Doc Martens + skinnies = Max Wall?

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I love my numerous pairs of Docs but mostly wear them with skirts/dresses of varying length, as wearing them with harems or any remotely baggy trousers makes me look like a builder or a radical feminist separatist lesbian from the 80s. (No offence intended - some of my best friends, etc....)
With skinnies, even with carefully rolled up gaps or socks, it tends towards the Max Wall look.
Is that because I'm a fat old biddy and this a look for the svelte only? Or is there some secret way to style them that I don't know?

Doc Martens + skinnies = Max Wall?

Not until you said that, but now...

Do you have a black bob haircut as well?

Depends how high your forehead is I suppose.

Try wearing them with the 4 or 5 holes empty of laces, just tie them at the base of the shaft. I do this to avoid the golf club look

Total Max Wall when i was a 16yo slip-of-a-thing, or Olive Oil as my dad called me. Now in my early-40s i avoid skinny jeans but still wear my DMs with cigarette trousers, Hammerpants, cut-offs, boyfriend jeans - and skirts/dresses. Sometimes with leggings.

Long live Max Wall

(I think we need photos of all of us out-Walling the Wall)

I wear my black ones with black skinnies all the time in winter! But proper skinnies that don't have excess fabric on the ankles, and tucked in. I do feel like I have to commit to a slightly grunge look with it so will wear with a thin dark-coloured jumper or checked shirt and leather jacket.

Ha, I used to get called that about 25 years ago 😂
It's fine now 'cos skinny jeans are such a standard look.

My Dad used to tell me that when I dressed that way as a girl...

TBH, I don't reckon many people will make the link any more :)

Try wearing them with the 4 or 5 holes empty of laces

Gotta agree with this - relaxes them a bit. I used to just lace up high enough as if they were a shoe.

This has made me smile My grandad used to call me Max Wall in the 90s when I wore DMs & leggings. I haven’t thought of that for years

I can't wear DM's with anything, look like a child in my dad's shoes. But my hairdresser lives in skinnies and DMs and looks hot. I'm jealous!

Talk of the devil...

Sorry OP but your thread has really made me laugh!

Yes.

I'm laughing ruefully about it, too... the image won't go away

Top thread :o

This thread is making me cringe - I always fear I'm veering into Max Wall territory just because I have skinny calves and big old feet

I think the sticking out bum is what seals the 'Max Wall' look so if I'm wearing skinny jeans I always make sure I have a long enough top to break it up a bit and 'De-Max' me...

I’m in bits here

my Uncle used to pee himself laughing at me and my cousins in our boots and stick thin legs!

It's keeping the Max alive imo!!

Max Wall even has a Mums bob

Mum bob I think is the correct term.