High heeled hiking boots were a trend back in 2010. We covered this shoe craze with our article below.
Please note that the heels featured in this article are no longer available. We have removed the links accordingly. We have kept the article for historical purposes.
–-Our 2010 article about high heeled hiking boots follows below–
It’s no secret that fashion very often prizes form over function. And the perfect case in point is the current phenomenon of high-heeled hiking boots.
There’s a slew of them out there from high street to high end. They have all the elements of a traditional hiking boot: thick tread soles, sturdy laces, padded insoles… except that that have high heels that are 3, 4, even 5 inches. These certainly aren’t what you’ll want to wear to climb a mountain!
But for those of you that like them just to be cute, the hiking boots are by dSquared2 and they retail for $1,000 at ssense.com.
If you can’t afford (or think it’s silly) to spend a grand on a pair of hiking boots that are no good for hiking, there are plenty of more affordable options. Trend haven Topshop has a good pair that are less than $200.
As a bonus these look like they might actually fare a little bit better in nasty weather than their more expensive counterparts. So at least your hike down a snowy sidewalk can be stylishly functional.
