Christopher Briney leaned into statement hardware in Paris on Wednesday, arriving with Lola Tung for Prime Video’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty” Season Three photocall at the Shangri-La Hotel. His tailored black look finished on a strong note: black leather ankle boots set on block soles, punctuated by squared toes wrapped in polished gold caps.

The silhouette read sleek and minimal from the side, but the squared toe and metallic finish brought a flash of toughness. Rather than functioning as utilitarian reinforcement, the toe caps worked as an intentional styling choice, lending the boots a subtle Western accent without straying into cowboy pastiche.

And Briney is not alone in this shift toward fashion-forward boot silhouettes. This summer, John Fluevog marked his brand’s 55th annive

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