Where is the best place to buy tights?

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Re: Where is the best place to buy tights?

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Actually, just bought my first pair of patterned tights last week to complete a "dress down day" outfit.
I worked on a "shades of grey" theme, all very professional and relatively "conservative".
The comments I garnered all came to my leg wear. "Funky, cool and just right" seemed to be the gist of it.
They're black/grey leopardskin pattern, and real comfortable. Marks and Spencers, so not that cheap.
As it happened, another good day at the office, productive and skirted.
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Why restict ourselves to heavy opaque legwear with a skirt? Isn't the choice the key issue?
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I've just bought a pair of Pretty Polly Fleecy opaques 200 denier, they are very nice and warm.
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Tights are another planet to me. Cant imagine wearing them. Perhaps our climate is not inclement enough..
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Give them a try, man, a whole new category of pics and looks could be yours for the taking.
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I can see that it's rather difficult for a resident in N.E. Scotland to concieve what sort of climate a place like Aukland has. No need for tights there...

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:hmmm: Where is the best place to buy tights :?:


:idea: Where you can find them in your size
and your wallet doesn't cry out with pain :D

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Re: Where is the best place to buy tights?

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I don't mind them; they feel nice and warm against the legs. Sometimes I go for a long skirt; other times I wear knee-length skirt (or mini) and tights. I've got a range of colours. It's nice to have the variety. But I wouldn't wear tights at all unless the weather was cold. So in principle I'm with Jack on this.
Keep on skirting,

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I buy my tights at Marks and Spencer, Tesco or Primark.
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I find the value range is fine, just go with the height indication on the packet as others have said. I am 5ft 8ish so they fit me great. I have plenty of the light deniers but am wearing the thicker ones at the moment for warmth. Holdups work for me as I don’t have big thighs – I can imagine that the tightness at the top could be too much otherwise. I mainly have brown or black but am flirting with other colours and patterned.

I was lucky a few years ago in that our local Wilkinsons store had a dump bin full of women’s basic black and white cotton briefs, thongs, tights, holdups and even a few corset type garments at really cheap prices. I bought loads and loads of them and am still using them now. My wife was with me and advised me on their suitability.

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