Well, we won’t have that problem with these Lumiani Lexie over-the-knee riding boots. With their unique triple back-of-the-knee buckled straps and swishy long fringe accents, these boots set themselves apart from the rest of the riding boot crowd effortlessly and easily:

Lumiani Lexie long fringe over-the-knee boots

I really just cannot get enough of those buckled straps at the back of the ...Read more »]]> The riding boot is a perennial style favorite for fall/winter but that also means many riding boots tend to look alike.

Well, we won’t have that problem with these Lumiani Lexie over-the-knee riding boots. With their unique triple back-of-the-knee buckled straps and swishy long fringe accents, these boots set themselves apart from the rest of the riding boot crowd effortlessly and easily:

Lumiani Lexie long fringe over-the-knee boots

I really just cannot get enough of those buckled straps at the back of the knees on these boots. Over-the-knee boots usually just have a slit or are cut low at that area so I find the style of these slim straps really refreshing!

Although I would cut the long fringes maybe just a wee bit because I find them a little too long for my liking. Otherwise, everything — the color, the height and the riding boot style — is just perfect on these boots.

Another thing to highlight about these boots is its brand, Lumiani. Lumiani is one of the few (but now slowly increasing in number) shoe labels that make wide calf boots, even boasting and positioning themselves as wide calf boot specialists.

The Lumiani Lexie long fringe over-the-knee boots are offered in medium and in wide widths, so wide calf boot wearers, rejoice.

These boots retail for $119.00. Shop for them at Zappos!

But nowadays, thanks to a growing demand and a general acknowledgement that well, women do come in different sizes, we’re starting to see more and more choices of booth widths. Many shoe brands have expanded their inventory to include not only wide calf boots but also extra wide calf boots, with some companies even establishing themselves as wide ...Read more »]]> Looking for fashionable and affordable wide calf boots used to be like looking for the fountain of youth. It felt like they just didn’t exist!

But nowadays, thanks to a growing demand and a general acknowledgement that well, women do come in different sizes, we’re starting to see more and more choices of booth widths. Many shoe brands have expanded their inventory to include not only wide calf boots but also extra wide calf boots, with some companies even establishing themselves as wide width boot specialists.

What are these shoe brands? Fitzwell, Naturalizer, Ros Hommerson and Lumiani to name a few. UK-based shoe brand DUO is one such company that markets themselves as wide boot specialists and websites dedicated just to wide calf boots are quickly following suit.

Plenty of online retailers have also made looking for wide calf boots much easier; all you have to do is select the “wide” and “extra wide” categories and you’re all set to shop.

Suddenly, it feels like we have more wide calf boot options than we know what to do with. And because of this glut in supply, prices for wide calf boots have become very competitive, very reasonable and sometimes, even downright cheap.

So it was pretty easy for us to round up this list of a dozen wide calf boots that are all priced under $200. We could’ve even limited ourselves to under $100 because the choices were that plenty! But to show a variation in styles, we upped the price range to $200.

Here they are arranged from least to most expensive, 12 under $200 wide calf boots that are sleek and stylish:

1. Diba All Aboard high heel knee high boot, $99.36 (was $168.95) at Endless

2. Chinese Laundry Nostalgia flat over the knee boot, $99.95 at Nordstrom

3. Naughty Monkey Lots of Laughs wedge knee high boot, $99.95 at Endless

4. Fitzwell Lynx high heel knee high boot, $115.00 at Zappos

1. Sbicca Haylen suede flat knee high boot, $120.00 at Endless

2. Me Too Lorena high heel knee high boot, $129.00 at Endless

3. Fitzwell Mentor riding boot, $159.00 at Zappos

4. Enzo Angiolini Sten mid-calf boot, $159.95 at Nordstrom

1. Lumiani Lindsay2 riding boot, $169.00 at Zappos

2. David Tate Ranger knee high boot, $169.95 at Shoebuy

3. MICHAEL Michael Kors Bromley over the knee boot, $197.95 at Nordstrom

4. Sofft Casoria flat boot, $199.95 at Nordstrom

Trainingheels’ red boot love, Rachel Bilson, and Prada Fall 2009 Wader Boots

Trainingheels over at Shoe Blog wrote about falling in love with a pair of fire engine red boots that were on sale. Paparazzi spotted Rachel Bilson last week going to a meeting in a pair fabulous knee-high red boots. Even the ...Read more »]]> It seems like Boots4You was not the only one struck by cupid’s arrow. After I posted the entry on the Valentine’s Day Collection, I literally started seeing red everywhere!

Trainingheels’ red boot love, Rachel Bilson, and Prada Fall 2009 Wader Boots

Trainingheels over at Shoe Blog wrote about falling in love with a pair of fire engine red boots that were on sale. Paparazzi spotted Rachel Bilson last week going to a meeting in a pair fabulous knee-high red boots. Even the seemingly impossible-to-wear-in-real-life Prada Wader Boots were seen out and about, on the feet of no other than Jessica Alba.

Red is obviously very much in season, but how red can you go?

Rachel Bilson’s boots are a darker, almost brown red so that shade is probably the safest. The dynamite red on the boots that trainingheels loved so much is a bit trickier, but still a color most women can use to brighten up a drab outfit. But the Pradas? Not only are they a difficult orange red hue, but that unflattering triangular shape with the column heels make them even more complicated to wear. But that’s not stopping celebs like Jessica Alba and Lady Gaga from wearing the harnessed rubber boots – after all, they are Prada.

So which of these different shades of red can you wear?

VIA SPIGA Shanti, $208.60

Corso Como Salvadore, $289.00

Rocawear Mifie Boot, $102.59

Lumiani Lindsay (Wide Calf), $143.20

Frye Maxine Shortie, $165.00

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