Rick Owens Leather Military Boot

MIL-STD-09-21-2012

New for Fall/Winter 2012:

 

A contemporary take on the classic combat boot.  Interesting that he chose to forgo the laces (even though the loops are still present) in exchange for a side zipper and leather belt style straps at the top.  Seeing as these boots likely won’t see any actual combat, i’m sure the less restrictive rendition will do the job.

With jeans over top I’d wear these, but if you’re expected to wear skinny jeans and tuck them in, that is just a bit too futuristic looking for me.

£907 ($1474 USD) over at HOSTEM London.

You also can check out the Rick Owens website, which as expected is confusing and weird.

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doyletoo September 29, 2012 at 05:11 pm

Before black boots went away, these types of zip and strap boots
were pretty common in armor and cav units. I don’t think they were
officially “sanctioned”, but more or less tolerated (like the silly hats
you saw Robert Duval wear as a Cav commander in Apocalypse Now)
as a morale sort of thing. My first gig was airborne infantry and the joke was that
tankers were commonly fat, so these kept them from spending too
much time bending over to tie their boots….

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ENDO-Mike October 2, 2012 at 12:09 am

the joke was that tankers were commonly fat, so these kept them from spending too much time bending over to tie their boots

hahah nice!

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Anthony Fidelis December 21, 2012 at 11:18 pm

I wish to confirm how much it takes to buy the boot dIsplayed above and how do you intend to transport the goods to my destination in Nigeria?

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ENDO-Mike December 21, 2012 at 11:25 pm

$3000 and I will hand deliver it to Nigeria. I only accept 3rd part checks though.

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