Re: boots. In a world dominated by animal-powered transport, especially in cities, boots weren't optional, and they were high to keep the muck from soiling you

Re: boots. In a world dominated by animal-powered transport, especially in cities, boots weren't optional, and they were high to keep the muck from soiling your trousers / dress hems. (As I'd recently commented in another thread: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42326115 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42326115>.) (Women if at all possible didn't walk streets, though of course that was a privilege largely restricted to the wealthy.)