"Knee caps: who needs 'em?" ----> my new slogan for over-the-knee footwear converts and/or the next Showtime serial killer dramedy. I came up with it while pulling on my own pair of over-the-knee boots and simultaneously contemplating their interesting history.
If you're anything like me (female, brimming with youth & zest, interested in fashion but also in a host of other weighty matters because I'm complicated go ahead try and solve me they call me Rubik's Cube ugh JK I wishhhh), then you've probably read one two many trend pieces on over-the-knee boots: how to wear them, which celebrities love them, what runways shows have exhibited them... in other words, they are somewhat done. Possibly even well done. Crispy-around-the-edges done.
So what's a girl who wished for and subsequently received a pair of these boots for Christmas circa 2010 and still likes them but isn't sure how to wear them without looking like a Kardashian or Robin Hood to do? (Now that it's fully 2013 and the fashion world's opinion on this genre of footwear is filled with mixed messages?) In other words, is it possible to transform OTK boots from crispy-around-the-edges done to prime-sustenance-for-an-organic-farmer's-macrobiotic-loving-infant FRESH??
Well, musketeers, I have set about to discover the answer to this question, because I am very determined to wear my own pair of OTK companions, resplendent in all of their olive green suede, knee-cap-concealing glory, throughout the duration of this fast-approaching cold season. Are you with me?!??
As you can see, I have opted for what I like to call the Olivia Pope wardrobe approach in today's over-the-knee boot outfit attempt: all white errthang. I think the combination of light neutrals, soft textures, and subtle gold hardware shoves the boots in a decidedly anti-Legolas-from-Lord-of-the-Rings direction. It sort of allows them to achieve their modern and feminine potential while eschewing the whole arrow-slinging vibe that my particular pair could conceivably embody.
Please talk to me about this. Will YOU be wearing over-the-knee boots this winter? Or is it time to throw in the towel and declare them overcooked?
Theory jacket, Joie sweater, Zara skirt, Uniqlo knee socks, Giuseppe Zanotti boots also yes I got a haircut thx 4 asking let's celebrate these emotions.
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