# Men's boots in Regency films **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 10, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494 "2015-08-10T22:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/1 "2015-08-10T22:31:05Z")
They often wear a calf-high boot, black, with a brown/oxblood top, maybe 3". Any idea what this style of boot is called? I know it’s a riding boot, but what particular style? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/2 "2015-08-10T22:51:28Z")
Top boots, I think, are what you’re thinking of. When I get to my laptop and can embed a link to an image, I will. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/3 "2015-08-10T23:02:06Z")
[Is this what you’re asking about](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/78/77/1e/78771e120809d6da42c0be0912fea3ff.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/4 "2015-08-10T23:36:29Z")
As well as top-boots with the sort of cuff at the top as revers, there were also those Hessians which went up at the top plainly with a V at the centre, as so: **[Riding with tassel](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7RUsjzRJzzI/Uhf7-AkRPiI/AAAAAAAAA8o/nKh2654XGws/s320/p5FmBxybuM0xSTnm4KXjTOAmVvX8WZAh2vLWaUjme7s.jpeg)** This from **[Darling Regency](http://darlingregency.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/hessian-boots-diy.html)** on Hessians. Not all had tassels, but unlike this pair many were pre-distressed by folding the leather over string ( perhaps when wet ). Of course, ‘Regency’ is rather a misnomer. Fashions then generally originated in France, or often mitteleuropa, as the word Hessian implies. However the English were a horsy nation back then, so may have been prominent in riding wear, as much as they were in supplying broadcloth to the world. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/5 "2015-08-11T02:51:56Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > [Is this what you’re asking about](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/78/77/1e/78771e120809d6da42c0be0912fea3ff.jpg)? Yep! ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/6 "2015-08-11T05:23:02Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > They often wear a calf-high boot, black, with a brown/oxblood top, maybe 3". Any idea what this style of boot is called? I know it’s a riding boot, but what particular style? I have a pair I got from Fugawee Historical Footware. They are soft and comfortable. [http://www.fugawee.com/paul\_revere\_riding\_boot.htm](http://www.fugawee.com/paul_revere_riding_boot.htm) ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-boots-in-regency-films/727494/7 "2015-08-11T05:41:49Z")
> [@UncaStuart](#): > > I have a pair I got from Fugawee Historical Footware. They are soft and comfortable. Here they are on my legs: [https://plus.google.com/photos/110129162007728037326/albums/6181624196722338001?authkey=CNqWuO2B3ITW0gE](https://plus.google.com/photos/110129162007728037326/albums/6181624196722338001?authkey=CNqWuO2B3ITW0gE)