Taylor Swift Has Been Wearing These Fall Boots Since 2016—Shop 14 Similar Pairs
Finding a good pair of boots that you can wear again and again, year after year, and trend after trend, is harder than you might think. For starters, boots aren't built like they once were, and if you live in a place with varying climates throughout the year, it's difficult to keep your footwear from getting destroyed in the snow, slush, rain, and beyond. So, when you find a pair that lasts, it's practically girl code that you have to share it, and of all the celebs I know of, no one seems as loyal to girl code as Taylor Swift.
On the Sunday evening following their appearance together at SNL's after party, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift were spotted hand-in-hand again, this time after dinner at Waverly Inn in the West Village. For the date, Swift wore a sheer, floral-patterned Jean Paul Gaultier tee with a Balenciaga bustier underneath and a leather miniskirt, accessorizing with a Roger Vivier handbag in the color of spring 2024, according to the runways. On her feet? The Louis Vuitton ankle boots she's had since 2016, specifically during her iconic Bleachella era.
The last time we spotted the exact boots on Swift was in May of 2016, a month after she debuted her bleach-blonde bob at Coachella when she was seen leaving Anna Wintour's West Village apartment in a Louis Vuitton plaid dress and the brand's Star Trail Ankle Boots, variations of which have also been worn by the likes of Selena Gomez and Taylor Hill. To match her grungey new 'do, she wore a gray-and-black plaid Louis Vuitton midi dress from the brand's pre-fall 2016 collection and a cropped leather jacket. Her lace-up, lug-sole boots were equally appropriate for the singer's chosen aesthetic at the time.
Below, shop 14 pairs of look-a-like boots to the ones Taylor Swift's kept in her closet for the last seven years.
On Taylor Swift: Jean Paul Gaultier Black Fleurs Petit Grand Long-Sleeve T-Shirt ($320); Balenciaga Stretch-Jersey Bustier Top ($1850); Roger Vivier Viv Choc Bag ($3995); Louis Vuitton boots
On Taylor Swift: Louis Vuitton dress and boots; Mark Cross Grace Box ($2350)
Shop Similar Ankle Boots for Fall
Bottega Veneta has been really leading the lug-sole boot game for the past few years.
My mom actually owns these in two colors and raves about them endlessly.
Once these are properly broken in, they'll be the perfect boots for decades to come.
If making a statement's your goal, you can't go wrong with these from Miu Miu.
Don't sleep on Banana Republic. The brand's been really at the top of its game lately.
What kind of editor would I be if I talked you out of buying Gucci?
To say these boots are comfortable would be the understatement of the year.
Eliza Huber is a New York City–based fashion editor who specializes in trend reporting, brand discovery, and celebrity style. She joined Who What Wear in 2021 after almost four years on the fashion editorial team at Refinery29, the job she took after graduating with a marketing degree from the University of Iowa. She has since launched two monthly columns, Let's Get a Room and Ways to Wear; profiled the likes of Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Katie Holmes, and Sabrina Carpenter for WWW's monthly cover features; and reported on everything from the relationship between Formula One and fashion to the top trends from fashion month, season after season. Eliza now lives on the Upper West Side and spends her free time researching F1 fashion imagery for her side Instagram accounts @thepinnacleoffashion and @f1paddockfits, running in Central Park, and scouring eBay for '90s Prada and '80s Yves Saint Laurent.
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