These Boho Boots Will Be Fall's Status Shoe
Sienna Miller in 2003.Kate Moss in 2003.Over on the fall/winter 2025 runways, Ralph Lauren and Zimmermann took a more subtle approach via elegant knee-high leather boots with buccaneer buckle detailing and a slight scrunch. Others went full-on pirate, with boots big enough to fill with loot – at Balmain the crumpled-up boots were so cavernous you could fit another leg in there, and some even had hidden coin purses concealed in the folds, where you can quite literally hide your treasure.
Louis Vuitton leaned into boho Noughties nostalgia with its sheepskin-lined studded boots that rippled over the ankle (very Sienna Miller circa 2003). Other styles, meanwhile, had a sleeker leg with a fold over the top, in true Three Musketeers fashion.
Ralph Lauren AW25.
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Zimmermann AW25.
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One of the precursors for this revival has been the renewed interest in Vivienne Westwood's famous Pirate boots, which were designed in the '80s, but later defined Noughties style. Earlier this summer, Haim recreated an image of Kate Moss leaning against a car in the buckled, scrunched-up boots. They featured in Westwood's first runway show, Pirate, in the autumn/winter 1981 season, where they were styled with smock shirts and admiral boots. 'Malcolm and I didn't want to be seen as token rebels,' the designer later said of that collection. 'We wanted to get off this island and plunder the world, like pirates.'
Louis Vuitton AW25.
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Balmain AW25.
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Another brand that will always be aligned with this style of boot is boho pioneer Isabel Marant. Earlier this month Vogue declared that 'Isabel Marant feels so right for now,' noting that even the wedge sneaker has seen a 1,580% spike in searches on eBay year on year. Another longtime Marant signature is suede boho boots that look like they have been squished, with the fabric scrunching and pooling around the ankle.
Onitsuka Tiger AW25.
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Sportmax AW25.
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White leather slouchy boots couldn't be more '80s, but for this autumn, boots are realized in richer shades such as chestnut, black, grey and burgundy. These boots also lend themselves to the Noughties boot tuck, which started bubbling up on the street-style scene this February. 'I'm living by my own mantra that skinny jeans walked so jeans in boots could run,' Vogue's Julia Hobbs explained in February. 'What started as a tongue-in-cheek take on 2010s 'date-night dressing' has become my everyday uniform.' And any of these boots, wherever they fall on the pirate scale, can house a pair of drainpipes snuggly in the leg. Ahoy autumn!
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