I think it depends on the style of boot and how they are worn. Ankle boots with skinnies are fine. Dark ankle boots with black tights are generally also fine for shorter women (at least it works for me). And it depends on a person's proportions, too. There are plenty of shorter women with proportionally long legs, which makes all the styles that aren't supposed to work for short women look great on them. But my legs are short, and generally only black ankle boots with black tights works for me.