So, it is not surprising that you chose your soft chocolate brown medium weight lace ups as your boot of choice.

And Mr. Krakoff should be lauded for treating women like grown-ups, offering sleek suede dresses, softened by their surface texture, and also long skirts, slit at the front to show lace-up high boots.

He designed some red and black canvas slip-ons for the wedding party, including matching lace-ups for his father-in-law.