How do you recognise an autumn winter shoe?
Three things set it apart, and none of them is the colour: a lining that insulates the foot, a thicker sole patterned to grip wet ground, and a leather treated to shed water rather than soak it up. Those same three things separate a winter ankle boot from a summer shoe of the same shape.
The closed shapes of winter are told apart by shaft height and type of fastening. The ankle boot stops at the ankle or just above; the lace-up ankle boot is the same boot closed with laces; the combat boot is its sturdier version, set on a lugged sole; the boot rises past the calf and can climb above the knee. Alongside them stay the low shapes worn all year — loafers, lace-ups and derbies, ballet flats, sneakers — plus court shoes and Mary Janes for dressier occasions.
Suede is leather finished on the flesh side: velvety to the touch, it takes on water and dust faster than smooth leather. Brush it dry and treat it with a water-repellent protector before the first outing, and it will last more than one season. Nubuck behaves the same way, with a shorter nap. Smooth leather and patent leather wipe clean with a damp cloth. Vegan leather contains no material of animal origin and gives almost nothing with wear: the size you try on is the size you keep.
This page is not the shop window of a single season. It gathers everything classified as autumn winter that is in stock: any collection year, at full price or reduced. An item leaves when it sells out and comes back if it is restocked, and from September onward the range grows with the deliveries of the incoming season. If you are after a size that tends to go early, it is worth coming back more than once.
If you only need menswear, the autumn winter men page shows the same selection already filtered. If you start from the shape instead, women's ankle boots leads to the whole category, not just this season's models. The grid filters work on category, size, colour, style and price range.
