Everything worth knowing about Jimmy Choo Aleili Worth Owning is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. Measure your calf before buying anything with a shaft above the ankle. A stacked heel walks better than a block of the same height. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is shaft height, calf width and sole grip. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: thefryecompany.com's Campus Low Heel Over The Knee Boot at $399.98, and lechameau.com's Women's Chasseur Neoprene Lined Wellington Boot - Iconic Green at $330. The first is the considered buy; the second is the one to start with. Measure your calf before buying anything with a shaft above the ankle. A stacked heel walks better than a block of the same height. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

Boots want either a skimming trouser or nothing below the knee at all. From the second group, kennethcole.com's Todd Wingtip Lace Up Lug Sole Boot ($110) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, heels, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 pieces here from 13 brands, $70 to $1490, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. Dolce Vita's RAMZY BOOTS CHOCOLATE SUEDE at $110 is the low-risk way in, and anndemeulemeester.com's Heike High Boots at $1490 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. Read as a set, they get you close to Jimmy Choo Aleili Worth Owning without any single purchase being compulsory. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: one considered purchase beats three hedged ones.