So how many of you have hit up Beyoncé’s Formation World Tour?  I went to the show at Citi Field in New York back in June, and it was hands-down the best concert I have ever seen.  When she walked out in formation with her posse, it was so empowering that I immediately started drafting girlfriends in my mind to join me for a group strut whenever I really want to make an “I am woman, hear me roar” entrance:

Now, I wouldn’t call myself a HUGE Beyoncé fan.  Of course I think she’s beautiful and talented, and if I hear a song of hers on the radio, I typically like it.  But I don’t know her non-radio songs, and I hadn’t even seen the “Lemonade” video before the concert, despite all the press about it.  I would say about 60% of what I heard at the concert was not familiar to me, but that didn’t matter.  The costumes, the dancing, the visuals … all of it combined in a way so as not to allow my attention to stray for even a second.

That being said, I did have two recurring thoughts throughout the concert, which related to Beyoncé’s amazing over-the-knee boots.  To put this context, virtually every outfit of hers was accessorized with over-the-knee boots:

My first thought was, “How the heck does she keep those things up?!?”  I have issues with my over-the-knee boots sagging or falling down when I’m just walking from my car to the office; imagine the challenge if you’re singing and dancing like a Queen Bey?  If there’s some sort of anti-gravity double-sided tape for over-the-knee boots, I hope she starts selling it out of her House of Dereon or Ivy Park clothing line.  My second thought was, “I totally need to get some suede over-the-knee boots because those are awesome!”

So I kind of copied her middle look from above and got some light suede Gianvito Rossi over-the-knee boots from Net-a-Porter (http://www.net-a-porter.com).  Obviously, I can’t wear them to work with a leotard, so I chose to pair them with a Veronica Beard dress I recently bought off of Shopbop (http://www.shopbop.com).  Here’s a closer look at the boots:

I totally loved strutting around in these boots yesterday, even though I didn’t have my girls to join a formation.  Next time, though …