# Can we bring back tall boots for men? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571 "2009-01-29T16:45:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/41 "2011-11-24T00:56:36Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > You and my boyfriend think alike. He wants tall, black leather boots (yes, like in the Nazi uniforms. To be fair, though, I don’t think it’s so much a Nazi thing as it is a mid-20th century European thing). We cannot find them anywhere. Get on that shit, fashion designers. > > Though I suppose it might be a titch awkward for Hugo Boss to sell them. Try equestrian - Mountain Horse for example. I am wearing mine (knee high under my jeans) because they give the best support for my poor healing broken foot. Wouldn’t mind wearing them out, but unless I was on horseback or was a motorcycle cop, I don’t think they would be appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/42 "2011-11-24T01:01:23Z")
Ooooooo, fancy! I might suggest those to him, though they might not be in his budget. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/43 "2011-11-24T01:15:28Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > While we’re at it, can I request cute tall boots made for those of us who are more…uh, curvaceous of calf? I adore the styles out now, but I can only zip them about four inches above my ankle bones. Which I suppose means that I can rest assured I don’t have cankles, but is still no good for actually wearing the cute boots! ☹ Cobbler-in-training checking in - we can fix that. Hie yourself to a decent shoe repair place. We can either stretch the leather uppers to fit your calves, or insert elastic as circumstances dictate. ---
**Author:** ![Noodles\_Fellicini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e36b37/32.png) [@Noodles\_Fellicini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noodles_Fellicini)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/44 "2011-11-24T03:20:56Z")
Rock some Dubarry country boot knockoffs. (I got a pair of Wyre Valley boots off eBay.) Classy, comfortable, warm and dry. Oh, and sexy. : - ) ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/45 "2011-11-24T04:06:03Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Or you could be like my Father-in-law and walk out in your [puttees](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puttees). Of course he traps possums for a living, so you might get some odd looks around the office. That’s a living? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/46 "2011-11-24T04:19:28Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I think it’s a great idea! > > While we’re at it, can I request cute tall boots made for those of us who are more…uh, curvaceous of calf? I adore the styles out now, but I can only zip them about four inches above my ankle bones. Which I suppose means that I can rest assured I don’t have cankles, but is still no good for actually wearing the cute boots! ☹ Depends on your definition of “cute” and how much you are willing to spend, but I recently discovered that equestrian boots that are meant for actual horseback riding can be ordered in various calf widths. [Here are a few from a catalog a friend of mine gave me.](http://www.smartpakequine.com/dress-boots-1132pc.aspx) I mean I don’t have wide calves by any means (apparently 15" on the leg that isn’t still atrophied from a long-ago accident and surgery), but apparently lots of boots are cut smaller than that. It was really annoying to find that out. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/47 "2011-11-24T04:24:00Z")
You could go to Tibet and pick up some nomad boots like this [guy](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgq97sXz7b1qh99f1o1_500.jpg)or this [guy](http://kekexili.typepad.com/life_on_the_tibetan_plate/images/yushu_0306_203.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/48 "2011-11-24T04:28:36Z")
[Are these tall enough for you](http://onlinemilitaria.com/shopexd.asp?id=3725&bc=no)? 😃 I actually have [a pair of these](http://onlinemilitaria.com/shopexd.asp?id=1606&bc=no), but from Aero Leather or someplace. Comfortable and cozy, but they have leather soles so they can be treacherous in ice and snow. I don’t tuck my trousers into them. ---
**Author:** ![ProbablyProcrastinating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/49 "2011-11-24T04:28:43Z")
That would be sexy on a man. How could you wear knee-high boots without tucking your jeans into them? Mine are wide around the calf and look really stupid if I don’t wear over my jeans, which are all slim. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/50 "2011-11-24T18:36:36Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > You could go to Tibet and pick up some nomad boots like this [guy](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgq97sXz7b1qh99f1o1_500.jpg)or this [guy](http://kekexili.typepad.com/life_on_the_tibetan_plate/images/yushu_0306_203.jpg). Or you could get some cool [Japanese rice straw winter boots](http://venividizoom.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_2402_01-250x250.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/51 "2011-11-24T20:12:08Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Every woman I know (well, the ones I talk clothes with) was jumping with glee at the beginning of this winter because _some Spanish shoemakers are making boots in different foreleg sizes!