ten undeniable reasons to avoid those Wellies knock-offs with bold prints

Ten Undeniable Reasons to Avoid Those Wellies Knock-Offs With Bold Prints
By: Jane Willoughby

We all feel nostalgic when we slip on wellies. It is impossible to forget days spent in the country on bank holidays with your mum and daddy jumping in puddles in your bright yellow wellies. Somehow, your pink glitter jeans still managed to get soaking wet. However, we are adults now--young professionals. It is time to grow out of the clothes we wore to grammar school and make a fashion move to office wear. This doesn't mean you dress like a corpse, or worse, a governess. You simply must move for more flattering styles, sillouettes, and color balances. In case you are inclined to hang on to your Kate Spade wellies with the bright pink flowers (remember, just because they have a designer label does not mean they are fashionable. Designers must hit the geriatric and secondary school markets as well), here are the reasons I decided to give up my wellies and pass them down into consignment stores last week.



10) Long legs will never go out of style. Short stubs hidden by bright boots will never go in.

9) The wellies that resemble brown riding boots are much more chic for the same price.

8) What if you meet the man of your dreams, and he thinks you're 15 because you're wearing juvenile boots, so he doesn't even look at you for fear of incarceration?

7) Even if they are designer, they look knock-0ff. Do you want people to think you got them at Oxfam?

6) What use do you have for jumping in puddles anyway?

5) It sounds much more professional to click up the marble staircase in your office than to squeak up it. You want a promotion don't you?

4) If you're going for a quick snog after work, it's much sexier to slip off a strappy sandal or stiletto pump than to plop down and pull off your Wellies before getting to it.

3) Afraid to get your new True Religions straight from NYC wet? There's no better opportunity to wear that great new skirt from Harrod's. You should be supporting British heritage anyway!

2) Loud Wellies are bound to distract from your real outfit, and you spend Lord-knows-how-many quid on that new jewely purple silk top.

1) They are ugly.