Hosiery or bare legs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I know the current trends have been toward bare legs, but I don't like that trend. I have nice legs, but I think they look better with hosiery. My husband likes them better with hose. Most women I see on a daily basis don't have nice legs and need to wear hosiery. We need to reverse the trend of bare legs, it is not a good one.

+ a million

I wear hosiery every day. It's comfortable and flattering. Nobody in dc should have bare legs at the office or at dressy events. You should only avoid hosiery if you are wearing sandals. Period.

+1 or a million if you prefer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I know the current trends have been toward bare legs, but I don't like that trend. I have nice legs, but I think they look better with hosiery. My husband likes them better with hose. Most women I see on a daily basis don't have nice legs and need to wear hosiery. We need to reverse the trend of bare legs, it is not a good one.

+ a million

I wear hosiery every day. It's comfortable and flattering. Nobody in dc should have bare legs at the office or at dressy events. You should only avoid hosiery if you are wearing sandals. Period.

OK Violet Grantham

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No hose. Always frumpy, even on Kate. If you are under 50, go bare. If you're over 50 (as I suspect 90% of all the pro-hose folks on this thread are), do as you like but stop trying to drag everyone down with you!

Worst advice, perhaps ever. "Look terrible because I do". Women with business attire and bare legs, yes with pants too (bare feet), look horribly frumpy, unpolished and lazy. Too lazy to at least wear trouser socks? Imagine guys showing up with a suit with no socks and no tie to court, the office or congress. Maybe a suit with flip flops, which is literally what it looks like. Like taking dating advice from a cat lady.

I'm not 50, but if there is anything that I've learned is, if you're going to do something do it the best you can. Kate looks amazing, finished and polished. Why not look amazing if you can?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, I know the current trends have been toward bare legs, but I don't like that trend. I have nice legs, but I think they look better with hosiery. My husband likes them better with hose. Most women I see on a daily basis don't have nice legs and need to wear hosiery. We need to reverse the trend of bare legs, it is not a good one.

No one, absolutely no one needs to wear hosiery. If you want to that is fine, but other people dont exist for your eyes. You sound judgmental and shallow for saying this about other women.

[Anonymous]

I entirely agree, except during the warmer months, of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a 40 yr old guy and I have to say that I always love the look and feel of a nice pair of stockings on my wife. Even looking at models these days, their "red carpet looks" don't look as nice bare legged, even though they have really nice legs. Most women don't have that and look much worse. A pair of pantyhose can take a women with "5" legs up to a "7" or "8" easily.

Lol I dont believe this was written by a man. No panty hose takes women from a 5 to an 8. Maybe 50 to 80 is what you meant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No hose. Always frumpy, even on Kate. If you are under 50, go bare. If you're over 50 (as I suspect 90% of all the pro-hose folks on this thread are), do as you like but stop trying to drag everyone down with you!

Worst advice, perhaps ever. "Look terrible because I do". Women with business attire and bare legs, yes with pants too (bare feet), look horribly frumpy, unpolished and lazy. Too lazy to at least wear trouser socks? Imagine guys showing up with a suit with no socks and no tie to court, the office or congress. Maybe a suit with flip flops, which is literally what it looks like. Like taking dating advice from a cat lady.

I'm not 50, but if there is anything that I've learned is, if you're going to do something do it the best you can. Kate looks amazing, finished and polished. Why not look amazing if you can?

The person you’re responding to posted seven years ago. They aren’t around to read your MeeMaw lecture. Get over yourself and dislodge the stick.

[Anonymous]

My 75 year old mother who forced me to wear pantyhose as a kid has recognized that no one wears hose anymore. Why can’t you?

And why are we bumping 7 year old threads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I know the current trends have been toward bare legs, but I don't like that trend. I have nice legs, but I think they look better with hosiery. My husband likes them better with hose. Most women I see on a daily basis don't have nice legs and need to wear hosiery. We need to reverse the trend of bare legs, it is not a good one.

If you and your husband have a HOSIERY PREFERENCE I suspect you're both OLD AF, and this (older) millennial doesn't care what you think about my (un)covered legs.

When you're my boss and there are complaints about my clothing choices - we'll chat. But I'm confident you're not and I'm confident there aren't. I spend a lot of money on my work clothes to have them tailored and cleaned. I work with capital E Executives all over this city, and many of them dress poorly - suits that were in style when I was HS that are thread worn, shoes begging for a cobbler, jackets with the X still holding the rear flaps together - if they're even in business formal or casual at all.

If I'm wearing a skirt you're only seeing half of my knee through the top of my foot anyway, and I'm tall so you're seeing max 2 feet of real estate...
I could absolutely get behind the trend of getting young women to stop wear miniskirts/mini dresses to work, because then you are seeing a lot more (exposed, "not nice per OP") leg (and a lot more else too).

I am over 50 and haven't worn pantyhose since I was interviewing for jobs in my 20s. I hate them and think they make people look 82439847374 years old.

[Anonymous]

I don’t let a trend influence my decision and personally I think women can do whatever they want. That said I always wear hose unless I’m in a very informal sundress paired with strappy sandals.

[Anonymous]

I will never put "hose" back on. Never. And I disagree that they look good.

I think they've gone the way of the corset -- meaning that they are uncomfortable enough that they will never be a regular thing again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kate doesn't have a choice. All the British royal women have to wear hose.
I say if you got it, flaunt it. If not, spare a thought for others and cover up lol!

The problem is, very few women have it, but most flaunt it.

I'm tired of seeing flabby white, unkept legs trotting around under skirts. Women are even getting lazy about shaving and it is disgusting.

So ... all of those women you refer to here? Their legs are for getting them around -- not for you to look at. So maybe stop looking if it is that upsetting to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OK, I know the current trends have been toward bare legs, but I don't like that trend. I have nice legs, but I think they look better with hosiery. My husband likes them better with hose. Most women I see on a daily basis don't have nice legs and need to wear hosiery. We need to reverse the trend of bare legs, it is not a good one.

No one, absolutely no one needs to wear hosiery. If you want to that is fine, but other people dont exist for your eyes. You sound judgmental and shallow for saying this about other women.

Ugh, yes, this. I wear tights or hose most of the time because I find them more comfortable than being bare legged but I firmly believe every woman should wear what she finds most comfortable or flattering to herself. FWIW I’m 35.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 75 year old mother who forced me to wear pantyhose as a kid has recognized that no one wears hose anymore. Why can’t you?

And why are we bumping 7 year old threads?

It’s the panty hose pervert

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 75 year old mother who forced me to wear pantyhose as a kid has recognized that no one wears hose anymore. Why can’t you?

And why are we bumping 7 year old threads?

It’s the panty hose pervert

Ugh, of course there is a "panty hose pervert" around here. Inevitable.