The return of the Cossacks: Rude and bold shoes for every day
TELLING ABOUT TRENDS FROM PODIUM which can be adapted for your wardrobe for the next six months. Six months ago, Vogue wondered "2016 is the year of cowboy boots"? And he himself answered: "Of course." And we would add - in 2017, they, too, will not go anywhere. In this issue we understand how the Cossacks are on a par with the most comfortable shoes of the fall - sneakers and loafers - lose all their connotations with the Wild West and are ready to easily fit into a modern wardrobe.
How it all began
year 2001. Filming Stephen Mazel for the July issue of Vogue. Stella Tennant has a light, printed dress on the floor, and tall cowboy boots on her feet. This picture seems to be a direct proof: even at the beginning of the 2000s, when the showy luxury and love of embellishment were gaining momentum, rough shoes still existed contrary to everything. They were not made by all brands in a row, but almost every season one, and serious, most often American, using clear "folk" codes, like Ralph Lauren, produced cowboy boots in one or another variation - practically from the 80s to the present day.
Cowboy boots - shoes that were primarily designed for riding around the end of the war of the North and South in the United States; in fact, these are working shoes for the farm. Sloping heel, pointed nose, high toe - every detail originated not just like that, but for convenience. The cape has always been slightly tapered so that it is faster to insert the foot into the stirrup. The high leg protected the foot not only when walking, playing the role of a kind of protection from rattlesnakes, but also in the fall: if the foot is still stuck in the stirrup, the free form allowed the foot to slip out of the boot more easily. Now, if we are not talking about specialized brands for riding, but about ordinary ones, all the details of cowboy boots are just conventions. Cowboy shoes designers reinterpreted a thousand times, leaving the original sometimes only hints.
Cowboy boots for everyday life became popular in the 30s and 40s. The growing influence of Hollywood led to a passion for bright shoes from exotic leathers. Actors such as Gregory Peck and John Wayne were among the first to wear them, which led to an increase in demand among ordinary people. Boots with an ornament, contrasting stitches become less popular in the 60s, when young people began to be interested in simple forms and did not want to resemble their parents.
The most famous form of shoes of the 70s, as you know, are incredible platforms. But at the same time, the style of country singers is finally being formed, an essential element of the costume of which is including cowboy boots - for both men and women. They remain so to this day - they can easily be seen in the early photographs of Taylor Swift, who began as a pop-country singer.
How cowboy boots are back in fashion
In fact, cowboy boots never went out of style and never went out. They were periodically shown on the catwalk of the brand, re-interpreting the codes of American culture: for example, one of the most striking examples was the 2014 Awesome Chanel show, which was held practically in Dallas’s homeland of cowboys. Eddie Sliman’s debut men's collection for Saint Laurent had cowboy boots too - since then they have appeared almost every season.
In the spring-summer show of Céline, Phoebe Failo showed cowboy boots with a narrow boot with and without a back, which were repeated after who did not. They are a little similar to cowboy boots in the classic sense - the more interesting. Marc Jacobs, who made a humorous homage to American culture from his show of the same season, also showed cowboy boots - things that are hard to miss in the crowd. They, by the way, can now be bought at a discount. But, perhaps, the couple from the cruise collection Miu Miu surpassed them in their flashiness - their fancy boots with a bright print will surely go down in history along with the huge Alexander McQueen shoes.
In the autumn collections cowboy boots will also be - for example, Coach and Fausto Puglisi. They are more like traditional boots: no pink cats in the form of prints and silver glitters - which means it’s easier to combine with everything.
What to wear
Rough cowboy boots are primarily classics of the festival genre. They are comfortable to dance in the mud in front of the stage, they are not afraid of puddles and usually look in combination with combination dresses, denim shorts and light short jumpsuits.
But we advise you to be far-sighted and look wider than the usual combinations: a classic suit with a voluminous jacket and wide trousers, asymmetrical midi skirts, straight jeans on a high waist with Cossacks look really fresh and cool. It is also worth trying to act on the contrast: gentle dresses and blouses with bare shoulders look alongside with such shoes unbanally and warmly.
Rough shoes, namely, the Cossacks, for obvious reasons, everywhere will begin to appear in stores closer to the fall. But with discounts in the mass market, these shoes can already be purchased at Mango and Jeffrey Campbell.
Photo:Warner Bros. Pictures, FLOW, Givenchy, Fausto Puglisi
