Oh thank God. I was afraid my winter work uniform of the last many years was going to be deemed inappropriate. I am too old to learn new fashion tricks.

I am a fed and I don't wear skirts or dresses very often. If I do, I am wearing them with opaque tights and knee-high boots. The only time I have worn transparent hose is with a very conservative suit while I was taking a case to trial and appearing before a judge in his late sixties/seventies.

Covering up is always appropriate in a business workplace

I was a Fed for more than ten years and regularly appeared in federal court, which is one of the more, if not most, conservative work settings. I regularly wore opaque tights (black or gray) with either my suits or sheath + blazer combos and no one blinked an eye. My office itself was even more casual. FWIW, I never saw anyone wearing pantyhose or sheer hose, with the occasional exception of candidates who were interviewing.

Opaque tights are fine for business casual dresses/skirts. But if you are in a suit/sheath dress/blazer for some other more formal business attire then sheer hose is more appropriate

Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t Diane Feinstein make her staffers wear pantyhose? I wonder if opaque is allowed.

I did a rotation to a congressional office 5 years ago. Pantyhose was a requirement if I wore dresses or skirts.

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Anonymous wrote:I have not seen anyone under 60 wear transparent hose. Everyone wears opaque tights.

Funerals. I go to a lot of funerals. The transparent or sheer black come out for that.

Nothing looks tackler than a woman in a dress with bare legs in the winter. Buy good hosiery.

It really depends on what you are wearing…

Anonymous wrote:I have not seen anyone under 60 wear transparent hose. Everyone wears opaque tights.

I’m in my 30’s and I wear nude hose. I don’t care that it’s not cool. I don’t feel professional in a suit with bare legs.

Anonymous wrote:I have not seen anyone under 60 wear transparent hose. Everyone wears opaque tights.

Funerals. I go to a lot of funerals. The transparent or sheer black come out for that.

No. why would they be?

Depending on the dress, sometimes I wear leggings under chunky sweater dresses.