Oxford boots again in trend!
Oxford boots to the sublime young ladies camefrom men's fashion. Clothing historians believe that their roots should be sought in the early nineteenth century - then students of the same name began to wear light boots with small lateral incisions.
There is also another version of their origin. So, there is an opinion that they have a more ancient history, being descendants of shoe brags made from coarse, unsalted skin. Their centuries ago were worn by Scottish and Irish peasants, while the name came from the Gallic "brog". This word denoted holes in the skin, punctured with an awl.
These holes created by the awl in the uncutthick reindeer skin, served utilitarian purposes: through them water from marshes, rivers or puddles flowed from their shoes-their wives often needed to wade. By the beginning of the twentieth century, Oxford boots had lost these holes in exchange for decorative perforation, which became their distinctive feature.
Belongings of the wardrobe of Irish shepherdstime has degenerated into elegant and democratic shoes of English dandies. In the early twentieth century, due to the change in the cut of trousers (so, by 1905 became popular models with lapels), Oxford boots became incredibly popular and for a long time entered the top five most popular models of footwear for men.
Returning from the First World War mentired of army rough boots. They began to attract the convenience of such shoes. Therefore, in the 20-ies. The last century Oxford boots, photos of which can be viewed on this page, have been recognized.
Active development of society, moderntechnology, as well as the change of landmarks have led to various modifications of this shoe, as a result of which it has firmly entered into the virgin fashion. In the beginning, women's oxford boots, photos of which now flooded with pages of glossy magazines, copied models for men - with a male silhouette, on a flat sole, with a short lacing, a square or round toe.
Then the forms became more elegant, the heel - allhigher. They could already be worn as with trousers, and with thin cloaks and skirts-pencils. At the moment, when the majority of models were again at the peak of the fashionable Olympus, Oxford boots naturally appeared among the hits.
They are especially good with tweed or woolennarrow men's trousers; with a tight pencil skirt from the knee or below; in addition, with laconic dresses in the form of a case. There are also such fashionable stylists who today consider a mauveton a combination of this footwear with jeans, although this is only a matter of taste. Tweed jacket, classic jeans, men's blouse - all these are also mandatory signs of the English classical style. So why not add to this set and shoes from Oxford?
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