I did this look, over the knee dresses with tall boots, in 2009-2010 (it came back to me this morning, I had a wine dress with chocolate boots, a greyish olive dress with grey boots, a navy dress with black boots...).
I still remember the day when I wore trousers again and started my morning commute : sooo comfortable to stride in trousers! So warm!
I’m not going back to dresses.