You can trace the roots of my Chelsea boots obsession back to my mid-twenties when Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and a nondescript shoe shop changed my life.
I needed new boots but all the lace-up ones in-store were hideous. All apart from a rock’n’roll pair of black suede Chelsea boots that looked vaguely like the ones I’d seen Bobby wearing in a magazine, looking cool. So, I took the plunge and leapt off the lace-bound diving board. I soon discovered that Chelsea boots come in every conceivable style: dressy, dandy, casual, cowpoke - you name it. The Chelsea is the ultimate no-nonsense boot; the last word in impeccable brilliance.
