Wearing over the knee / thigh boots in a conservative or work setting?

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carlarp

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I wanted to get some opinions about this. I have some dressy over the knee and thigh boots that I have worn over jeans for a date night / chic outting, but I was curious whether any of you have worn any of your over the knee / thigh boots in a work setting or conservative place of dress?

For example, would you wear these Jimmy Choo April boots with a pencil / straight skirt that came slightly below the knee (it would be roughly a 25"-27" length skirt)? Would this look okay in that styling with the over the knee or thigh boots?

Boots

http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main...er_id=282574492709414&bmUID=iJ.PzC1&ev19=2:12


Skirts

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/c...elow%2Bthe%2Bknee%2Bskirt%26_requestid%3D8300

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/c...mCat=cat000000cat000001cat17740747cat17740750
 
#4
When you say long skirt, are you thinking roughly a 26-27" skirt would work or think the Marc Jacobs skirt would be fine as pictured (could it be about 30" long?) What would be the right length to pull it off?

I was thinking that if I go with a longer skirt, it really does become difficult to tell whether I am wearing a very tall knee high or slightly over the knee boot under the skirt, so I was thinking a thigh boot could just work as well since people will mainly see from below the knee down or if I am sitting, potentially knee down when legs are crossed.
 
#8
I think it's a nice weekend combination. Great for lunches/coffees with friends or family, shopping, going to the theatre, art gallery, book club, you name it. :smile:
 
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carlarp said:
It becomes interesting that when buying or having such expensive boots, that there are places that you can become limited to wearing them to.
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I don't think it's necessarily any different than buying clothing - like a Herve Leger dress, for example, which I would also avoid at the 3W's (^(oo)~) You'd still probably get more wear out of a pair of OTK's than you would out of a similarly priced HL dress, KWIM?
 
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carlarp said:
When you say long skirt, are you thinking roughly a 26-27" skirt would work or think the Marc Jacobs skirt would be fine as pictured (could it be about 30" long?) What would be the right length to pull it off?

I was thinking that if I go with a longer skirt, it really does become difficult to tell whether I am wearing a very tall knee high or slightly over the knee boot under the skirt, so I was thinking a thigh boot could just work as well since people will mainly see from below the knee down or if I am sitting, potentially knee down when legs are crossed.
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A skirt that falls below the knee and is not snug enough to show off your curves. It also depends on the boots heel height and type.
 
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