Autumn Essentials: Boots

Winter is going to be hanging around for a couple more months. A man's feet must stay warm and his footing must be secure. Here are a few ideas...

Bed Stu Hoover Shoe

Pair these throwback kicks with some dingy old black jeans or some dark blue or grey denims and charcoal chambray button-up and you've got yourself and outfit, good sir. Perfect for a Friday night out at your local watering hole. 

Urban Outfitters - $145

Suede Ankle Worker Boot

These stylish yet rugged boots will work in the city, or the country. It's up to you. Throw on some comfy blue jeans and a soft flannel and take your lady to a county fair or a corn maze, don't go stomping around in a creek though - they're still suede. 

Zara - $139

Chippewa for J. Crew plain-toe/Renegade boots

Made in the USA, these equally aesthetically versatile boots as the ones above will give you reliable traction on the side of a mountain or on a snowy Asheville sidewalk. Chippewa has been making boots for over a hundred for loggers and U.S. infantry soldiers alike.

J. Crew - $268, or for a little less at Chippewa's site

Club Monaco - Clark's Desert Boot

Refined and minimalist, these boots won't suit you well on a hike, but they'll do fine paired with a cardigan over a t-shirt and some black framed glasses on an art stroll or a beer festival.

Club Monaco - $120


Neil M. Ike Boot

The only boot on this list actually made in the South, The Neil M. Ike boot is made in Hot Springs, AR water-resistant Bison and cowhide.

Nordstrom - $260

Frye Logan Cap Toe Boot Neil M. Ike Boot

Another outstanding, hand-crafted boot made right here in the USA, the Frye Logan Cap Toe Boot's brown sole accents under black mean you can wear them with just about any color and thus you'll spend a lot less time picking out your outfit. Which means they're almost like the 2-in-1-shampoo that is so often a staple found in a man's bathroom.

Belk - $278