqua

    it’s a YAY YAY YAY!!
    mau heels berapa centi pun hayukkk.. kerennn!! *tapi koq di indo gua ga nemu2.. di ebay banyak :(

    January 29, 2009 at 10:43 pm

  19. cheyqua

    ahahh pantes banyak gambar sepatu yg gua kenal.. sourcenya ebay ternyata.. I can only watch em, ga bisa bid.. mahal ongkirnyeee..

    January 29, 2009 at 10:46 pm

  20. JURIS..!!!

    absolutely YAY , YAY , YAY
    boot ga ada mati na
    apalagi semakin unique maduin boot ama dress makin ok
    dan buat cowok jug asangat sangat sangat okeh !

    January 29, 2009 at 11:03 pm

  21. Selvy

    YAYYY!!!!

    luv it… keren banget boot kek gini.. walaupun emang terkesan masculine, but love it though :)

    di ol shop ku ada juga sih waktu itu.. kukira model baru yang unik.. ga taunya eh lagi happening gitu ^^

    January 29, 2009 at 11:53 pm

  23. Hanzky

    Keren keren Dys, apalagi yang modelnya more to the feminine side dan dipakai dengan outfit hitam2 pas winter gitu…

    January 30, 2009 at 7:07 am

  24. morgan

    YAY for me too! Can’t wait for winter to come and we can all wear these babies..

    January 30, 2009 at 7:24 am

  25. amel

    yay for me! cocok aja kayaknya kalo mau di pake disini asal modelnya yang simple dan ga banyak pernak-ik (mau show bgt ga si?hehe) bdw cheyqua, coba cek link namaku deyh,kebetulan aku punya onlineshop dan sedang ngeluarin boots untuk sample produk baru. Then,aku masih punya 1 ankle zipper boots smoga masi ada…cek aja sis kali cocok thx ya ;)

    January 30, 2009 at 8:06 am

  26. magnifiquehilda

    yay for me!

    January 30, 2009 at 8:43 am

  27. Cici

    Absolutely YAY for me… *pengeeeenn*

    January 30, 2009 at 9:34 am

  28. korofel

    shoot! that’s like sooo… meee! the ones with buckles and spikes… argh! absolutely wicked! a big yaayyy!

    January 30, 2009 at 1:14 pm

  29. lovemybags

    absolute yay, untuk gua personally cocoknya yg ankle boots atau paling sih 5 cm diatas pergelangan. heelsnya juga yg lebih agak pump atau wedges.

    January 31, 2009 at 12:04 am

  30. indah aulia

    used to opt NAY for Dr.martens boots back then..but lookin’ the way it is presented now with more of feminine touch to it..it’s more to a YAY!

    January 31, 2009 at 2:31 pm

  31. 1ti3

    keren siy liatnyah..
    tp not for me, dengan tinggi hanya 5′1″ aja bikin gw kayak celengan badut deh..hehhe

    January 31, 2009 at 3:28 pm

  32. tje2p

    YAY…
    Bandung cukup dingin kan? :p tapiiii…gw agak khawatir pake boots, secara, betis gw gedaaa, bagaikan gada perang di pelem mahabarata…huuuhuhuhu completely warrior daah…

    January 31, 2009 at 6:09 pm

  33. vanya

    sama kayak itie. I am so in love with this shoes. Tapi dgn postur gw bgimana ya.. Hehe

    February 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm

  34. Tifa

    DYS, disini entah kenapa sepatu2 yang desainnya bagus biasanya heelsnya juga gak karu2an tingginya.. mungkin buyer2 sini gak masukin yang heelsnya pendek kali yah.. mungkin gara2 orang Indonesia lebih petite n gak banyak jalan kaki.. so hi heels lebih banyak dipilih.. tapi akibatnya gue jadi ga banyak pilihan deh hihihi..

    tapi gue masi suka beli sih yg 9-10 cm, tapi ya itu, jadinya dipakenya ga boleh sering2 ato diliatin deh sama orang2 1 mall :D

    February 1, 2009 at 11:33 pm

  35. Upay

    YAY duonks!!! Bikin cewe terlihat seksi sekaligus maskulin…gahar bokk :lol: Balik ke Jakarta…ngubek2 Doc Martins gue ah….

    February 2, 2009 at 9:55 am

  36. pia

    yay banget! except for the heels, krn jempol kaki gw lagi b’masalah jadi gak bisa yg berhak. Seriously, sekarang kalo pake yg haknya tinggi, nyampe meja gw ganti pake sendal jepit.

    February 2, 2009 at 11:20 am

  37. amel

    hahha….i dare myself for wear ankle zipper boots then, orang” di mol pada ngeliatin aja gitu tapi cuexxxxx hihih

    February 2, 2009 at 4:41 pm

  38. Vonne

    ya yay yay…
    its sexy…

    February 3, 2009 at 3:56 pm

  39. RENDA

    Koukla, when I wrote the comment up there. I was really shouting. so, You’re absolutely, completely, totally right. hehehe….:)

    February 4, 2009 at 12:24 pm

  40. blondehoning

    yay!
    im in luv with any kind of boots i even wear it to the office ;) seriously!

    February 12, 2009 at 10:32 am

  41. juliettehasagun

    yah kalau ke mall atau kantor sudirman sih keren, tapi kalau kantor pinggiran begini…. *nangis darah*

    mendingan pakai boot tukang sapu aja, lebih gak eman-eman kalau melewati banjir :p

    February 6, 2010 at 9:36 am

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