_ No more assuming that you can’t have 42" hips (and the legs that go with those) if your feet are a size 3! You can go to the store and say “I want knee-high boots, black, size 3, wide foreleg.” I bought three pairs just in case the idea fades off… > > And those aren’t tall boots, they’re just reg’lar. Tall are the ones above the knee 😛 > > In Spain the “jeans tucked into boots” look has become known as “Gavilana style,” because it’s how women in the _culebrón_ “Los Gavilanes” wear them. It’s not the most stylish option, given the hips widths common among Spanish women, but if anybody dares say anything we can threaten with, dunnow… forcing them to actually watch the series! Non stop! And no bathroom breaks either! And yes, you have to look whenever they’re beign complete idiots, too! > [@WhyNot](#): > > Oh, I really hope that catches on here! > > And, never fear, it’s not that I want to tuck jeans into my boots (Seriously, I’d look one of those prehistoric fat mama [carvings](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e372/Babitonga/miscelanea/aaa600px-Venus_de_Lespugue_28replic.jpg)with little pegs for feet if I did that), I want to wear them under _skirts_, with or without leggings for warmth. > > (And yes, I know skirts with boots are a major fashionista landmine right now, but I’m old enough to not give a shit. \*I \*like the look, therefore I’m pursuing it.) Last winter I ordered a couple pairs of boots from Duo in the UK. You order by shoe size AND calf size in cm. It was a truly awesome experience right up until they arrived and I paid the cost of the boots again in import taxes. ☹ So these two pairs will have to suffice until I am either independantly wealthy or travel there to pick up new ones myself. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/52 "2011-11-24T20:36:09Z")
I picked up a pair of [these boots](http://mountainhorseusa.com/rimfrost-rider-II.html) oneBay last year for $40. Very weatherproof. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/53 "2011-11-24T23:28:28Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Cobbler-in-training checking in - we can fix that. Hie yourself to a decent shoe repair place. We can either stretch the leather uppers to fit your calves, or insert elastic as circumstances dictate. Wait, you’re a cobbler-in-training now? Man, you just keep getting cooler and cooler, **Broomie**! 😃 I’d totally forgotten about this thread. My broke self did manage to solve this problem last winter: I bought boots two sizes up and put two shoe inserts in each one so my feet wouldn’t rattle in the too big toebox! Not an ideal solution, to be sure, but it put some adorable trendy boots on my feet (and calves) for under $50! ---
**Author:** ![Dark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/55 "2023-02-04T21:43:02Z")
Yeah it isn’t even a Nazi thing actually it dates back to ancient time and the medieval times. The Byzantines(Eastern Romans) also wore the boots but in different colors and they have knee high and thigh high boots. If it’s truly a Nazi thing I’m pretty sure clothing stores wouldn’t even sell it to both men and women or they wouldn’t sell it exclusively to women. I know you will never see this since this is a late reply but there ya go. These were the ones I was talking about: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/fb/1b/74fb1b8359d3b0c48e09622d276abf53.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/74/fb/1b/74fb1b8359d3b0c48e09622d276abf53.jpg) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/2d/21/d72d210df53be895ddcf4fde36dfc9a2.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/2d/21/d72d210df53be895ddcf4fde36dfc9a2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/56 "2023-02-06T15:18:15Z")
A few years ago I went to a Renaissance festival. I stopped by an area that was showing some kind of “game” men were playing on horseback. The guys had tall leather boots with straps and buckles…very sexy 🤤 ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/57 "2023-02-06T16:07:46Z")
Tall boots always work with a kilt. [Cite](https://www.google.com/search?q=kilt+boots) Granted, you might have to deal with some up-draft issues in the winter, but those are are the sacrifices one must endure for fashion. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/58 "2023-02-06T20:02:28Z")
I don’t want to try to stuff my pants into boots. Now gaiters work wonderfully. Much more practical. I’m doing my part re wearing a hat. But it isn’t fashion. It’s practical. It’s a Tilley. Keeps the sun and snow and rain off of you. If capes came back to the point that I wasn’t looking like some sort of wanna be Dracula, I’d go that route. I’d give it a shot anyway. But then, I’m 62 years old, I don’t really care what people think. I’ve a good friend that sometimes wears a cape. She looks very cool in it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/59 "2023-02-06T20:23:35Z")
I love that I’m part of a subculture where tall boots, capes, tights for men are all just hunky dory. All 3 together, even. Err, but a lot of the rest of them _do_ look like wannabe Draculas… ---
**Author:** ![Dark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Dark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/60 "2023-02-19T22:47:43Z")
Yeah it works with a lot of things. I love wearing a pair of tall black leather boots it feels good and it’s stylish. I love the reaction that people get when I wear tall black boots with a skirt and a pair of pantyhose that aren’t see through. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571/61 "2023-02-20T03:33:19Z")
For really tall boots you may want to also consider switching to jodhpurs instead of regular trousers? Just sayin’… 😁 But yeah like someone else said, if outdoors in wet conditions let me wear the appropriate boots/galoshes and so what if it does not look stylish to have my office pants tucked in. I’m not trying to land a modeling contract while slogging through the slush, I’m trying to protect my feet and my good shoes. AND the hem of my pants. (Though the recent trend in menswear towards high-water hem lengths may be useful at this for the trendier dressers among us…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-bring-back-tall-boots-for-men/483571.md?page=4)