I was wearing boots long before they became popular. I used to buy Haymarket boots in London, regular riding ones. Now that everyone is wearing them, I have a quarrel with the shoemakers. I love things that work but today’s boots don’t work. They let the water in. A boot should be waterproof. I keep telling them.
– Bonnie Cashin (1915-2000), American fashion designer.
Yes! Waterproof! I recall a nasty pair of boots I had as a kid (maybe 8) that let the rain water seep in. Not fun but a thing of the past. It seems the shoemakers did listen to Ms. Cashin.
She made this comment in 1970, when boots were first hitting their stride among the fashionables. Then they went out of fashion for awhile and came back to stay sometime in the 1990s.
Now that it’s officially autumn, boots are out and about. Have you noticed? It seems every style is in, but particularly ankle boots and over the knee.
By the way, September 28th would have been Ms. Cashin’s 101st birthday. Happy Birthday to the first woman of boots!
OverDressed for Life 
Something is lost, to me, in the awesomeness of a pair of over-the-knee suede moc boots with fringe down the side when you see them at Target. Does anyone else feel the same way? 😛
haha … well, I would say that if one is going to sport over-the-knee boots they really should be top quality.