{"id":3957,"date":"2014-10-27T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2014-10-27T12:54:16","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T12:54:16","slug":"love-affair-emi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/2014\/10\/love-affair-emi\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Affair with Emi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #222222;\">When it comes to our winter wardrobe, there\u2019s no item that gets more attention than our favourite boots. In Scotland, it is pretty much the only footwear you can actually get away with during these frosty, wet, and dreary months so isn&#8217;t it time we gave\u00a0those painfully practical ankle numbers a\u00a0<\/span>break with an over-the-knee\u00a0makeover? The answer is yes and I found the perfect pair in the\u00a0Emi&#8217;s by my favourite British brand <a href=\"http:\/\/miista.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miista.\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-1-29.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3959\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-1-29.jpg?resize=598%2C797\" alt=\"photo 1 (29)\" width=\"598\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-1-29.jpg?resize=598%2C797 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-1-29.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-1-29.jpg?resize=903%2C1204 903w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-1-29.jpg?w=1536 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">There are some trends that look enticing but the thought of actually wearing gets a little intimidating, like I found with over the knee boots. I&#8217;ve always been a lover of boots in general but always thought my weird leg insecurities would get the better of me when it came down to thigh highs. Man how I was wrong! \u00a0When I say that I&#8217;ve hardly had my boots off, I don&#8217;t think people understand how much wear I have got out of these bad boys in the month or so I&#8217;ve had them. It&#8217;s incredible how t<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">hose extra few inches of fabric can offer infinite potential to turn a mediocre outfit into something so bad ass you don&#8217;t walk &#8211; you strut.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3958\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-2-25.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3958 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-2-25.jpg?resize=598%2C797\" alt=\"photo 2 (25)\" width=\"598\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-2-25.jpg?resize=598%2C797 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-2-25.jpg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-2-25.jpg?resize=903%2C1204 903w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/photo-2-25.jpg?w=1536 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameo of my Luna on the Moon Pumpkin bag &#8211; full post coming soon!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3964\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3964\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg5_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3964 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg5_.jpg?resize=598%2C598\" alt=\"thigh highs.jpg5\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg5_.jpg?resize=598%2C598 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg5_.jpg?resize=290%2C290 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg5_.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3964\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocking my Inner Lohan with Shorts and Floppy Hat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3963\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg4_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3963 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg4_.jpg?resize=598%2C598\" alt=\"thigh highs.jpg4\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg4_.jpg?resize=598%2C598 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg4_.jpg?resize=290%2C290 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg4_.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking this Zara sale Tshirt Dress and rocking it Heidi Style!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3960\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3960 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg?resize=598%2C598\" alt=\"thigh highs\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg?resize=598%2C598 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg?resize=290%2C290 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shorts, hat and pumpkin, naturally!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not only do thigh highs lengthen your legs (HALLELOO!) but they also protect your gams from wind, rain and other weather woes this time of year. I love wearing mine with teeshirt dresses and dropped waists, they have definitely helped give my wardrobe a new leese of life. I had these checked shorts in my &#8216;selling&#8217; pile after never having them on in the year of having them. Since getting my boots I&#8217;ve worn them twice &#8211; go figure!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3966\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Betty-and-Bee-by-CJ-Monk-at-tg5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3966 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Betty-and-Bee-by-CJ-Monk-at-tg5.jpg?resize=598%2C896\" alt=\"Betty and Bee by CJ Monk at tg5\" width=\"598\" height=\"896\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shot by CJ Monk boots worn with Lazy Oaf dress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg3_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3962\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg3_.jpg?resize=598%2C598\" alt=\"thigh highs.jpg3\" width=\"598\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg3_.jpg?resize=598%2C598 598w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg3_.jpg?resize=290%2C290 290w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg3_.jpg?w=640 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are so many amazing styles of over the knee boots on the high street at the moment, from flat to platform the perfect thigh high for you is just waiting! For me, I love the <a href=\"http:\/\/miista.com\/shop\/all\/emi-navy-crushed-velvet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Emi&#8217;s<\/a> platform and cruelty free leatherette feel. They zip up to mid calf (stretched right around mine and that was ALWAYS a problem area for me!) with the rest of the boot easy to pull on. They dont sag, they don&#8217;t pinch, they cover my old man knees and they are literally the most perfect thigh high a girl could ask for. Well done Miista, you really have outdone yourself! Will you be wearing thigh highs this Winter?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/forever-yours-betty.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3216 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/forever-yours-betty.jpg?resize=140%2C88\" alt=\"forever yours betty\" width=\"140\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to our winter wardrobe, there\u2019s no item that gets more attention than our favourite boots. In Scotland, it is pretty much the only footwear you can actually get away with during these frosty, wet, and dreary months so isn&#8217;t it time we gave\u00a0those painfully practical ankle numbers<\/p>\n<p class=\"custom-more-link\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/2014\/10\/love-affair-emi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77,297,416],"tags":[787,788,789,786,784,198,785],"class_list":["post-3957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betty-ootd","category-girl-about-town","category-shop-local","tag-emis","tag-how-to-wear","tag-love","tag-miista","tag-over-the-knee-boots","tag-style","tag-thigh-highs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thigh-highs.jpg2_.jpg?fit=417%2C417","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4g8t1-11P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3957\/revisions\/3970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foreveryoursbetty.com\/devsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}