Booties Shoes

“Hi, my name is Amanda and I’m a nail polish addict. It’s been 24 hours since my last purchase.”

“Hi Amanda!”

I have a problem, you guys. It’s at the end of my fingertips. It’s in so many bottles that my desk is becoming unusable. It’s littering the floor around my normal spot on the couch. It’s nail polish, if it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right. The funny thing is, when it comes to my nails, I’m a complete anti-traditionalist. I don’t like pink, I don’t like red and I don’t like coral. Give me glitters, holographics, duochromes and foils. Give me blue, turquoise, black, purple, green – anything but the polishes that remind me of what I used as a kid!

Where exactly do the Thakoon Glitter Snake-Effect Ankle Boots come in to play with nail polish? Well, let me explain…

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I don’t have a romantic bone in my body. Candle light dinners make me feel awkward, rose petals strewn about my bedroom seem totally cheesy, and I’ve never been as good at remembering special occasions or anniversaries as any boyfriend I’ve ever had. I don’t even like romantic comedies – give me a Quinten Tarantino movie any day.

Every now and then, though, something like the Poetic Licence Encoure Bootie catches my eye and makes me want to run through a field of wheat in a flowing dress, or whatever it is that happens in that cliché. I’m not sure, but it seems like the colors and details of this bootie are spot-on to inspire that sort of insipid foolishness, even in the romantically challenged like myself.

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It was only a few days ago when we last revisited the infamous Manolo/Timberland mashup which I affectionately (sort of) like to call Timbernolos, and now another shoe has appeared to allow us to continue the discussion. If you can look at the Alaia Lace-Up Suede Ankle Boots (by a totally important designer) and think of anything else, your mind has somehow created far different associations than mine has.

I was never a fan of the original luxury work boot and I didn’t like Tory Burch’s recent iteration much better, but this pair is working for me in a way that those two never did. Not only does the design embrace the chunky charm of utilitarian fashion from top to bottom, but it manages to update your average Timberlands in a way that is totally on-trend for fall.

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Can’t you imagine how adorable the toe of this United Nude Fold Hi Bootie would look peeking out from some extra-long, extra-dark bootcut jeans? Or, if you don’t mind making random passerby dizzy from the design, go for a skinny jean. Not to mention that design is pretty high tech.

As a fan of science fiction, both written and on the screen, I adore clothing and accessories that remind me of all things futuristic and alien. Can’t you imagine a chick wearing these with a silver bodysuit, piloting her starship? Plus, they’re booties, meaning that they’re more comfortable than their cousin, the heel, or worse, the slip-on mule.

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