Don't mind those people, they're just ignorant to something called
PERSONAL STYLE.
I guess they were thrown off by the material, but the fact that it's a knee-high is like... whut? How's that sexy, you silly people? LOL. I wear knee-highs with shorts and skirts. I even bought some black opaque tights to wear with my shorts (VERY CUTE LOOK!) even during summer! I got looks from other girls, but (I'm gonna be very conceited right now) I think they were a little jealous of my style because they gave me the look-over, you know? Girls over here pretty much copy each other, it's pretty sad... which is why I try my best to wear whatever I want in my own style to see how people will react.
....Did that make sense? I started to ramble, sorry.. ^^;