How to spot a trend nearing its expiration date:
a popular piece is increasingly burdened with laborious design embellishments.
Here at The Space Between My Peers, I publicize my own mistakes in hopes you will not have to repeat them. For example, a couple of years ago, I bought a funky pink velvet blazer. I love the color, but the buttons and pockets and ruffles have made it a less-than-stellar investment (although I didn’t spend much). Simpler would have been better.
How does that relate to today? Boots!
After I bought the boots pictured here, with my birthday money, I started searching the internet for comps. Apparently this knee-high boot super-cycle is very mature; shoppers searching for an elegant, classic pair will be paying bank. Or shopping thrift! That is the upside: when a trend is mature, it is usually abundantly available in thrift stores.
Here are some of the more tortured offerings to be found:
For more information about any of the pictured boots, click on the picture. Don’t let me dissuade you. They are all under $100. Except the ones I bought; unfortunately, they are no longer available.
I’d add when you see it on 14 year olds everywhere, it has jumped the shark for grown women. Example: Uggs, knit hats with animal faces, babydoll tops, purse charms and very wet lip gloss.