: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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Go With a Western Vibe Reach for a shirt with some playful piping, then slip into some brown knee-high boots.
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Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026
Hadid wore straight-leg blue denim jeans tucked into some patent leather knee-high Pucci boots—shoes repurposed for NYE, and sourced by Hailey and Kendall fave Chloe Vintage—with a faded, numbered vintage red sports t-shirt, an oversized black leather jacket, and a buckle belt.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
That knee-high pair featured a slanted block heel and square toe with a slouchy shaft, placing Monday’s look on the leather-brown side of the winter boot story before Tuesday’s switch to glossy black.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 Dec. 2025
Tay was pictured behind his family with green face paint, while their daughter Ellie went as Cindy Lou Who, wearing a black-and-white gingham dress with a fuzzy red cape, a red headband adorned with a white teacup, and red knee-high socks with white ruffles at the bottom.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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Samantha Sutton, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026
Hadid wore straight-leg blue denim jeans tucked into some patent leather knee-high Pucci boots—shoes repurposed for NYE, and sourced by Hailey and Kendall fave Chloe Vintage—with a faded, numbered vintage red sports t-shirt, an oversized black leather jacket, and a buckle belt.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
That knee-high pair featured a slanted block heel and square toe with a slouchy shaft, placing Monday’s look on the leather-brown side of the winter boot story before Tuesday’s switch to glossy black.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 Dec. 2025
Tay was pictured behind his family with green face paint, while their daughter Ellie went as Cindy Lou Who, wearing a black-and-white gingham dress with a fuzzy red cape, a red headband adorned with a white teacup, and red knee-high socks with white ruffles at the bottom.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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“Knee-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-high. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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