At a work conference in VA & fully half the women are wearing tall boots over pants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you please clarify a few points.

Are you in NoVa or another part of the state?
Are the attendees at your conference from the DC area or have they traveled from other parts of the country?
Are they wearing skinny dark pants with suit jackets and knee boots? I am having a hard time picturing it.

I was out running errands all over the DMV this weekend and saw plenty of women in all three jurisdictions wearing jeans tucked into tall boots. I have never seen women wearing tall boots with business casual clothes in this area.

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I’m in NoVa.
Attendees are predominantly from Virginia (all parts).
Yes, skinny dark pants, black boots that come just under the knee, and professional wear on top (shells, blazers).
Lots of them!

you sure you didn’t time travel to 2010?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you realtors?

Nope, not realtors.

Property managers?

No, the OP said govt workers.

Anyways, the look OP describes reminds me of the jockeys I used to see riding horses at the racetrack that my mom took me too as a little girl.

Can't imagine this look at a work conference. While fine for a trip to Target or the movies certainly not appropriate for a work conference.

op said government associations. I have no idea what that means.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I am hanging out with professional, non-MLM, government employees at a conference. I don’t want to be more specific because I don’t care to out myself or my association.

[Anonymous]

Listen, it is quite obvious the vast majority of women on this board talk a big game about knowing "fashion" and "style" and don't know much about either. I'd be willing to be you would be shocked to see what most of them think is style if you saw them in person.

Which is a good way of saying, stop listening to ladies on this board. Wear what you feel. Take your fashion clues from what you see in stores, what you see that you think looks good on the street. Not a message board of internet strangers.

[Anonymous]

I’m not sure tall boots with a suit was ever in. I’m seriously trying to picture this.....I still see tall boots over skinny jeans and with skirts tho.

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Anonymous wrote:TALL BOOTS ARE BACK - "Yep, you can't thumb through Instagram or scroll through street style snaps without seeing knee-highs worn over baggier jeans."

https://www.whowhatwear.com/straight-leg-jeans-and-knee-high-boots

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I'm sorry but those whowhatwear outfits are TERRIBLE.

To you. I have been seeing this look around and it's fine. You'll get used to it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:TALL BOOTS ARE BACK - "Yep, you can't thumb through Instagram or scroll through street style snaps without seeing knee-highs worn over baggier jeans."

https://www.whowhatwear.com/straight-leg-jeans-and-knee-high-boots

[img]https://cdn.cliqueinc.com/posts/283001/straight-leg-jeans-and-knee-high-boots-283001-1570734168651-image.900x0c.jpg?interlace=true&quality=70
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I'm sorry but those whowhatwear outfits are TERRIBLE.

To you. I have been seeing this look around and it's fine. You'll get used to it

Ugh yeah, I actually like the looks of those photos. OK - well, I stand (har har) corrected, when I said in a previous thread that I thought tall boots were done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my book, which admittedly has some strange points of view, tall boots over pants are acceptable if and only if there is significant snow cover on the ground. The women at your conference are démodées.

Actually this is perfectly acceptable year round look if you have fungus and or when you work with menuer.

Manure.

Menuer!! One of my favorite DCUM misspellings yet. So fancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just today spotted a woman wearing very tall boots over pants but she was tall, slim and AA and could just pull it off that I can’t being a short plump Asian woman. I agree with others - wear what you like and works for you.

What does her being African American or Asian have to do with whether someone can pull of tall boots?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, can you please clarify a few points.

Are you in NoVa or another part of the state?
Are the attendees at your conference from the DC area or have they traveled from other parts of the country?
Are they wearing skinny dark pants with suit jackets and knee boots? I am having a hard time picturing it.

I was out running errands all over the DMV this weekend and saw plenty of women in all three jurisdictions wearing jeans tucked into tall boots. I have never seen women wearing tall boots with business casual clothes in this area.

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I’m in NoVa.
Attendees are predominantly from Virginia (all parts).
Yes, skinny dark pants, black boots that come just under the knee, and professional wear on top (shells, blazers).
Lots of them!

you sure you didn’t time travel to 2010?

Nope 2003.

[Anonymous]

I observed a grad student in my class today and she had knee high leather boots over her regular pants. Not leggings. Then I remembered this thread. Then I noticed that she is from Kentucky!

[Anonymous]

Like this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I observed a grad student in my class today and she had knee high leather boots over her regular pants. Not leggings. Then I remembered this thread. Then I noticed that she is from Kentucky!

A horsewoman?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like this?

I am above pp who saw a student with high boots. Not like the woman in the pictures. Those are skinny jeans, her were regular and all scrunched. Skinny jeans would be a much better option for the look she was going for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like this?

This my go to look and I get compliments.