She was wearing a black, zip-up jacket over a blue, long-sleeved, round-necked T shirt, black denims and brown knee-high boots with flat soles.

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Thinley had gone the national dress code one better, donning ceremonial knee-high leather boots with upturned toes to welcome Connecticut-based photographer Kit Kittle, an old family friend, and me.

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To deal with the high rate of return on hiking boots, REI created a mini hiking path with a variety of trail surfaces and angles for testing boots.

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With towels twirling and fans cheering madly, the Sea Gals proved their knee-high boots were made for dancing as they kicked off the Championship game with a center field routine.

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Their quarterback, Johnny Unitas, with his buzz-cut hair and high-topped boots, had played for little-fancied Louisville University.

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She avoids high heels and looks for wide shoes, mostly flats with padding and boots for maximum comfort.

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With Jennifer Beals and Mila Kunis, who walks around the desert in shades, high boots, and flowing hair, as if she were going shopping in West Hollywood.

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