Over the past few weeks on this Brooklyn style blog, we’ve been talking about the proper style essentials for fall, selections to get you geared up the right way — and just in time for the start of the season (or the official start).

While there are plentiful pathways one can take to expert seasonal style, a wise move might be starting your journey with a single step: Rather, from the ground up with a pair of the best chukka boots for men, which the good folks at Northeast-based FRYE can certainly help you find. In my experience (and in taking on past FRYE reviews), the company’s heritage and sense of craft speaks for itself. Let’s dive in further, shall we?

They’re a tried-and-true style staple you can make work in at least three seasons, with the sort of sleek versatility that wears as well with dark blue jeans as they do with charcoal wool trousers, and once you’ve tried on a pair like the FRYE Paul Chukka Boots, you might realize that there’s no better pair for your refined-meets-casual wardrobe.

You could call the chukka boot a more grown-up version of the desert boot — with the desert boot oftentimes proving more casual and set atop a crepe rubber outsole. But the FRYE Paul Chukka Boots are sort of like a more refined, grown-up older cousin of the tried-and-true desert boot (the kind made by the likes of Clarks and others), and your wardrobe is all the better for it.

Particularly in a rich shade of tan Bark fashioned in luxe suede, these tasteful chukka boots, with their streamlined profile, add a mix of casually cool and yet refined style to many a look: Consider the FRYE Paul Chukka Boots a way to dress up dark blue jeans or add a touch of laidback cool to looks that revolve around charcoal corduroy pants and a navy blazer, for instance.

With a set of investment-level shoes like the FRYE Paul Chukka Boots, you’ll certainly want to get as much wear as possible out of ’em. Helpfully, Goodyear welt construction on your new favorite chukka boots makes them durable and able to be resoled.

The two-eyelet design is timeless and versatile when placed below the carefully cuffed pant leg of a set of selvedge denim — just add a white Oxford shirt and a shawl cardigan, and consider your fall and winter style rotation sorted, at least for the time being. Investing in the best is the name of the game this fall, and the FRYE Paul Chukka Boots provide precisely what your wardrobe needs right now.