A black men's western boot in pirucu, the large-scaled fish skin that looks like nothing else on a boot rack.
Pirucu carries big, overlapping scales that run in rows down the vamp, and in black the pattern reads as texture and shadow rather than as colour. That is the appeal of taking an exotic skin in the darkest shade available: the surface is unmistakable up close and disciplined from across a room. The style number is 133-V4.
Black does the work of making an unusual skin wearable. This is the pair to reach for when the occasion is dressed up and the boots still have to be boots — an evening out, a wedding, anywhere a plain black shoe would feel like giving up. Keep the trouser dark and straight so the scale pattern is the only thing with any movement in it. A skin like this prefers a soft cloth and dry ground to anything more energetic.
