The Search for the Perfect Ankle Boot...

With fall quickly approaching, I was on the hunt for the perfect ankle boot. Now, last season I had purchased a couple pairs and hated them! I didn’t have anything against them personally, I mean they were SO cute and in style! But I absolutely hated the way they made my bottom half look. You see, the bottom portion of my legs are the size of toothpicks while the top portion is a little thicker (this is where I carry most of my weight). So when I wore ankle boots I felt like Danny DeVito as the Penguin in Batman. I needed an ankle boot that was thicker/wider around the ankle so that it would even out my proportions and I also wanted a boot that wasn’t your average, run of the mill.

I searched tirelessly for weeks but couldn’t find any that jumped out at me until I came across a listing for these “Gypsy Boots” on Etsy. These boots were literally the raddest looking things I had ever seen! They were belted, laced, feathered, some even had bullet casings on them…I knew I had found THE boot! I began searching through “Crooked Halo Designs” and noticed that you could have the shop owner make a custom pair of Gypsy Boots according to your style/design specifications. I was down like Charlie Brown!

I immediately began messaging Hanna, the shop owner, about purchasing a custom pair and how exactly to go about it. I liked a few pairs of boots already listed for sale in her shop but I wanted some that reflected my own unique style. However, I was really unsure what to even call my style. I feel like I’m all over the place most of the time and pretty much just like what I like! So this is the description I sent to Hanna regarding the style I was looking for…

 

“My style is more along the lines of vintage Indian maybe? Haha! I love old lace, a lot of tribal, Native American themed fabric, with a really feminine girly look. I would like either a light or dark brown boot. The older & scruffier, the better!”

 

If I was her, I probably would have rolled my eyes. To me, this style didn’t even make sense and was all over the place! But, she thought it was great and let me know she would get started on looking for the pair of perfect boots!

 

2 days later I received a couple pairs of boots that Hanna thought I might like and asked me to take a look…

 

It was love at first sight! It only took me a split second to decide on which pair I wanted!

 

After selecting my boots, Hanna let me know she would start gathering up accessories for them and get back to me with more updates! 2 weeks later I got the message I had been waiting for…I had 4 mock-up designs to choose from.

 

I had the options to pull elements I liked from each of them, pick one of them or none of them. Once I let her know what I liked and didn’t like from each of the styles, she went to work and began styling them out.

 

 

About 45 minutes later she sent me pics. of my boots from all angles so that I could make 100% sure everything was how I wanted it before everything got super-duper-never-coming-off stuck on!

 

After giving her the green flag to finish them up, my listing was ready the next day and I got to feast my eyes upon the finished product! They were PERFECT!!

 

 

 

This was such a fun and exciting experience working with Hanna at Crooked Halo Designs! She is very professional and has such an amazing talent to be able to make these perfect little booties out of the lousy style description I gave her! If you’re the adventurous type like me, I HIGHLY recommend working with her personally and designing your own perfect pair to fit your own unique style! The entire process takes around 3-4 weeks, a $75 deposit is required up front and when your boots are finished you are required to pay the remainder of the total price.  

 

Feel free to check out Hanna’s shop on Etsy, Crooked Halo Designs and click on the ‘Booties’ section to browse through all of her fabulously unique designs!

 

xoxo, karabears