Hosiery for dressy daytime occasion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why some weird posters on DCUM are so against hose. Very low-denier skin-color hose smoothes out imperfect skin on legs like nothing else can. It's not visible except at a rather intimate distance. There are more hose-wearers than these silly people think there are... they just haven't noticed!

I am wearing a velvet mini skirt with sheer black hose right now. The black is see-through, and the effect is that it slims down the appearance of my legs. I love that.

Since I often wear short shorts or mini skirts/dresses, I also have collection of printed sheer hosiery, with flower designs, or faux sweater socks on them (easier than real high socks that need garters to stay up).

For sheer hose, Wolford is a very good brand. Conte too, but it's harder to find. There are excellent French and Italian brands whose names I don't recall right now.

If you're in the market for wool or cashmere tights, then the German brands like Falke are unbeatable.

Yep. I am in Manhattan often and see gorgeous women of all ages in sheer HOSIERY which is the correct word for it. Wolford and Falke are great, Hue is good depending on the product, and it’s what makes skirts and dresses look good in fall and winter with flats/heels/boots.

[Anonymous]

Is this a difference in socio-economic class, or perhaps an issue that American women of a certain age are part of a very feminist group that eschews clothing aids, because they grew up fighting off the male gaze or something?

I'm from western Europe, and all generations in my social group understand that sometimes you need to look polished and elegant. Good quality hosiery does the job. My mother and aunts always wear hose for formal and many semi-formal occasions. I do as well. My daughter has always worn them for music recitals and formal occasions. They're not uncomfortable at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a difference in socio-economic class, or perhaps an issue that American women of a certain age are part of a very feminist group that eschews clothing aids, because they grew up fighting off the male gaze or something?

I'm from western Europe, and all generations in my social group understand that sometimes you need to look polished and elegant. Good quality hosiery does the job. My mother and aunts always wear hose for formal and many semi-formal occasions. I do as well. My daughter has always worn them for music recitals and formal occasions. They're not uncomfortable at all.

I grew up wearing “pantyhose” and always saw my mother wearing it as well. But that was the 90s. By the 2000s pantyhose became incredibly old fashioned….and you couldn’t pay me to wear it at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a difference in socio-economic class, or perhaps an issue that American women of a certain age are part of a very feminist group that eschews clothing aids, because they grew up fighting off the male gaze or something?

I'm from western Europe, and all generations in my social group understand that sometimes you need to look polished and elegant. Good quality hosiery does the job. My mother and aunts always wear hose for formal and many semi-formal occasions. I do as well. My daughter has always worn them for music recitals and formal occasions. They're not uncomfortable at all.

I grew up wearing “pantyhose” and always saw my mother wearing it as well. But that was the 90s. By the 2000s pantyhose became incredibly old fashioned….and you couldn’t pay me to wear it at this point.

You’re an ageist twit with no sense of aesthetics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've decided to break free from the tyranny of no hose in winter. I like wearing skirts and dresses; bare legs are cold in winter. Black tights are not much of an option for me. It is not a great color for me, so I have few winter skirts or dresses I can wear them with. No hose means I have to wear boots with them, which can get old.

I am going back to wearing hose. I went to Bloomingdales and the sales lady directed me to Hue pantyhose in Natural. I have quite pale skin and the color works well. The quality seems good and they are much cheaper than Wolford.

I’ve gone back to hose in a professional setting, but I’m brown and am struggling with the right shade. But in work setting, I’m never going back to the “tyranny of no hose.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:None.

OP here. I'm old. Have to wear light hose.

Of course you don't. Unlike tights, they've been unfashionable for decades and will age you for that reason alone.

You know what ages you? Showing your naked aging legs.

[Anonymous]

Noosh and Sheertex are great, doesn’t tear.

[Anonymous]

I really think these threads are for weird people with weird fetishes about women’s legs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really think these threads are for weird people with weird fetishes about women’s legs.

Why are you reading and posting here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I really think these threads are for weird people with weird fetishes about women’s legs.

Why are you reading and posting here.

I just think it’s odd that these posts talking about women’s legs and using vocabulary used by little old ladies in their 80s and 90s keep popping up here.

One of my children has been involved in ballet. The directors there warn us every so often that there are people with fetishes about ballet shoes and ballet tights so that the parents know to keep an eye out for strangers contacting their kids online. These threads have a similar vibe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a difference in socio-economic class, or perhaps an issue that American women of a certain age are part of a very feminist group that eschews clothing aids, because they grew up fighting off the male gaze or something?

I'm from western Europe, and all generations in my social group understand that sometimes you need to look polished and elegant. Good quality hosiery does the job. My mother and aunts always wear hose for formal and many semi-formal occasions. I do as well. My daughter has always worn them for music recitals and formal occasions. They're not uncomfortable at all.

I do a fair number of business trips to Europe, and I definitely have noticed this. This is what encouraged me to break free of the tyranny of no hose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really think these threads are for weird people with weird fetishes about women’s legs.

No, they are for people who like wearing dresses and skirts in winter and want something to take the chill off their legs, but their coloring and, thus, their wardrobes don't go with the DCUM accepted alternative of black tights.

People who think this is weird are either die-hard pants wearers or clad in all black.

[Anonymous]

Woodford or Falke. Simone Rochas is lovely too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really think these threads are for weird people with weird fetishes about women’s legs.

No, they are for people who like wearing dresses and skirts in winter and want something to take the chill off their legs, but their coloring and, thus, their wardrobes don't go with the DCUM accepted alternative of black tights.

People who think this is weird are either die-hard pants wearers or clad in all black.

I like to wear silk stockings under my wool trousers too for extra warmth in the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I really think these threads are for weird people with weird fetishes about women’s legs.

No, they are for people who like wearing dresses and skirts in winter and want something to take the chill off their legs, but their coloring and, thus, their wardrobes don't go with the DCUM accepted alternative of black tights.

People who think this is weird are either die-hard pants wearers or clad in all black.

But regular, thin, skin tone stockings do not take the chill off- at all. If anything, they take on the temp of the air and make the legs feel even colder- or at least that’s how it feels when you’re outside on a cold day wearing stockings with a skirt or dress. If keeping warmer is the goal, really only tights do the job.