Do you still wear nylons?

[Fairy]

The panty hose post got me wondering. I realized two years ago to my utter horror that I was the only one I knew that was still wearing nylons with skirts. I wear skirts to work often. I was actually getting weird looks from people that were obviously, "you look ridiculous, how old ARE you, anyway?" Like as if I was still wearing big hair or some other long-ago fashion fad. So, I stopped wearing them, along with short skirts altogether. Now, I'll wear sheer spanx with a knee-length skirt, no bare legs, but it has to be the right outfit, and I avoid it at work where I guess I appear old. Looking forward to your thougths.

[ellies mom]

Do you mean nylons as in the ones you buy at the grocery store that come in colors like "Sun tan"? In that case, no, never. I do wear "nude" hosiery for the occasional formal type thing but usually I wear sheer or opaque black ones.

[g-mama]

Never wear 'em and haven't in years.


~Kristen

Paolo 11-00
Benjamin 8-03
Marco 12-05

[SnuggleBuggles]

I wear things like this with skirts or dresses in the winter:
http://www.walgreens.com/store/pickcolor.jsp?id=prod1034668&CATID=100878&skuid=sku1034658&V=G&ec=frgl_wic&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=sku1034658

In warm weather I go bare legged.

Sometimes I wear opaque tights. Depends on the outfit.

Beth

[kozachka]

I guess it depends on your workplace but given the fact that I am expected to wear a suit with pumps four days a week and on Friday if there is client meeting, I'd look out of place if I did not wear pantyhose. In summer, I go without as it is simply too darn hot. And in winter I prefer opaque tights.

You got me curious, what is nylons and how is sheer spanx (I though it was a brand of control undergarments) differ from those?

[Piglet]

I wear nylons but I prefer tights or bare legs. In the summer, definitely bare legs. In the winter, I wear nylons if I am wearing a suit, or something dressy. Otherwise, I wear skirts with tights. I just had this conversation with my mom this past summer - she ALWAYS wears knee highs in the summer and nylons in the winter. I don't even own a pair of knee highs. I don't get them at all! I told her they dated her. She didn't take kindly to that... but a few times I caught her bare legged after that chat, LOL!

Marina

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[Fairy]

Nylons and panty hose are the same thing. I've always called them nylons more often than panty hose. Or sometimes I jsut say hose. Sorry for the confusion.

I do wear tights in winter, but my legs are so white they're pasty pink, and they have scars, so I prefer to wear sheer hose. My feet get very stinky, not to mention blisters, if i try to stick them bare feet into pumps. So, I'm stuck with nylons. I tried the no-show sock liek things, and they SHOWED.

I wonder if you never wear nylons how old you are? I think the Gen-Y folks and below are the "never" folks. I'm Gen-X, so I feel stuck between the "they're dated and stupid looking and I don't wanna wear them" and the "it's totally inappropriate to show up with bare legs."

Sigh.

[Puddy73]

I always wear them to work, even in the summer time. IMO it looks weird to have bare legs with pumps and a suit. I seldom wear casual skirts or shorts because I don't like to show off the road map of spider veins and varicose veins on my pasty legs.

Jennifer
Mommy to Bunny & Pumpkin

"If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." - Jimmy Buffett

[JoyNChrist]

Only for job interviews, funerals, and weddings.

I'm 21, so that might give you an opinion from a different demographic.

[elliput]

Only when I wear a dress, and I only wear dresses on formal occasions which I only attend once in a blue moon. I haven't worn hose in just over two years. For work, I always wear pants even on the hottest and most humid days.

[new_mommy25]

I haven't worn hose since 2002 when my job required it. That was when I lived in Seattle. Now I live in a state that is super casual. The only men that wear suits are usually lawyers.

[daniele_ut]

If I wear a dress or skirt to work I am required to wear hose or tights according to our dress code. I occasionally see women trying to get away with knee highs under longer skirts and it drives me crazy!

I don't really have the legs to go bare legged even in the summer. I am also pasty white and have scars, so I usually wear ultra sheer buff hose to church, which is usually the only time I wear skirts.

[bubbaray]

Hmmm, I have to wear them to work for court. Or meetings.

I've never thought it makes me look old. I just figured it prevented me from getting yelled at by a judge for inappropriate courtroom attire....


Melissa

DD#1: 04/2004

DD#2: 01/2007