Knee-High Boots Are Back — Don't Make These Fashion Mistakes

After a few years of ankle boot domination, knee-high boots are seemingly everywhere.

“We’ve been seeing a small reemergence of this trend for a couple of seasons now, and it kind of feels like we’re at a moment in time where everyone’s onboard and adopting them and looking for different iterations of the tall boot that works for them,” said Candace Read, a wardrobe stylist based in Ohio.

Knee-high boots were huge back in 2015 and 2016, but fashion looks really different now than it did then.

“We’re definitely seeing much more volume [in clothing]which is a big departure from how we were seeing it previously, with leggings and slimmer pants and skinny jeans and all of that good stuff,” added Read.

So how should you be styling your knee-high boots now? Below, stylists share the dos and don’ts for styling knee-high boots.

Don’t wear a boot that’s disproportionate to your body.

“I think one of the biggest mistakes, honestly, is the right selection of boot… it’s not always proportionate to the individual,” Read shared.

In general, you want your knee-high boots to end just under your knee, according to Ashlyn Greer, the founder of Fashivly, an online personal styling service. Boots ending at the kneecap tend to be hard to walk in, Greer noted. Additionally, you want to make sure the shaft of the boot isn’t too loose around your calf, or too tight. Not only can this throw off your look, but it could lead to discomfort, too.

For example, a shorter person shouldn’t wear a knee-high boot that hits them too high, or someone with thin legs shouldn’t pick a boot in which their calves are swimming (a tapered boot or a boot with a zipper or elastic could be ideal in this case), Read noted.

Greer said many of her clients are