shoes of the week - 70s Yak Boots

Flipping thru an old trunk in the attic of my great grandparents log cabin recently I happened upon this lovely photo from the late 60s or early 70s. My great uncle Rynhold Fermhar [pictured here] used to craft a pair of these beauties for each of his children (and eventually his grand children)---to last them through the brittle cold of the arctic winter. Much like the wholly mammoth coats made by my twice-removed second great cousin Nestor William Phillipson---the boots made from the hide of a Yak is the best (and sexiest) way to beat the frigid temperatures of the great white north. Bold and beautiful--that's what I always say!