A saloon door swings open. The tell-tale click and spin of spurs cuts through the silence. The gentle thud of angled heels. Except it’s not the wild, wild west. It’s London, and that saloon door is attached to a trendy pub that serves whipped cod’s roe and natural wine and refuses to put pound signs on its prices. Those cowboy boots are about to walk up to a bartender with a mullet and a name like “Rock” to order themselves a Vinho Verde.
Over the past few years, cowboy boots have become a scourge on our city, and indeed many others. Not only have they become the designated stadium concert costume shoe (Lana Del Rey, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, the list goes on), but they’re still being worn as a legitimate fashion choice, some seven years after their initial explosive comeback.
