AW06 Raf Simons Leather Belted Combat Boots

Raf Simons’ Autumn 2006 collection resides as a distinct outlier in his vast portfolio. Over the course of a decade, the designer had distilled a bubbling niche of youthful tropes. However, for the collection at hand, the designer paid homage to his early days of design. Tapered silhouettes and razor sharp edges defied the runway before oddities appeared in extraterrestrial form. Hybrid collars were unzipped to frame the face, shedding its previous textile and revealing an added layer of emerging nylon. This super-modernist approach to the runway was rather alien, but a provoking masterclass in menswear tailoring. Uniform in a dark muted palette, the ominous aesthetic radiates through each look, similar to our ideals of a dystopian future.

 

Footwear was a focal point of the Autumn 2006 collection, walking the infamous ‘accordion’ boots among other transformative profiles. Akin to such, the belted combat boots shown feature a synching and lace weave mechanism, allowing for an altered fit. Composed of black leather, each eyelet accents the shadowed hue with metallic detailing, and is finalized with a rubber sole. In great condition throughout with light use, tagged as a size 41 or US 8.