Like taxes and jogging bottoms in lockdown, ankle boots come autumn are a sure thing. This particular piece of footwear is a cornerstone of colder-weather wardrobes and for good reason. Choose carefully, and you’ll live in them for the whole of autumn and winter. Scratch that—you’ll wear them all year, even on those chilly spring and summer days. But I hear you ask, Why do we only start thinking about buying a new pair come the end of summer? Well, there are a couple of reasons. First, it’s when the summer sales start to dwindle, and the newer autumn/winter collections drop. Second, it’s that delicious back-to-school feeling that you can only get through a new pair of shoes or excessive amounts of stationery.
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This piece was published at an earlier date and has since been updated.