Josephine Chelsea Boot Dark Oak Roughout Size:7.5 Featuring elastic side panels and

Featuring elastic side panels and a sleek

We find ourselves wearing this shoe year-round—sockless with shorts/lightweight fabrics in the summer and with wool socks and denim through the winter

When sampling this particular wedge sole

The Edward boot has larger quarters and slightly different details

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Josephine Chelsea Boot Dark Oak Roughout Size:7.5 Featuring elastic side panels andThe Chelsea boot is steeped in both fashion and practicality. Originating in the mid 19th century in England, the first Chelsea boot was explicitly made for Queen Victoria. Her personal bootmaker, Joseph Sparkes Hall, created the first Chelsea boot originally called Elastic Ankle Boots in 1851 as a riding boot for the Queen. Yet, it took over a century for the Chelsea boot to arrive in the States. Becoming particularly fashionable during the swinging