Snow and the Stylish Gal

I have relied for years on combat boots to see me through real storms. They're mostly waterproof, and since the 1970s, they've been a familiar sight--if sigh-engendering--in public places.

My style-maven friend tells me that I'm too old to wear combat boots to combat the snow. Yet she's advocating as a substitute galooshes. She had an old-school brand all picked out, but the idea of wearing galooshes in my adult years, in NYC, just flabbergasts me.