OK, I’ll admit the Nicholas Kirkwood hip high boots at Rodarte were fierce. But personally, it’s hard for me to see a woman in real life wearing boots that high without thinking of Pretty Woman—pre-Julia Roberts’ ladylike makeover.

(clockwise from left) Rodarte, Halston, Yigal Azrouël, Marc Jacobs, Chado Ralph Rucci, Alexandre Herechocovitch

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