The jury is still out on which winter boots to invest in , but one unexpected style has united British Vogue editors in their quest for comfort. In a bold move that goes against everything the runways have taught us (and is at odds with the advice of our long-suffering SEO team), this season’s trend diktat is to ignore boot trends altogether, and to swaddle one’s toes in everyone’s favourite surfer-girl sheepskin. Uggs are the footwear – sorry, the cuddle in footwear form – we all deserve for Christmas.
Something is not rotten in Vogue HQ. Almost every staffer following a strict Prada diet or professing a penchant for The Row has wavered when faced with the plush inner of an Ugg. We’re not monsters! But in recent seasons – blame the sheer persistence of Noughties trends and the marketing genius enlisting zeitgeisty designers to spruce up the beloved chestnut booties – Uggs have not been relegated to the sofa, but worn like an ironic badge of honour, illustrating that their wearer is very much in on the fact they are not Phoebe Philo’s exorbitant Club boots, thank you very much.
With its cartoon-like proportions, there is no hiding a bulbous Ugg and, as half the team would argue, why would you want to? “With maternity leave on the horizon, I’ll be spending six months rotating slippers and a fresh pair of Uggs,” says fashion features editor Laura Hawkins. “My go-to has long been a classic tan ankle style, which I’ve worn endlessly to the office with .