Eight Ways Back Into the Black Boot, From Aspen to the Upper East Side

Elle has put together eight approaches to wearing black boots as the weather turns, a styling guide built around the pair most closets already hold. The premise compliments the reader: the boots are already there, and the real work is deciding what goes with them. Here, that pair might step out onto a Manhattan sidewalk, a Nashville porch or an Aspen street once the air cools, and black leather suits all three without fuss. Take it as permission to wear the dependable pair with fresh intent.

With reporting from Elle.