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And yes I do wear the sheers their opaques are to tight across the top. The compression really helps the legs feel better. Any one what ever their gender or age can help relieve tired sore legs with compression hose. Very good for air travel and long periods of sitting like at a computer.
OK, off the soap box.
There are few other forums about pantyhose/legware for men and "they" all up tight about being seen wearing PH, I've found the best way of hiding PH is under a skirt no one seems to notice the PH
FOr me, I'm afraid it's stockings with a skirt, whichever the length.
Unlike some of you on here I like sheer hosiery, as well as the light material of a skirt, not a kilt. This may be a bit too femme for you, but that's just part of me, I suppose.
This site is about skirts, it doesn't say what style or weight, so I'm setting out my stall (again, sorry) for the loveliness of women's skirts, lined skirts & smoother skirt material, although I do have a light green stretch denim skirt for spring which I will post a pic of when it is spring.
Light material & tornados probably wouldn't go together for me either, though.
With a kilt of any type I wear the usual hose, though never cream unless with a formal kilt at a formal event. Black or coloured. With skirts I wear tights of at least 70 denier (only when its cold enough to need that thickness) in plain colours or kneesocks. Always go for a unisex like approach, not a femme one.
For me, until this year, I did not wear any skirt far less tights during the winter. I wore 13" to 17" length skirts and short socks when I did wear them.
However, last winter was so cold, that I put on a pair of my wife's thick black tights (with her blessing!) under trousers to keep warm and discovered the comfort of wearing them. I decided this year to try the same type of tights - I buy my own now - with a skirt (wife is NOT keen on the skirt part) and got hardly any reaction at all when in public (supermarket, B&Q, IKEA, petrol, shopping malls etc). I hadbought a 20" khaki cargo skirt to wear with it (it drops to about 3" above the knee) and the only comment I have ever had was, "Where did you get that 'kilt' " - nothing at all about the tights!
I do not wear opaques as I have hairy legs which would be quite unsightly but am considering over-knee socks. I have already bought a grey wooly pair but haven't yet tried them outside.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" - Winston Churchill.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
That's interesting! - I would have thought the lag hairs would have "ghosted" through even the thickest ones.
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on" - Winston Churchill.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" - Joseph Goebbels
Why is it that tights pose a problem for men (in some countries)?
I don't wear them myself, but most days I see men out running or cycling in tights. If it's all right to wear these rather revealing garments for sport, why should it be different in other contexts? ...especially if you are hiding the sensitive areas beneath a skirt or shorts?
I wrote "in some countries", since I know quite well that warm tights are sold for men in Germany, and I can well imagine they are sold for men in other cold countries too.
It's not just countries which have a problem, it's particular towns/shopping centres whose demographic is skewed a particular way.
I did mention in a thread that whilst in Slough I was refused when I asked to try on a skirt in a national chain, even though I have tried on skirts in the same chain in a different town.
As far as tights go, they're not my thing as it's too difficult to have a standing up pee, perhaps I should try those suspender tights?
Use hold ups- you can get thick ones from Asda--1pr £3. You just have to shave the tops of legs, otherwise they won't stay up. Look good too, -certainly NOT Nora Batty, lol . Other than that, it's systems normal
purecotton wrote:It's not just countries which have a problem, it's particular towns/shopping centres whose demographic is skewed a particular way.
I did mention in a thread that whilst in Slough I was refused when I asked to try on a skirt in a national chain, even though I have tried on skirts in the same chain in a different town.
I used to live in Slough and still live only a few miles away. As a result I have shopped there for skirts many times and I have never been refused the chance to try a skirt on in the town. I suspect it may have more to do with the person you ask than the shop or the town.
As a matter of interest, which shop turned you away from the fitting rooms?
Have fun,
Ian.
Do not argue with idiots; they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Cogito ergo sum - Descartes
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
Don't laugh at me. In the winter time I wear pants. If I want to wear a skirt-like garment outside I wear a sweater dress with tights and heels. That is not very often.
On the other hand, when the weather is warm, I wear denim skirts instead of shorts.
. Other than that, it's systems normal
