: rising or reaching upward to the knees
knee-high stockings
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For the office, style it with a blazer and knee-high boots; on vacation, mix in additional prints to channel playful, beachy style.
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Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2026
This faux leather style features an elegant, rounded collar and scrunched sleeves that together create a bold, endlessly versatile piece that can be thrown over a dress and knee-high boots for an afternoon brunch, or paired with denim and sneakers for a day of exploring.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Taking a page out of Gellar's red carpet style guide, Newton shimmered in a halter minidress with stone embellishments by Elie Saab and knee-high boots.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026
The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2026
This faux leather style features an elegant, rounded collar and scrunched sleeves that together create a bold, endlessly versatile piece that can be thrown over a dress and knee-high boots for an afternoon brunch, or paired with denim and sneakers for a day of exploring.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
Taking a page out of Gellar's red carpet style guide, Newton shimmered in a halter minidress with stone embellishments by Elie Saab and knee-high boots.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Mar. 2026
The seedlings and saplings are mostly knee-high to chest-high and mixed with thickets of ceanothus and other post-fire brush growing amid the true giants that stand dead among them.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Knee-high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knee-high. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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