NEW FOR AUTUMN

The quiet one

A chukka is the least demanding boot there is. Two eyelets, an ankle, nothing to fasten and nothing to announce. In suede it stops looking like a boot at all.

Brown suede Oban chukka boots on an oak floor beside a fireplace

What a chukka is for

There is a gap in most wardrobes between the shoe that is too formal for a Saturday and the boot that is too much for an office. The chukka has sat in that gap since men came back from Cairo with them in the nineteen forties, and it has not needed changing since.

The Oban is cut close to the ankle so it disappears under a trouser, and it comes in calf if you want it plain or brown suede if you want it soft. Both on the same sole.

SHOP OBAN CHUKKA

The Oban Chukka, the toe and upper in close detail

The Oban Chukka, the studded rubber sole

Brushed, not polished. And underneath, a studded rubber sole with a storm welt, slim enough to sit under a trouser and deep enough to hold a wet pavement.

From the design room, Higham Ferrers