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Ask Angie: How do I keep my ankles warm?

Shannon Kay

Hi Angie,
A friend told me about your blog and I have a lot to learn! When I see the looks showing lots of bare skin on the ankles and lower legs, I imagine being cold all the time. Can these looks be worn with socks, stockings, or leggings and look right?
Thanks,
Shannon

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Latest reply was from Cee

Suz

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Hi Shannon and welcome. Not Angie but I will offer my own ideas.

1. If it is too cold for bare skin but not freezing, you can wear nude for you hose or knee highs or micro fishnets.

2. If it’s quite cold you can sometimes wear a statement sock or opaque hose or leggings instead, or tall boots. But that will alter the balance of the outfit so depending on your personal colouring you might hav a o but xperiment a bit.

3. You can forego those looks entirely different TIL it warms up!

Jessikams

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Agree with Suz, lots of stockings and sock options for added warmth while still playing with proportions!

Cee

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I remember when legwarmers were a thing.

Stagiaire Fash

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If you show us specific outfits, and what you’re thinking of wearing, you could probably get much more specific help. Browsing through recent blog posts, I see lower legs in sheer hose in the “reds” post, but lots of long pants and boots in the others. I assume you’re digging further back in the archive.

Cee, what a feelin’! I wonder if those will come back with the rest of the 80s.

Cee

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Irene Cara would approve !

Anonymous

Angie had a post about it a while back, but i cant do links on phone. Think its in outfit creation or how to wear it in archives. How to wear cropped pants in winter or something to that effect.
Nude to you or interesting socks, and higher shaft booties were a couple ideas.

kkards

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Shannon....try sock booties or other boots or booties with a higher shaft that will "fill the gap".... see the finds below for examples... https://youlookfab.com/2016/09.....g-booties/
or try tall boots with a dress or skirt..https://youlookfab.com/2017/10.....-for-fall/

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Stagiaire Fash

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Cee, I think women, even those totally uninterested in fashion, would remember leg warmers as the clothing thing from that movie. For guys, otoh, I think this is “the clothing thing” lol https://youtu.be/2u8cHrJvlHQ

Angie

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I echo everyone's suggestions here.

Shannon Kay, I can't stand to feel cold. High shaft ankle booties close the gap, and I wear those with socks and cropped styles. NO BARE SKIN.

Shannon Kay

Thanks! I'm enjoying the blog and forum a lot and appreciate all of the responses.
Shannon

Angie

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Our pleasure, Shannon. An official welcome to YLF too.

Kate

Thank you for this! It's been in the teens all week here in Minnesota and I've been struggling with what to do with all my cropped trousers! I've been debating either storing them for winter (which is half the year here!) or trying hose, socks, or maybe investing in taller boots. I'm a little worried socks might look like a mistake -- like, oops, my pants are hemmed too high. If anyone has any photos of the right way to show a little sock, I'd love to see the look.

Angie

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Kate & Shannon, you might find this post useful:

https://youlookfab.com/2017/01.....in-winter/

Cee

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Viking booties go with most outfits.