Dr Martens - matt or parent finish?

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Normally wear more pointy and less chunky boots, but I think I fancy a pair of DMs

I'm mid 40's - am I going to look ridiculous? My 2 eldest girls wear them in patent. Should I stick to Matt for a more grown-up look?

Will wear with skinnies (not giving them up just yet) and dresses with tights.

Thanks.

I really love patent leather!

Matte or Patent!!!!

Matte.
Look better imo. Patent has a 'cheap' look (sorry!) and is commonly imitated.

I like the Matt ones and have recently bought my 1st pair since my teens...I'm late 40s.Still breaking them in.Taking the insole out has made them much more comfortable as I had to size down which made them tight across the foot .I love them.

I bought patent DM Flora Chelsea boots a few years ago, and they were impossible to break in. I sold them in the end. This year I bought some leather ones and the breaking in process has been much more bearable.

Patent ones are more uncomfortable IME. I have some black patent ones that I've never been able to wear in (they never soften like the leather ones).

I’ve got the flora Chelsea and just blown the dust off them for the 3rd autumn. They look like they did the first year and are so comfy - I just tend to wear a fractionally thicker sock (the type with a looped/towelling back) rather than a thin ‘fashion’ sock for the first few wears.

Everyone comments on them. And they’re not obviously docs either I can pull my skinny jeans over the tops too if I fancy. No laces to deal with. Love them!

I'm mid 40s and I'd buy Matte if I was buying some. I follow someone on insta who is early 40s and on her they look amazing

Is this the 8 eye ones? I'm looking at them just now. About £139?

I have matte but love the look of patent ones. I do think they'd be harder to break in and likely rip my feet to shreds though.

I was toying between patent & matte.
Went with some cherry red1460 matte ones from Shuperb, only £105 and comfortable from first wear!

I've got patent flora boots (2 pairs) and adore them. You just literally wipe a cloth over them to keep clean, I've got black and a reddish brown. Wear them with jeans, leggings and work trousers.

I long for weather that means I can wear them

I own many pairs of DMs. Matte is a good all rounder.

I’m 42 and I’ve got beautiful patent ones with pink ribbon laces! They’re taking a while to walk in but I love them. They’re obviously genuine - I live near the DM factory in Northamptonshire.

I have white patent ones. I love them but they have taken 6 long years to break in. I thought I had cracked it a few times but as soon as I wore them when pregnant they started hurting again. I think my feet must change shape in pregnancy.
I would say they are broken in now and I wear them everyday but I still feel like they could be a bit more comfortable. I don't think patent ever fully softens.

I don’t know if it happens with all colours, but with my pink patent ones the colour has cracked horribly and flaked off. They are old but definitely genuine. I wouldn’t buy patent again for this reason.

Matt. My patent ones took forever to wear in and even now they occasionally rub

I have both and the matte are much more comfortable. Like gloves for the feet.

Another person who never got their patent ones to break in- mine were just plain black.

I thought I just had weirdly shaped heels until I came across another MN thread where looooads of other people had the same problem.

So frustrating as they look fabulous

Mine are two-tone "arcadia" leather, which seems to be in the middle between matte and patent. They are proving v. hard to break in, but are just gorgeous: www.drmartens.com/uk/en_gb/p/originals-boots-arcadia-1460#

Matte. I wore my shoes today for the first time this Autumn. Wore with a very long black pencil skirt and a black top from Cos