When we were kids I thought that the best thing about winter was the opportunity to wear Wellington boots. I just loved splashing through the puddles and wading around in the mud in my “Wellies” as they were affectionately known. They were always a size or two too big and somehow one felt very adult and important in them.

Then we grew up and quit splashing about in pools of rainwater. The streetwear look dictated that you wore Doc. Martens, all-weather biker boots, rustical mountain boots or masculine Timberlands. After all the Marlboro Man wouldn’t be seen dead in a pair of Wellies would he?!

Never out of fashion in the UK – the queen herself practically lives in them at Balmoral – they are a perfect accessory in the country-look so en-vogue right now, and can be worn with tweed skirts or denim jeans and cosy woollen leggings.

Utterly waterproof, snugly warm and kind of sexy in a fetish-friendly way, the Wellington boot has been reinstated in the fashionable wardrobe.

These classic, no nonsense rain boots are best in green or black, although fashion dictates they come in all the colours of the rainbow. Guys wear them with jeans, cords or khakis and a rustic tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows for the extra vintage look.

I guess they’re not intended to wear with the business suit but if you’re traipsing through the fields and need some serious protection from the elements, these tall latex-dipped boots are the ones for you.

A good pair of Wellies in the rainy months is now on my must-have list of fashion favourites for 2010/2011 and way beyond, I hope.

So ring out the old refrain:

Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain…!

Es gibt Frauen, die strahlen Selbstbewusstsein und Stil aus. Hier ist neidlos abschauen angesagt: 

Die First Lady des Stils: Carla Bruni, Paris. Immer edelchic.

Kate Moss' Look wird von Tausenden Frauen kopiert. Weshalb? Weil der Look immer unangestrengt aussieht, als sei er zufällig entstanden. Gleichzeitig aber ist er hip, chic und rockig.

Look zum Nachstylen:

http://www.styleme.ch/look/look-kate-moss/

Bei diesem Kleid der SuperwomanPowermother dachte ich automatisch: Ist das nicht unser Kleid Venice black? Aussehen wie Angelina Jolie? Aufwand: Ein Klick, 85 Franken. Und fertig.

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