WINTER KICKS

Delaney Ashton
May 27, 2024
2 min read

During winter, apart from the freezing (what feels like) arctic winds literally chilling my bones, there are some things that are fun: candles, cosy movie nights and wearing as many layers as you possibly can, because you can. Fashion in winter makes my soul happy. There are so many options; you can wear those huge boots that are too sweaty in the summer. Trench coats are a must. And layers upon layers upon layers, are my every day. Outfits are so cute and cosy and you can experiment in really fun ways. As any of you who follow my instagram can probably tell, my style is quite versatile and honestly confuses me a lot of the time. Those TikToks of people being like “i’m this [shows indie sleaze/grunge outfit], but i’m also this [shows preppy outfit], then sometimes i’m this [mob-wife outfit], are so goddamn relatable. I find winter extra fun for this, because I can really hardcore experiment with different styles that I find otherwise difficult to in summer, because of the warmth.

Footwear and jackets are probably my most favourite part of styling. I am constantly scouring the jacket sections of op shops, warehouse sales and every store I pass. Now this is all fun and games, until I realise that I don’t have much to actually pair them with.. I’m working on it. My shoe collection is much the same; my shoe racks are constantly overflowing which can be a bit of an issue when you live with someone else who equally deserves rights to shoe storage (sorry).

Below, I collated a list of (in my opinion) must have shoes for this winter season. Most of these, I am realising, are just shoes straight off my wish list cart. Check back in a few weeks to see whether any of these have made it onto my IR shoe rack.

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