What A Stud

I was wandering down Lafayette with my camera and happened to pass the Bess shop with its enticing rows of studded combat boots. I love how such functional objects have been made a little frivolous with all that excess studding, yet they're still displayed like utilitarian goods! Plus, they just look really cool.



The aforementioned boots styled to perfection in Bess' Fall/Winter 2010 look book (photograph by Dom Smith):



After taking that first picture, it seemed like the punk references were showing up everywhere. I wandered around taking some photos of the downtown atmosphere:











And a couple days later I bought a copy of V Magazine's Fall 2010 issue, which featured Agyness Deyn in an amazing "St. Marks Place" story. Again, the studded boots appear!



Punk and Goth style boots do seem to be everywhere lately, but honestly I never get sick of them. A few of my favorites: