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You know you're wearing Mum Boots...

42 replies

FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra · 11/12/2012 12:29

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? Grin

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Themumsnotroastingonanopenfire · 11/12/2012 12:47

I love those boots. I am 48 though. Grin

Imadesantablush · 11/12/2012 12:49

I like them!

TunipTheVegedude · 11/12/2012 12:51

Your mum must be cooler than my mum.

WayneDeer · 11/12/2012 13:05

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

BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 11/12/2012 13:20

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

theladylovescupcakes · 11/12/2012 13:38

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 · 11/12/2012 13:40

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

sue52 · 11/12/2012 14:52

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

BieneMaja · 11/12/2012 16:28

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

CharlieMouseWillDoIt · 11/12/2012 16:40

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 · 11/12/2012 16:41

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

DonaAna · 11/12/2012 16:59

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 · 11/12/2012 17:03

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

browneyedpixie · 11/12/2012 20:52

Desperate to buy these and I'm 28

FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra · 11/12/2012 20:56

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!

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BendyBobsBrusselsSprouts · 11/12/2012 20:56

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

ByTheSea · 11/12/2012 20:58

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

Bunbaker · 11/12/2012 20:59

I like them.

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

FoxtrotFoxtrotSierra · 11/12/2012 21:10

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.

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mamalovesmojitos · 11/12/2012 21:13

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

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 11/12/2012 21:47

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 Grin

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

ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged · 11/12/2012 21:51

Your mum's cooller than my mum.

WayneDeer · 11/12/2012 21:56

70

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

spottymoo · 11/12/2012 22:20

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

LunaticFringe · 11/12/2012 22:23

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