My RM Williams boots are unique. I have never seen anything exactly like them, made by any other bootmaker or designed by any other designer.
     
There are boots that are similar, and that share some of the same characteristics. Chelsea boots have elastic sides, and were originally made for riding horses, although they have flatter heels and a more traditional shape. Tim Little in the New Kings Road, my former workmate at The Leagas Delaney Partnership, makes the best traditional Chelsea boot. Tim is an admirer of the RM Williams boot, most particularly for the way it is made with one piece of leather, but his Chelseas are very different to anything RM Williams makes. However, if I was still living in Europe Tim’s are the only boots and shoes I would be wearing now. The quality is amazing, the designs are great and I like someone who does things with passion.
     
Williams boots are a little like American cowboy boots, but more understated in the Australian way.
     
Ah bugger it, that is all for now. I don’t want to overdo this boot thing!