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Men will see a good pair of boots and just think, “hell yeah.” And it’s true. Few things compare to the feeling of wearing a solid, dependable, and stylish pair of boots. Putting that shit on starts from the ground up. Blundstones, the sometimes clunky, affably chunky, slip-on leather boots with the thick soles, have blossomed beyond Australian shores, finding homes on the feet of a new horde of stylish men and women.
As far as exports go, boots are something we’ve just got right here in Australia. Blundstones have been co-opted from farmhands, and slotted into the looks of vagabond creatives and artists who have made good use of their durability and ease of wear. But, the boots have found homes beyond the paint-stricken pants and ripped jeans of their creative fans.
Just the other day, Jake Gyllenhaal during an appearance on The Tonight Show, wore a pair with his under-$2,000 suit from Wooyoungmi. Mixing the inventiveness of new age Korean tailoring with a rugged pair of Aussie boots. Brilliant. Gyllenhaal could have slipped on a pair of derbies or loafers and looked fantastic, but instead, he opted to give the suit the everyman edge.