What do you wear on your legs with skirts

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Man in a skirt wrote:for me (personal choice) I prefer long skirts, and nothing underneath (unless it's winter and I'm wearing slips). Socks and shoes (or boots) or bare feet in sandals, just depends on the weather. I wear what I'd wear if I was in pants. To me the point of a skirt is the freedom, so why wear something underneath?
My thoughts exactly, except for length, as I like different lengths at different times. With nothing underneath, there's that feeling of all that air flow and the caresses of the skirt material.

And do you mean true slips (shoulder straps), or half-slips? Of course each of those also helps with the cleanliness issue, as slips would mean less frequent laundering of the skirt.
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Yep, nothing underneath for me as well, knee length to ankle length skirts. I do have a couple of underskirts and sometimes use them, I found that rivets in denim skirts can feel cold.
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Not being into long skirts below my knees the ambient temperature is the decider for me. I'd place the boundary for bare legs at around 20 deg. C./68 Fahrenheit, below which I'm reaching for a nice pair of warm tights....Not the sort that end half-way down the calf I think they're horrid!

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Nothing on the legs or between them, but I find that the light cotton skirt does benefit from something to bulk it out. It covers the smaller heavier cotton knit dresses though, so one of those under that skirt, with a t-shirt is ideal.
As underwear here I have Silkbody singlet dress (baselayer) and long old light cotton t-shirt.
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Nothing, not even hair. Skirts are about comfort. Why destroy that with any kind of leg wear that can easily to snagged? If it gets cold, just wear a longer skirt. Real simple.
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What do you wear on your legs with skirts
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N0HEQ wrote:Nothing, not even hair. Skirts are about comfort. Why destroy that with any kind of leg wear that can easily to snagged? If it gets cold, just wear a longer skirt. Real simple.
Fair point, but what if you find legwear to be very comfortable?
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N0HEQ wrote:Nothing, not even hair. Skirts are about comfort. Why destroy that with any kind of leg wear that can easily to snagged? If it gets cold, just wear a longer skirt. Real simple.
I agree. It gets somewhat chilly here in winter, with rain, hail, wind and stuff, but I just pull on one of those great Macabi skirts over a heap of dresses and I'm ready for anything.
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Sheer compression hose, 20-30mm. I'm supposed to wear 30-40mm, but those are difficult to put on and remove.

I have congenital varicose veins; I've had two vein-stripping operations, and I'm obliged to wear my medical-grade "tight socks" whenever I'm not laying down. The tightness helps minimize blood pooling in the legs. Without compression hose, my legs quickly become puffy and fatigued.

I'm fortunate to live in the extremely liberal Silicon Valley, so I can wear a skirt & hose full-time. Sadly, skirts are very rare here; everybody wears jeans and T-shirts.

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The warmest my legs have been was with an ankle length skirt and an 8 layered petticoat. Bulky but ever so warm! I just couldn't bring myself to wear it with an audience!
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Big and Bashful wrote:The warmest my legs have been was with an ankle length skirt and an 8 layered petticoat. Bulky but ever so warm! I just couldn't bring myself to wear it with an audience!
It's worth recalling that practical petticoats are not necessarily meant to be seen but to alter the bahaviour of the outer skirt that is "on display". They make very long and full skirts much more wearable. I find them almost indespensible with my very long skirts.

Where'd you find an 8-layer? I could have used one of those earlier today! It's 0 degrees C with wind and junk coming from the sky; I would much rather have been indoors.
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It was a one off, on EBay. It was a struggle finding one which goes round my 44" waist, it sort of does but really needs the top bit re-making with a larger waistband. When they said it went to 44" they were stretching the truth. Literally.
This was my second attempt at buying a petticoat, the first was a three layer which was way too small at the waist, the lying swines!
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Interesting viewpoints. I am still getting my head around the idea of wearing a skirt ( kilt even ) in public. When I wear them at my GF's place, I find it more comfortable to wear stockings, heavy stay ups or thigh highs from comfilon. I don't like wearing tights, or pantyhose, if you will, but I still like the smooth feeling on my legs, hence the thigh highs. After a while though, the elastic starts to bug me, so will be buying a pair of the stocking and suitable garter to give that a try. My problem will be when I start to wear this stuff outside, specifically, at work. I get changed in a locker room, I'm pretty certain the kilt will be no problem, fairly certain about a suitable skirt, and I don't think management will actually balk at the stockings. But getting changed in the locker room?.....
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vital99 wrote:I perfer to wear hoisery, either pantyhose or preferbly tights with skirts as wearing socks look out of place, even on a male. Also wearing hoisery with skirt is more dressy and classy. I also find wearing tights is comfortable and a more natural feeling, and makes my legs look better.
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My ranking:
1) knee high socks from the women’s department, over-knees folded down below the knees from the women’s department, or regular kilt hose. Somehow women’s sock will stay better up by themselves than kilt hose?
2) men’s regular short socks
3) kind of half slip - or simply commando
4) underpants if advisable for decency reasons
5) non-transparent tights/leggings at low temperatures and will then replace 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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