When do we start wearing fall/winter boots? Tights?

[kplondon]

Is it a temperature thing? Is it a time-of-year thing? Can you wear boots after September 1 (October 1?) no matter what, or does the temperature also have to be below a certain threshold? Or should you just wear boots and/or tights whenever you would wear a fall/winter jacket?

[ColdSancerre]

When it's cold. I have no set date. Today it is cold so I'm wearing boots with my jeans instead of sandals.

[JackieNo]

I've already worn mine a couple of times, and probably would be today, if I was at work, not slobbing around at home . I go with the weather, personally.

[Insomnia11]

I have opaque tights on today.

[KimberlyClark]

we wear them now :)

i am wearing purple 70 deniers with winter boots and very snug they are too :)

[AgonyBeetle]

Fall?

Autumn, surely. This is the UK, y'know.

[whoneedssleepanyway]

black opaques on here today....

[kplondon]

AgonyBeetle - you caught me out. That little slip outed me as a North American, after ten years in the UK .
Anyway - I think this all means that I am allowed to buy myself a new pair of winter boots.

[MarshaBrady]

I should be wearing tights as not warm. But not ready to relinquish.

[Insomnia11]

I like the word "fall". Very descriptive. I think we should rename Winter: Freeze, Spring: Optimism and Summer: Disappointment. :)

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

Insomnia: very good!!

[AgonyBeetle]

[gumshoe]

[picnicbasketcase]

Wear them when it's cold enough. You don't need to be told a particular date when it's okay to do it. Today is windy, rainy and shite. Ergo - tights weather.

[Pandsbear]

Today! Pouring with rain here - winter boots on over leggings (well old boots from last year, I couldn't quite face putting my new boots on...).

[PuppyMonkey]

I've worn boots for about the last three weeks, have seen lots of others doing the same. Mind you, have seen lots of girls on boiling hot days still sporting their Uggs. Boots are all year round these days, clearly.

[Northumberlandlass]

I have my skinny jeans & knee high Docs on today, it's quite warm though..but the gale force wind / rain is making it feel autumnal

Am already looking in charity shops for autumn stuff...so far l have got a dark green velvet jacket for £5 and a knee length brown fitted trench coat for £15 !

I love buying for autumn..my favourite time of year !

[madammecholet]

I'm into winter wardrobe, have been since last week. Met a girlfriend who was in summer kaftan and leggings/sandals on fri, I arrived in boots/jeans/scarf/wool coat and she declared I was mad.

Who's laughing now with the force 10 outside and lashing rain!

[FreeButtonBee]

I wore my new boots today with opaque tights. You've just got to dress for the actual weather in the UK, not for the calendar. If it's sunny tomorrow, it'll be bare legs.

[StopRainingPlease]

Wore my winter boots last week...

[neuroticmumof3]

I'm back in tights and boots now.

[Pinkflipflop]

Have been in tights/boots all week!

[ChippyMinton]

Today. Brrr...

[lostlady]

Boots and tights/leggings all year round here, even through "summer"- Scotland. And hideous ski old ski jacket for dog walk today, bloody freezing

[lostlady]

Sorry for extra ski, oops

[acsec]

Wore mine today and if the weather is similar tomorrow I'll be wearing them again!

[totallyshoeless]

kp some of us had you tagged as an American before we even got to the mention of fall... no post-Labor Day rules here you know!
I got the opaques out today. Anything goes here (within reason) :)