October 16, 2015

How to Wear the Bootie

The bootie is a must have for Fall 2015. It has been a fashion trend for several seasons but I have been a little resistant to wholeheartedly embracing it in all areas of my wardrobe. All of a sudden this season I feel the need to add more booties to wear with skinny jeans, cropped pants, and skirts of all lengths. As I said in a recent Fashionomics newsletter, embracing trends is often a gradual process. I did buy a beautiful, very ladylike bootie in San Francisco last summer. It has a beautiful pointed toe and skinny heel, fits at the ankle and is a little dressier. I have worn it with skirts, dresses and skinny jeans. This season I have added a flat bootie, a chunky heel bootie and a bootie with some gold detail, all in black suede. I wear a lot of skinny jeans and leggings and this is looking more current than the boots I wore last fall. Skinny jeans are only one of many ways to style your booties. I have tried to find some great examples of ways to integrate the bootie into your wardrobe that are fun, functional and not too young for my contemporaries and readers.

Ankle Bootie with a Mid-Length Skirt