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R: PHX, S: FEATURES, D: 02/24/2000, B: Michelle Chihara,
Splish splash Outfitting your feet for the big thaw by Michelle Chihara
If you're above a child's size five, it is not easy to find rubbers (no, not that kind, the other kind). Perhaps puddle-stomping goes out of style once you leave junior high. Still, any adult who's suffered squishy socks during splashing season knows it's worth the effort to track down galoshes. Sporting-goods stores are a good place to start. REI in Reading carries calf-high molded-rubber fishing boots in forest green or marine blue (men's model $30, women's $25). "You remember the guy in I Know What You Did Last Summer?" says Sean Fitzpatrick in the shoe department. He means the killer. "Remember those boots he was wearing? That's what these are. They're the ugliest things in the world, but they keep your feet dry." Slightly more stylish are the 14-inch, lined galvanized-rubber boots at Roach's Sporting Goods in Porter Square, which come in everybody's favorite color: black ($19.99). Ideal for galoshing about, this pair puts a new twist on today's short-skirt-and-boots trend. If you don't mind that shrink-wrapped look, Macy's at Downtown Crossing sells Totes clear rubber overshoes ($22) for days when the working-girl shoe-swap isn't practical. But for a wider selection of waders, you'll have to go online. Cabela's carries a $22.49 pair of Baffin rubber boots with "Gelflex technology" that keeps them flexible in the cold ( http://www.cabelas.com). And Yahoo sells a range of short, tall, over-the-shoe, and pull-on black rubber galoshes and bright yellow slicker boots from the Bata Shoe Company (at http://store.yahoo.com/oioffice/apparel-and-accessories-men-s-shoes-boots-ran-and-snow-boots.html), all for $9.99 to $16.26. Happy sloshing! |
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