Cellifal
Cellifal t1_j9mkg6m wrote
Reply to comment by Kim_or_Kimmys_Fine in Men's leather ankle boots/shoes by Kim_or_Kimmys_Fine
Some more options for you: White’s Boots, Nick’s Boots, Red Wings (much cheaper at ~$350, still great boots), Allen Edmonds, Thursday boots (I don’t know that I’d call these BIFL - they’re good $200 boots but they’re just not equivalent to the ~$500 boots on the list)… there’s a bunch of others but all of those are worth looking at.
As far as Suede goes, look into Roughout leather. It’s pretty much just thicker suede, but suede has come a long way too. Can’t go wrong either way
Cellifal t1_j9us8rk wrote
Reply to comment by Kim_or_Kimmys_Fine in Men's leather ankle boots/shoes by Kim_or_Kimmys_Fine
Absolutely. Roughout is essentially just leather they’ve turned inside out - so the suede side is facing out. It’ll look “rough” rather than smooth leather, but that means you can pretty much just brush it to fix it up when it needs it.