How to wear… knee high socks

This feature has been a little interrupted with me being away and then getting back into the swing of things but I have a little list of items for this feature now so I’m going to do my best to publish one every Thursday. If there’s any trend or particular item of clothing you want added to the list, then get into contact with me – either leave a comment, email me or send me a tweet. Everything will get put on the list.

Knee high socks is a trend that 2010 has seen and I was asked to feature them on the blog because people were unsure how they could wear them and if it was considered too “tarty” to wear them. Well, let’s take a look!

Daisy Lowe is one of my favourite little fashionistas and these 2 photos show 2 very different ways of wearing knee highs and looking good.
The first, teaming a floaty crocheted dress and some classic Mary Jane’s for a sophisticated look and the second, opting for some flat ballet shoes and bright prints to give a more girly and laid back feel.
I really love both of these looks.

Alexa Chung does knee-high festival fashion at this year’s Glastonbury with a very easy to re-create look.

• Nautical striped top
• Denim shorts
• Leather jacket
• Simple, long pendant necklace
• Plain wellies
• and black knee highs

All of those available in all the good high street stores! Though, I can’t actually guarantee that it will make you look like Alexa, get her actual wardrobe or get you a boyfriend that looks like hers ;)

But of course, this trend can very easily go wrong. Isn’t that right, Jordan and Lindsay?

I know monochrome is kind of always in fashion, Jordan, but this is not what is meant by that at all.

Lindsay, Lindsay, Lindsay. Oh dear. A number of things that confuse me about this outfit, starting with the feet. Slippers? Outside? No.
Then the skirt. Did you make that out of a bin bag?
And the blazer and tee don’t work well at all with that outfit.
At least you’ve got your lovely, natural hair colour here!

A list of knee-high do’s and don’ts then…

DO:

• Choose dark colours – blacks and greys will look a lot better and those colours go with everything
• Wear with a smaller heel rather than your high heels – this will help stray away from that “tart” connotation
• Make sure your dress/skirt/shorts are above your knee so there’s a big enough gap between the hemlines and the top of the socks – you’ll end up looking to dowdy otherwise

DON’T:

• Have socks that are too tight around the top – you don’t want to create sausage legs
• Copy Jordan or Li-Lo – stay clear of white/lighter colours/bright socks (unless dressing up when it may be acceptable)
• Try and re-create the school/preppy look as a daytime outfit – we’re trying to demolish the negative connotations remember!

EDIT: The other day I went to Birmingham and after doing this blog I decided to embrace the trend myself. This is what I wore.

I really liked this outfit and I’m definitely going to be wearing it more often!

I hope this helps everyone somewhat. Next week’s “How to wear…” will be crop tops so look out for that!

xoxox

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