Sunday, August 28, 2011

WEARING RAIN BOOTS WITH DIGNITY


Growing up in a small fishing town in Zambales and a frequent face in a fish market auctions as a kid, I was accustomed to men & women wearing rain boots even on dry season. Both of my grandparents were fishmongers.  It is only  sensible for them to wear rain boots  to the fish market for the floors were wet with melting ice & fish blood.

Supermodel Kate Moss

However in the past seven years rain boots, wellies, gumboots, billy-boots or anything you want to call them have made the transition from utility item to desirable fashion accessory. Thanks to supermodel Kate Moss who single-handedly reinvented the pair of wellies into a more cool and chic perspective. She made wellies fashionable in 2005 when she sported them at the Glastonbury Music Festival with short-shorts and a tank top, inspiring women all over the globe that they can be glamorous and cool in a pair of wellies.

Ed Westwick, Gareth Gates and Penn Badgley.
The questions I want to stress, can we men rock this trend especially this rainy season? Is it sexy for us  to hike up / tuck our work trousers, jeans,  into a pair of wellies, and even pair them with shorts? It's a no brainer, definitely yes!

 

Hannah Irons (Website Administrator at Wellieboots.com) believes that the failure to interest men in buying gumboots is a result of the fashion industry, “which is always geared more towards women than men”. Certainly, many men still need a lot of convincing that boots can be worn in the city.


As for me, I am open to wearing Wellingtons because it serves a purpose for the bad weather. As "The Style Guy" of GQ.com asserts, "In England when it rains, every man has a hat, a mac, an umbrella, and rubbers. In America you see otherwise well-dressed men trying to skip between puddles in their suits and leather shoes. They’re the ones who look silly, not the guys in the Wellies."

For more information regarding Hunter Original Wellies click HERE.


4 comments:

  1. I love Hunter and I think that Hunter Partly should be blamed for not making their wellies as popular among men as for women. They have more colours to choose from and also Hunter promote it as a woman fashion thing. I think more colours and styles to choose from and more marketing towards men and promotion from Hunter can change this. This is also for Joules and other manufactures. We men deserve colourful wellies as fashion!!

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