With thigh-high boots being all the rage this autumn in fashion magazines as well as in the blogosphere, the honorable mid-length boot has largely gone unnoticed. And yet, they keep popping up in all the AW 2009-2010 collections of our favourite brands : Cosmo Paris, Chie Mihara, Minelli...

What exactly IS the mid-length boot ? It is a compromise between the low/ankle boot (that covers the ankle) and the boot that stops at a few inches from the knee. The mid-length boot stops at the mid-calf. Some will tell you there is no difference between low boots and mid-length boots. Could they be right ?

The more important question is : which pair will I choose? 

Quite a few models have already caught my attention and are on the top of my wish list for October. October is the month of the mid-length boot. Low boots are for September.

After hesitating between a bunch of  Chie Mihara models such as Echus ou Valetta, I've really fallen hard for this model :

I love the pleated effect of the leather, the colour, the rounded toe and nice hight of the heel that will brighten up even the most dreary autumn day .