The Ultimate Fall Boot Guide for Every Budget

Because over-the-knee boots are still the top answer to "how to wear short hemlines when temps drop."

New Look, $38

BUY IT: asos.com.

"Oh no, they peaked too early with these mirror-finish kitten heels," you say. Just you wait, son. Just you wait.

ASOS, $48

BUY IT: asos.com.

BAM. Coming in hot with trompe l'oeil sock boot in khaki satin.

H&M, $50

BUY IT: hm.com.

Next up, another pair of kitten heels because it is the aughts all over again, but this time we've got shimmery jacquard and TRL! 

Urban Outfitters, $69

BUY IT: urbanoutfitters.com.

AND IT ONLY GETS BETTER, folks, with pointy-toe, acid green chinoiserie.

Zara, $70

BUY IT: zara.com.

Unlike climate change—however strongly some people would like to pretend otherwise—the striped-sock upper is an illusion and also kind of funny because you would still need to wear real socks underneath.

Charles & Keith, $79

BUY IT: charleskeith.com.

Just what your Halloween costume—Liam Neeson as Zeus in that Perseus movie—needs. (You got that breastplate ready?) 

Mango, $80

BUY IT: shop.mango.com.

Looks like the cowboy-boot trend is sticking around, so why not choose one that's got a funky mesh upper to...boot? 

Jeffrey Campbell, $82.50

BUY IT: jeffreycampbell.com.

Wear the tapestry you would want to decorate your walls if you were the feudal warlord you also wanted to be.

Aldo, $85

BUY IT: aldoshoes.com.

[Rubs own calf in a totally creepy way.]

Zara, $100

BUY IT: zara.com.

Concentrate 80 percent of your outfit's extra-ness in your footwear.

Zara, $100

BUY IT: zara.com.

No mirror? No problem—hold your heel up to your face to check for spinach/mascara fall-down.

Mango, $150

BUY IT: shop.mango.com.

S(l)ick.

Topshop, $160

BUY IT: topshop.com.

Can't afford the Courrèges vinyl jacket? Me neither. Here it is as a boot.

Dolce Vita, $170

BUY IT: zappos.com.

In my last will and testament, I have requested to be buried in a large burrito of this silvery velvet. Thank you.

Madewell, $178

BUY IT: madewell.com.

The kind of slouchy, hip-wader-y tall boot that is So Rihanna but, before this, prohibitively expensive.

& Other Stories, $345

BUY IT: stories.com.

Hits the leg at the exact right angle so it doesn't look like your shoe is ingesting your calf like an anoconda. (We've all been there.)

Loeffler Randall, $395

BUY IT: loefflerrandall.com.

HOW-DY, PARDNER.

Dorateymur, $490

BUY IT: net-a-porter.com.

The white ones were so good you gotta get them in navy.

Aska Collection, $495

BUY IT: askacollection.com.

Buy these and a few long skirts from the thrift shop, and there's your fall wardrobe sorted.

Tory Burch, $498

BUY IT: shopbop.com.

Frighteningly practical (that tread), shockingly beautiful. 

Frances Valentine, $545

BUY IT: francesvalentine.com.

Slime is so hot right now, Agnes is a great name, and salmon glitter is evidently very pretty. 

Maryam Nassir Zadeh, $581

BUY IT: thedreslyn.com.

Like an old-time-y lady laying on a chaise with a string of pearls trailing down her back. But shoes.

MM6 Martin Margiela, $695

BUY IT: net-a-porter.com.

And the same old-time-y lady the morning after, because get you an old-time-y lady who can do both. 

3.1 Phillip Lim, $750

BUY IT: needsupply.com.

Everybody knows the witch in the fairy tale always has more fun.

Liudmila, $1,390

BUY IT: farfetch.com.