Modern take on the kilt?

[Katia]

I'm all for scruffy boots, but not when everything else is smart and obviously brand new.

Precisely. Either you're formal, or you're not. It's up there with dinner jackets worn with jeans, or sneakers worn with suits. Make up your mind. But formal-looking attire and fabrics, completed with casual-looking pockets and footwear... makes me think either they're mixed up, or the airline lost their proper shoes and the boots were all they had. I like the concept of cargo pockets at least as much as the next person, but I wouldn't put them on my formal trousers.

It's a fashion statement I've never understood. To think of all the jeans I've thrown out over the years when they were worn and abused enough to fetch $300 on the shelf.

This is always what I say, as well! I'm good enough at wearing my own holes into jeans. I don't need help. Long before my jeans get to looking like some of these "pre-distressed" pairs, it's time for the rag pile! And I certainly don't want the manufacturer helping me wear them out in spots by "pre-distressing," either. I've owned a couple pairs with strategic application of this method, and guess where the jeans tend to wear through, long before the rest of them looks even worn?