Felt boots: rustic? No, a fashion statement!

Knight Ridder/Tribune | February 27, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Olga Sobolevskaya

MOSCOW _ Russian felt boots are the latest high fashion with West European ladies.

Gatchina, one of the former suburban Royal residences near St. Petersburg and the seat of a felt boot factory, premiered a show _ and French, German and Russian fashion houses showered the company with orders for fancy exclusive items.

18th-century Russian Empresses Anna Ioannovna and Catherine the Great sported felt boots with the most exquisite attire. Now, glamorous ladies wear boots embroidered in silk, beads and paste gems, or with ...

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