In vogue for several seasons, this boot trend brought up to date by the house of Miu Miu proves that it has everything right. Natalie Portman today; Kate Moss in the 2010s: all the fashion icons have already put them on their feet to face the bad weather. What are these perfect boots for fall?
The rain is out, and so are the boots. They are available endlessly, conquering all styles and suitable for all girls. However, for several seasons and among many major brands, one boot trend has overshadowed all the others. In leather, decorated with buckles and/or studs, covering, thick, reaching up to the knee: if these boots are the key piece for the rather cold and gloomy seasons, they will have shone this summer too. The it-girls of the moment wore them on sunny days, like Emily Ratajkowski. Fashionable girls also incorporated them into their summer wardrobe made up of floral dresses, denim Bermuda shorts or flowing skirts, to go on their morning wanderings or to their festivals. Popular in summer 2024, they are still popular this fall season.
Although initially introduced in the parade Miu Miu fall-winter 2023-2024, they flood the streets of Paris today. Ready-to-wear brands are making it their own and offering their version at low prices. The label Stradivarius had also proposed a model which had attracted many followers on TikTok. Have you guessed which model it is?
We are obviously talking about “Biker boots”called “biker boots” in French. Borrowed from the wardrobe of those motorcycle enthusiasts who we imagine to be “tough guys”, with big arms, tattoos, you name it, leather everywhere; they have gradually emerged from their lair in recent years to gain the light of the runways and appear on the feet of celebrities. Monday again, at the parade Dior spring-summer 2025 at Paris Fashion Week, Natalie Portman wore it. With her hair neatly placed in a bun, she paired it with a rhinestone balloon skirt and a corseted velvet bomber jacket, to break the overly girly side of the stylistic composition.
The model Mariacarla Boscono even dared to drag them on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival, in a surprising look that elegantly broke the boundaries between the different fashion wardrobes. With her biker boots reaching above the knee, she had therefore chosen to combine a dress worthy of big evenings, white, flowing, long and with a designer train. Ann Demeulemeester.
Originally, biker boots had a more utilitarian than aesthetic function: they were made from thick, sturdy leather, and were padded to protect the motorcyclist’s feet, ankles and legs in the event of an accident. . Today, Fashion models are much less massive.
It was in the 1950s that biker style emerged for the first time from its utilitarian closet to enter the world of the 7th Art: Marlon Brando then wore heavy black leather boots for the purposes of the film. “The Wild Team” by László Benedek.
Through the imagination and the universe that they conjure up in people’s minds, biker boots immediately twist an overly compartmentalized outfit into a particular style, allowing their owner to play with fashion clichés. They bring a Rock side to an outfit that is too conservative, a touch of nonchalance to an outfit that is too formal, a pinch of strength to an outfit that is too soft, a touch of androgyny to an outfit that is too girly.
When it comes to associations, everything is allowed. You can easily combine Biker boots with a dress above or below, with a long transparent lace skirt, with a mini trapeze skirt, with denim Bermuda shorts, with a long satin dress… To each their own. .
