Here’s 8 Street Style Ways to Wear Brown Boots This Autumn

This year, anything that is trending seems to be realised in brown, from leather jackets to hand bags and retro runners. The dominance of this colour can be found in the boots section, too, with brands like Hermès, Ralph Lauren and Fendi embracing this rich shade as an alternative to black for autumn/winter 2025.

Brown boots can typically tip into equestrian territory, but this season, you’ll find all manner of designs fashioned in coffee, chocolate, espresso and tan hues in leather or suede, from biker boots to sleek, pointed knee-highs, showing they aren’t just a hallmark of countryside style. The biggest advert for the timeless elegance of a pair of brown leather knee-high boots? Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, who famously teamed a camel pencil skirt with glossy Prada heeled boots in a deep rusty brown. It’s an outfit that in 2025 feels just as relevant.

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.

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It’s unsurprising, then, that brown boots have been a defining feature of the street-style scene this fashion month. While slouchy brown suede boots and sleek leather buckled creations dominated on the catwalk, on the pavements, knee-high styles proved particularly popular. Keep scrolling for ideas on how to wear brown boots this autumn.

Read MoreWith a pleated skirt + bomber jacket

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This look is all about oversized proportions, with slouchy brown boots worn with a one-size-too-big bomber jacket and cascading pleated skirt.

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With two jackets + a minidress

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Vogue’s Alice Cary wore her trusted vintage Prada biker boots at London Fashion Week this season, paired with a white cotton nightie dress and two layered jackets to make it appropriate for autumn.

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With a check skirt + fleece

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Miu Miu’s autumn/winter 2025 collection was a mash-up of slightly odd looking, vintage-inspired clothes, and this is a head-to-toe runway look that embraces that awkward philosophy. The skintight buckled boots which were a running thread throughout the collection) act like a pair of tights underneath the knee-length skirt.

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With sequins + suede accessories

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Just this week we noted how sequin going-out skirts are being worn in daylight hours. We love how these brown suede boots make this outfit less disco, proving that paillettes aren’t just for party season.

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Nynel Suede Knee-High Boots

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Split Suede Leather West Satchel Bag

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With baggy jeans + a hoodie

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This outfit shows it’s not all about polished separates and glossy knee-highs à la CBK buckled biker boots look particularly authentic in well-worn brown leather. Keep the fit oversized so you can tuck your baggy jeans into the boots for an attitude-packed weekend look.

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With a cropped trench + rollneck

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This street-style outfit from earlier in the year is just too good not to include The Row has ensured that the micro trench coat (worn as a dress) is having a moment this autumn, and Julia Sarr Jamois shows it goes beautifully with a pair of slouchy boots in deep brown.

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With a miniskirt + trench coat

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At the Burberry show this September Poppy Delevingne kept it classic in an olive-hued knit, white miniskirt and trench coat in a deep mossy green but our attention is on those dark brown heeled boots which steal the show.

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With brown separates

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One of the most popular ways to style brown this season is by wearing it head-to-toe, so pair your boots with jeans, a jacket and a knit in a tonal shade. Don’t worry about having the same colour exactly, as a blend of hues looks just as impactful.

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