You know you're wearing Mum Boots...

[FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra]

When your own mother remarks on how lovely the boots you're wearing are and insists on popping into the shop to buy a pair.

Or is it worse - have I just discovered GRAN boot?

[Themumsnotroastingonanopenfire]

I love those boots. I am 48 though.

[Imadesantablush]

I like them!

[TunipTheVegedude]

Your mum must be cooler than my mum.

[WayneDeer]

my mum wouldn't wear them but that's because she is a gran and way too chic

[BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack]

Actually, I don't think they are mum boots - I quite like them :)

[theladylovescupcakes]

I have these, got them last year, and my mum and just got the same pair, in the same colour. And I ordered them online for her (doh!) She is a trendy mother though, not muttony at all.

[wewereherefirst]

They're lovely and not at all mum-like. You and your mum are cool!

[sue52]

I have those boots, however I am 60. They are very comfy.

[BieneMaja]

I have those from last year too. I'm 38 but I AM a mum

[CharlieMouseWillDoIt]

Ooh, I love those boots (I'm 35).

I saw them ages ago, but couldn't justify spending £100 on them. Now that they are in the sale...

[lljkk]

I would have worn those boots when I was 20. They are too nice for me, now.

[DonaAna]

I saw an (Italian) granma wearing studded moto boots.
And street hawkers have lots of cheap versions of them everywhere.

The trendy young things here are wearing the classic black mum boots again, usually with leggings or skintight black jeans.

[PeazlyPops]

You both have good taste! They're lovely, I'm 25 and I'd wear them.

[browneyedpixie]

Desperate to buy these and I'm 28

[FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra]

I still think they're lovely, and will continue to wear both colours of them until spring. I thought it funny that DM wanted some as they're definitely not mum boots as I understand them.

sue52 is right. They're very comfortable!

[BendyBobsBrusselsSprouts]

I think they're lovely but I'm 47 so no doubt that's put you off them even more

[ByTheSea]

I'm 49 and think they''re great.

[Bunbaker]

I like them.

What are "mum boots". Why so sneery about them?

[FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra]

I'm not being sneery, I was joking. There are loads of threads every autumn about mum boots and I was amused that my boots were coveted by my mother, thus making them mum boots in my family.

[mamalovesmojitos]

I really don't like those but beauty is in the eye of the beholder

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

MumBoots are the short, chealsea boots/jodhpur boots style with a rounded toe and a low chunky heel.
Usually a zip at the side or elastic

And for the cherry on the cake- from Marks and Spencer.

And usually found adorning my feet

46 yo, mum, don't care that they are MumBoots .(Go lovely with my faded bootcuts )

[ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged]

Your mum's cooller than my mum.

[WayneDeer]

70

the boots you have just described are v v fash atm
you're on trend

[spottymoo]

Love those boots but how do you wear them? Skinnys tucked in or straight legs over them ?