I have Saint Laurent Chelsea boots like those, and wear black jeans with denim shirt/jacket occasionally, and yes, these are European looks, from a few years back, which are now popular here, that's how fashion works, or one lane of it anyway. I don't need to look 22 when I'm 32, nor do I need to look embarrassingly out of style, when I am 32, like many friends, and just people I see everyday. San Diego is somewhere, where if you wear some Valentino stud shoes, people look at you as if you are wearing nothing at all.