Overaccessorize Everything — Even Your Hiking Boots
Friction is a crucial ingredient when concocting truly captivating fashion and no one understands this concept quite like ROA.
The outdoorwear brand has a fashion-forward edge and regularly merges opposing concepts to yield stellar results. And ROA's Nightfall capsule collection show this famed juxtaposition at its best.
In particular, the Nightfall collection includes a pair of rugged hiking boots, the Nightfall Medallion Andreas, that have all the terrain-fighting fixings of your standard trail boot, deliciously offset with delicately misshapen charms.
Charms and trinkets have been fueling fashion trends for a while now. From Balenciaga City bags to adidas Samba sneakers, accessorizing your accessories remain the cat's meow.
But blinged-out hiking boots? That's a whole new level of commitment to customization.
The aged silver medallions are littered around the midsole, laces and throat of the boot, adding flashes of texture and sparkle. But otherwise, the Nightfall Medallion Andreas boots look just like a classy high-end hiking boot, another thing something the Italian brand does very well.
This totally charming boot might be a new iteration of a ROA classic (the Andreas boot has been out for a while now), but it is not the first time ROA has leveraged contrast to create a super sick shoe.
Take, for example, the pony hair Rozes sandals that feature fur paneling contrasted with a mesh and calf-skin upper.
The Medallion Andreas boots, available on the ROA website for $715, are the perfect boots for those who truly view the world as their runway. Even if said runway is up in the Dolomite mountains.
The Nightfall collection also includes a packable wind jacket, a thick long-sleeve jersey, a tartan watch skirt, a balaclava and, of course, high-top socks. Gotta protect those toes.
