£79. A (questionable) range of colours available.
A surprising amount of people seem to have quite hard feelings concerning the desert boot. I never really understood why - they look pretty neat and the thick sole ensure they won't fall apart after a few months of running back and forth from A to B. That was until I ventured into Clarks' sale and came across such monstrosities as the Union Jack version, the rhinestone version and whatever these are supposed to be. No wonder the thought of the classic boots can bring expressions of such disgust into fashion conscious faces. I think the lesson to be learnt here is that desert boots have the potential to be a brilliant pair of everyday shoes, as long as you wear them the right way. Traditional sand, brown or black paired with a pair of 501s and a decent polo shirt? Wonderful. A pair of Union-Jack-plastered boots with a suit? Not quite so.