By FIONA CONNOLLY
COLUMNIST

There’s finally a bit of snow on the ground, so it’s time for your Fash­ion by Fiona Guide to Boots.

In the win­ter months, nobody wants their toes frozen, so wear­ing boots is a com­fort­able but fash­ion­able alter­na­tive to flats and sneakers.

The first kind of boot that is in this sea­son is the rid­ing boot. In black and all shades of brown, rid­ing boots can pull an out­fit together. Try wear­ing brown rid­ing boots with black leg­gings, a cham­bray shirt, and a col­or­ful tank top, or with leg­gings and a large sweater. You can also wear rid­ing boots with your favorite T-shirt and jeans, or a dress or skirt.

Rid­ing boots

Rid­ing boots go with any style, almost any out­fit, and they are one of the biggest fash­ion trends of the season.

Ankle boots can also be a good fash­ion choice for your out­fits. With or with­out a heel, and in many dif­fer­ent styles, you can wear them with almost any out­fit as well.

As long as your pants are rel­a­tively ankle fit­ting, or you’re wear­ing a skirt or dress, ankle boots will go with your out­fit. With all the dif­fer­ent types, ankle boots are usu­ally a good sub­sti­tute for any other shoes you would wear in the
warmer months.

The next type of boots you may want to try is com­bat boots. They give a more edgy feel to an out­fit and they also can be brown or black to match with every out­fit. Try them with skinny jeans and an over­sized sweater or leg­gings and a T-shirt. They can also be worn with a dress, skirt, or flowy blouse for a feminine-but-edgy look. Black com­bat boots
are gen­er­ally more punk while brown are more ver­sa­tile, but both can be worn in a vari­ety of ways and styles.

Wrin­kle boots

Wrin­kle boots are also a good choice. Most are suede and come in every color you can think of, but there are some rid­ing boot-inspired wrin­kle boots made of leather. They can be short or long — long wrin­kle boots worn like rid­ing boots and short  worn like any other ankle boots.

And don’t for­get Uggs. Although every­one seems to think that they are the best kind of boot in the world and should be worn with every sin­gle out­fit, that is not nec­es­sar­ily true.

Uggs are fash­ion­able when they are worn with skinny jeans tucked in and any top, or leg­gings and a sweater, but girls, please don’t wear them with a dress or skirt.

Fash­ion Uggs

The sides of the boots are thick and block-like, which is fine when they are worn with some sort of pants, but when wear­ing a skirt or dress, stick to more ankle-fitting boots. Leave you pants un-tucked. Uggs are made to have the
pants go inside, that’s why they are so thick.

And I know not every pair of your jeans are skinny jeans, but leav­ing your pants stuffed over the sides of your Uggs does not look good either. Tuck your pants inside your boots (click here for tips on how to do it with­out get­ting awk­ward bunches) or wear dif­fer­ent shoes with your non-skinny jeans.

Con­tact Fiona Con­nolly at pixi1998@gmail.com.