Three Ways to Style Your Summer Boots

Recently, IÂ’ve been obsessed with shoes. IÂ’m not sure exactly what has made me so shoe crazy, but I think in part it has to do with all the shoe options available during summer. Even though I live in California, is does rain and get cold here sometimes, which really limits my shoe options. But the best part about summer is that nearly anything goes. Whether you want to wear sandals or loafers, they all work in summer.

In particular, I’ve begun a search to find the perfect boot for summer wear. Lately, I’ve noticed a lot of women wearing boots that seem completely weather appropriate for summer. But boots during summer can be a difficult look to pull off. These looks work best at night,  but they can also be worn during the day with proper styling. I think it’s so cool that your winter boots can be styled so differently, but still totally work during a summertime heat wave. There is something about wearing boots with bare legs that makes it such a cool summer style. Here are my top three tips for stylishly wearing boots this summer.

1. Keep the boot short. Though in winter higher boot styles are traditionally more popular, make boots fresh for the summer by going low. Pick an ankle boot or a boot that hits mid-calf. Knee high boots in particular can look very stuffy in the heat, but shorter boots show a little more skin and are more summer casual.

2. Keep the boot light. Pick a boot in an appropriate summer color. Try brown, white, cognac, or gray boots, as they are all colors that go with the lighter clothes and colors of summer. A girl who tries to wear a black boot in summer will stick out like a sore thumb. Black boots just look so wrong in the heat. Especially if you are trying to wear summerÂ’s shorter clothes, if you add black boots on top of that, youÂ’ll end up sending a different message than you intended. Which brings us toÂ…

3. Keep the rest of the look summery. Specifically, keep the hemlines shorter. Do not wear boots with something that hits below the knee, otherwise your legs will look shortened, and the overall look will be weighed down. The key to summer boots is to have the whole outfit look weather appropriate and keeping too much covered does not work with the heat!

How do you wear boots in summer? Would you dare?

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