Knee High Socks: Do you love it or hate it?

Cher would be proud. The knee high socks have invaded the streets in all sort of styles. I'm not a great fan of this specific look, though i've tried it before during spring in order to warm my legs, wearing the socks over tights. This simple layered look doesn't really work for me when it comes to danish weather. As long as it's a sunny and not-windy day, i'll still have chills in my legs. I also dislike the shape of my legs and knees when i'm wearing knee socks. Maybe i should never wear it again. Maybe just school girls and slender-legged women were meant to look good in this sort of accessory.

Take these pictures, for example. I think the fourth look (from left to right) is the best, though the third one also works pretty well. The last look would be perfect for a not so bad autumn day. But don't forget your umbrella at home! The two first ladies look really playful here, they're sure the kind of people a certain street style photographer loves to hunt.

This sort of mustard yellow coloured knee socks from H&M are everywhere. I especially like the third legs' look. Her knees are not the Nabokov's Lolita kind, nevertheless it works greatly (perhaps, the right shoes make it work?). Talking about H&M, why do they sell a coat (it looks like the one on the 4th picture) which pockets don't exist, but the campaign image says it actually exists? I was in one of their stores this week, and "the great purchase of the day" was the exact same coat. What's the point of buying a pocketless coat?

Pictures: (1) Russian model Vlada in all her anorexic glory, by The Sartorialist, (2-5) Knee high socked ladies by Face Hunter in London, (6) H&M campaign image, (7) The Cherry Blossom Girl in lovely oxford shoes and (8-9) Stockholm Street Style.