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sarah3


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I am totally at a loss here.  I have two pairs of boots and I'd like to wear them with jeans tucked in.  I don't know what my problem is, but I feel like it looks funny...like I am a riding instructor or something.  I have decided that the problem is that the boots come exactly to just below my knee, and I feel like I need a little more leg showing to make me not look stumpy.  I am on the shorter side...5ft4in...and am thinking this is part of the problem too. 

The I saw this picture (embarassing to post a celebrity pic, I know) and it got me wondering...she's got to be even a little shorter than me...and her boots look like they are hitting at least a few inches below her knee.  I think it looks so much better than if they'd gone all the way up to touch her kneecap.  So that does that mean she's wearing more like mid-calf boots?  Is that what I should be looking for?  Any other thoughts/suggestions?

Sorry for such a dumb question.  I always think this looks so cute on other girls and I have been trying to pull it off for over a year now and just can't pull the trigger.  Also, am I right in noticing that I also think this looks better with flat boots than with heels?
Hayden Panettiere sexy in jeansHayden Panettiere sexy in jeans


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Elle


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I think you're on the right track.  I'm short too (5'2") and have trouble with taller boots sometimes.  There seems to be a great variation in the shaft length of both knee high boots and mid-calf boots - usually taller mid-calf boots hit me at just the spot a regular knee high boot would hit a very tall person.  Some knee high boots work that way too, but others completely swallow my kneecaps, so I think you just have to try them all on!

Good luck!  Hope you can find something you like!

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BargainQueen


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Yup, I think Hayden P. is wearing mid-calf boots.  I'm 5'0" and all my knee high boots hit right below the kneecaps.  I don't think it looks weird, I think it be pulled off even if you're short. Here's a pic of Rachel Bilson in knee highs boots.  They appear to hit right below the knee.

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sarah3


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Thanks for the input.  I think I need to look for some mid-calfs (but those seem hard to find) or some flat knee-highs.  Something about the heeled knee boots I have tucked in is just not looking right.

It probably also doesn't help that all my points of reference are magazine and celebrity pics where everyone always looks fabulous anyway!

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