Rick Owens Leather Military Boot

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.


Comments

4 responses to “Rick Owens Leather Military Boot”

  1. 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….

    1. ENDO-Mike Avatar
      ENDO-Mike

      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!

  2. Anthony Fidelis Avatar
    Anthony Fidelis

    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?

    1. ENDO-Mike Avatar

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