They come back every fall-winter with an additional detail that always ends up pleases us. This season, these boots are (still) feeling in the modosphere. Caroline de Monaco and Charlotte Casiraghi have already adopted them.
Whether you like it or not, the weather went to the “Precipitation” stage. Fashionistas had to switch from summer dressing to the fall dressing in a fairly brutal way. But if the weather is gloomy, some fashionists are happy to be able to take out their most beautiful fall outfits. Because the season is often a pretext to play overlays or put on its most beautiful hot shoes. Among those who come back every year, there are obviously the boots.
And for several seasons, it is a competition model that has captured the attention of the modosphere. These boots in question are inspired by those used for horse riding. You will understand, we are talking about rider boots.
Flatter for the silhouette, this shoe is adored by the figures of Monegasque royalty. Caroline Grimaldi and her daughter Charlotte Casiraghi wear it not only for their equestrian activities – as a reminder, Charlotte is professional rider – but also for the needs of the fashion planet. In 2022, the former partner of Gad Elmaleh opened the parade Chanel With pride, cavalier boots on the feet.
Originally, rider boots therefore come from equestrian and military universes. Their current aesthetics betray their utility function yesterday.
Long, robust, stopping just at the knee: they are initially designed to protect the tibias from horsemen and soldiers, without obstructing their movements. But stables at the upper bourgeoisie, there is only one step: in the 19th century, the rider boots took over the daily dressing room of bourgeois men and mute in real markers of the leisure of the elite – and of social distinction. At the time, it was the black leather version that won all the votes.
The women of the 7th art seated in the 1920s: among them, Marlene Dietrich or Jean Harlow. The 1960s and 1970s confirm their popularity and they then accompanied the emancipation of these ladies: our elders associate them with micro-shorts (the iconic “hot pants”) and mini-skirts.
During the same decade, Hermes gives them all their fashion credibility by taking out a version sublimated by the iconic clasps of its Kelly bags. Chanel Put a layer in the 90s… and now they come back in force thanks to the resurgence of the trend Preppy.
At the fall-winter 2025 parades, they reappeared on the catwalks of several large houses: Altuzarra,, Prada etc. Fashionistas will be able to find more accessible iterations at Boohoo,, Bocage or Decathlon.
