I live for a sturdy block heel, and with The Cristina boot, M. Gemi managed to find that ... to an otherwise basic ensemble like a white sweater and jeans, or a little black dress.

The shape was popularized in the 1960s—Audrey Hepburn was frequently seen wearing kitten-heel pumps with her ladylike ensembles—and mod-style boots of the era often possessed the short heel as ...