Walk this way to autumn shoe trends - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Fashion Walk this way to autumn shoe trends By You Magazine - August 28, 2022 With the cowboy boot riding high again, Francesca Hornak tries it on for size, and Joanne Toolan picks the new-season shoe styles the fashion influencers are wearing now I made peace with the fact that I’m not a cowboy-boot person years ago. By that, I mean the kind of intrepid, hedonistic soul who still has the pair of knackered ‘ropers’ they wore to death in their 20s – through Californian road trips, Ibiza nights and Glastonbury sunrises. I’m not the other kind of cowboy-boot person either – the mythical, insouciant Parisian who casually adds her Isabel Marant Duertos to an evening slip. Taupe, £125, marksandspencer.com I did buy some cowboy boots once. I was 26, alone in Manhattan for two days, writing about the first Sex and the City film for a newspaper. Nothing like this had happened to me before, and the whole situation was so thrilling that I lost all judgement. For an afternoon, I believed I was Carrie Bradshaw and bought a pair of vintage navy and gold cowboy boots in SoHo. Casey, £390, ba-sh.com Back at home I looked as if I had dressed up as Captain Marvel, but only from the knee down. Also, the mid-calf height was very unflattering. I had really bought a pair of blue cankles, to use an appropriately noughties term. Speaking of which, the last time most of us had contact with cowboy boots was the best-forgotten noughties boho period. But here we are, 20 years on, and they’re set to be the biggest trend of autumn 2022. And despite all the above about not being a cowboy-boot person, I also know that the thing that doesn’t seem quite ‘you’ – at first – often ends up being the thing in your wardrobe you come to dote on. So I’m cautiously reconsidering. Western, £185, ariat.com This time round, there are three ways to do the trend. First, what I’d call the Sheriff boot. Basically Woody from Toy Story, this follows the classic Western formula of knee-height brown leather, low heel and swirly stitching. M&S’s version (above, top) will work well with floaty or slinky dresses (aren’t the best clothing combinations counterintuitive?), but if you want to reduce the 2006 boho factor there are plenty of monochrome pairs. Second, you have what I’d call the Vegas – a statement boot in metallic leather, cow-hide or lurid python, possibly with fringing. The likely sellout is Russell & Bromley’s Rodeo. Also see Urban Outfitters, Free People, Reformation or rhinestone-era Elvis for inspiration. If you’re a genuine Carrie Bradshaw, then a pair like this could be just the thing to perk up the four o’clock November darkness. Sand, £69.99, zara.com Third, the Mini. An ankle-height, discreet cowboy boot, this works just as well with jeans and dresses as with more structured workwear and coats. Ba&sh’s pixie-eque Casey boot (above, second from the top) is the holy grail, but Zara has a tempting sand-coloured pair (above) that’s more or less a chelsea boot with subtle embroidery. To break myself in, this is the one I’m going to try. I’m hoping that I might finally become the mythical Parisian, effortlessly combining spurs and silk. The reality is more likely Compeed blister plasters and the school pick-up. Yee haw anyway. Autumn shoe trends The loafer Cool, comfy and often chunky, it’s the autumn standby no feet should be without Blue, £69, whitestuff.com White, £130, boden.co.uk Blue, £259, lkbennett.com The buckled pump From fabulous flats to dramatic heels, the Mary Jane gets a makeover Black, £45, johnlewis.co.uk Burgundy, £69, charleskeith.co.uk Triple buckle, £259, lkbennett.com Angled heel, £325, russellandbromley.co.uk Ankle strap, £119, massimodutti.com The mule clog It’s back to backless with the hippest hybrid of the new season. Just watch out for puddles Khaki, £65, fitflop.com Rust, £650, tods.com Black, £135, arket.com Shearling, £100, stories.com The skater sneaker Channel your inner teen (or borrow theirs) for the ultimate in too-cool-for-school comfort Block colour, £90, boden.co.uk Green and animal print, £49.50, marksandspencer.com Orange stripe sole, £69.99, zara.com Suede, £100, clarks.co.uk Brown, £22.99, stradivarius.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Rochelle Humes has launched a gorgeous new edit with Next Shop the YOU Magazine Instagram YOU picks the best new-in buys from M& S Popular in Fashion Laura Jackson has teamed up with Next for the chicest knitwear January 22, 2020 Holly Willoughby’ s birthday dress is another Zara bargain February 10, 2020 The Instagram-famous & Other Stories wool blazer is back in stock August 31, 2022 Lorraine just wore Emma Willis’ Next collection from head to toe March 17, 2020 The prettiest spring dresses under £100 March 1, 2022 Everyone is buying Holly’ s gorgeous gingham Oasis dress May 14, 2020 13 bargain dresses to buy in ASOS’ s extra 20 per cent June 10, 2020 This £20 H& M dress is set to be the social media June 26, 2020 Stacey Solomon x Primark is back for a third collection with July 20, 2020 Searches for this perfect heatwave summer top style are up 5000% August 10, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. 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