How a Village Rivalry in Mexico Led to Absurdly Pointy Boots on the Runway in Paris Dennis Green - Business Insider International
go to original March 27, 2015

The Mexican party scene has fully embraced ridiculously long pointy boots and tribal music. In this episode of VICE Presents, explore the pointiest boots on the planet and the culture to which they are tied. (VICE)

A fashion trend that began in rural Mexico and swept up through large portions of Texas and Oklahoma has recently made it to the fashion runways of Paris.

The trend is men wearing very pointy boots. Absurdly pointy. As in, you’ll-poke-your-eye-out, how-can-you-even-walk-in-these pointy. Safe to say these are not just the opposite of square toe.

They’re called guarachero boots and some feature a point so severe that they actually curl upward, reaching incredibly unwieldy proportions.

According to NPR, the boots, called “guaracheros,” originated in rural Mexico. But for the first time, the boots have gone completely mainstream. Designer French fashion house Comme des Garçons makes a black ankle-high boot clearly inspired by the trend, called the Guarachero Boot.

They retail for $US515.

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