Go-Go Boots; Cold-SHoulder White Dress Fashion Over 50

White Go-Go Boots

White Cold Shoulder Dress with Go-Go Boots
Are you ready for go-go boots this fall? I know I am! The warm temperatures of August shouldn’t limit our footwear to sandals. These polka dot snake print heeled go-go booties from ASOS make it easy to slide into cooler weather.

White Cold Shoulder Dress With Go-Go Boots

Catherine Catherine Cold Shoulder Aline White Dress; GoGo Boots

ASOS Sol Sana Alicia Polka Dot Snake Print Leather Heeled Go Go Boot
After reading Cherie James’s blog, Style Nudge’s Shoe and Tell post on the white ankle bootie, I was inspired to relive a childhood memory of wearing go-go boots. I purchased a pair of white booties that I found refreshingly chic to sport now.

Go-Go Boots
A 1960s Young woman is wearing a mini skirt and white go-go boots.

The 1960s was a tumultuous but adventurous time for the United States: President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline were in the White House, the Civil Rights Movement, Kennedy’s assassination in1963, Beatlemania, Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, and Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969.

Andres Courreges Hat worn by AudreyHepburn
Actress Audrey Hepburn in Andrè Courréges Hat.  Photographed by Douglas Kirkland, 1965/

Fashion reflected this change, especially when Andre Courreges debuted his first line with mini skirts, helmets, goggles, and cropped jackets. We know that Chanel epitomized the little black dress. Another French fashion designer, André Courrèges (March 1923- January 2016), introduced the little white dress. The LBD was displaced in 1965 when the French designer launched his first line of white dresses.

Go-Go Boots; Nancy Sinatra wearing Go-Go Boots
Singer Nancy Sinatra is wearing a mink dress and go-go boots.

He also brought the world go-go boots, Mary Quant, and the mini-skirt in the 1960s.  Ah, the sweet memory of wearing my white go-go boots while dancing to Nancy Sinatra’s hit song, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin.'”

What’s your fall shopping mindset? Are you reworking what you have in your closet? Do you have any fond memories of donning white boots? Do tell me in the comments section.

Thank you for reading, and have a fabulous, stylish week.