Images via Vogue.com

Save for a few pairs of oxford heels so minimal that they would have made Phoebe Philo proud, Reed Krakoff Fall 2012 was all about the boot. Specifically, the mid-calf boot, which is significant because the collections so far this season have proffered something of a resurgence of the non-bootie boot. Whether mid-calf or knee-high, it seems as though designers feel they’ve done most of what they can do with limited canvas of the ankle boot at the moment.

By contrast, Krakoff’s mid-calf boots were simultaneously luxurious and industrial; the larger workspace of a taller boot provided plenty of real estate for buckles, zippers and layers. Krakoff’s central theme came in everything from utilitarian black leather to rarified pale crocodile, the latter of which is enough to make anyone dream of lush ski resorts. The interiors of lush ski resorts, that is. Wouldn’t want to get those darlings wet in the snow.

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