I've just bought a pair of these, NOT from the Q, & I love them. I'll wear them with jeans, a plain top & a smile. I don't lean against trees & have never owned a cowboy hat. Those who 'style' models so bizarrely are still in the dressing in mummy's clothes phase.
I've packed away summer for this year & because the majority of my clothes are totally seasonal the warmer weather ones will also be packed away this week. The only ones that stay in the wardrobe all year are denim jackets, Seasalt skirts & M&S t shirts, a combo I do wear with tights & boots in the colder months. Finding outerwear that's long enough to go over a midi is hard enough so impossible for something longer & spending a day in a damp skirt following a wet commute doesn't appeal.
Not so much poor Claire - Poor everyone who's had to model that monstrosity! It doesn't look any better on the smaller models, it looks just as ugly on them. I literally can't think that anyone would look at that dress and say to themselves "wow, that looks nice, I must buy one". And to answer the question about the clumpy Doc Martens and a dress, it's a no from me. I do have a pair of Doc Marten shoes which are strictly for work, but I've only even seen one person wearing them with a floaty dress and it was a very young tall, pretty girl and she just about got away with - I don't think the look will catch on in the way the trainers/dress combo has!
