Is it me or are the acne pistol boots and the all saints equivalent a bit like what mumsnet calls ' mum boots ' ???

[bishboschone]

Just saying.

[MmeLindor]

I am with Trills.

For me to splash out that kind of money on a pair of boots, they would have to look a whole lot more different to the M&S or Clarks boots that everyone else is wearing.

[Decameron]

Here's hoping, BonnyDay!

[BonnyDay]

lol AW decameron - you wont be allowed on the M nd S website now!

[Decameron]

I'm also wearing my pistols today. But not with too short bootcut jeans.

[SomeoneThatYouUsedToKnow]

They are nice but dont look anything special. I think the term 'mums boots' is appropriate.

[Trills]

So these expensive ones are not unlike mum boots, but not a classic example.

[MarshaBrady]

I like the very light ones. But would only pay half price these days.

[BonnyDay]

oh brown is very late 90s.

i dont like brown at all. mumsy/whitestuff

[BonnyDay]

www.marksandspencer.com/Footglove-Original-Leather-Block-Ankle/dp/B007ZKGI40 these are classic mum boots

[BonnyDay]

i see what people mean with th 80s throwback/Lulu modelling for Grattan thing

they are not CLASSIC mum boots though

[Trills]

I still have my mum boots from ages ago, no need to buy new ones.

[bishboschone]

Oh we'll , I hate them on the basis ..a , I hate black shoes , b , I had some in 1991, c , they are mum boots .. Each to their own though

[Trills]

so I get to say

Go on then....?

[BonnyDay]

mrs CB tweeted me to say she is starting to regret us every using the term.<br />
you lot are obesessed

[BonnyDay]

i defined the term mum boot a few years ago so I get to say

[XiCi]

Thanks for bringing this up OP, thought it was just me. They are unspeakably boring, wouldnt wear them in a million years

[bishboschone]

Oh I definitely think they are nicer than the classic mum boots but I do think its funny how perceptions change .

[Trills]

If you like them, get them.
If you don't like them, don't get them.

If you didn't like them when they were £40 Clarks mum boots but do like them now they are £300 and in magazines, reconsider your priorities.

[MmeLindor]

I have no idea if this has been done before, but I do think that if it comes down to the proportions of the heels, then it is slightly over my head.

[lurkingaround]

Amber where did you get them for £36???? !

[AmberNectarine]

Sigh. This is getting old.

Well like MrsCB I'm a mum, and I'm wearing mine today, so I guess they must be mum boots.

That being said, I don't really give a shit, I don't need my fashion choices validated, and they cost me £36.

[MrsCampbellBlack]

There was the exact same thread a month ago so clearly some people do think this.

I don't and am wearing mine today with skinnies, cashmere and scarf - I am a mum though and am wearing boots so I guess by that definition they are mum boots.

But we all know that the person who first used the term mum boots on here was referring to a particular blocky style worn with slightly too short jeans in a pleasing midblue rinse.

[Lambzig]

I love the Acne Pistol boots, its all in the proportions I think but arent they a little bit 2011 now?

[DonaAna]

Tether I saw a pair of genuine mum boots in Sept Vogue. Am holding on to mine

[MmeLindor]

Totally Mum Boots.