Are Pantyhose/Nylons Making a Comeback?

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RogueFox76@reddit

There is no way in hell I will ever wear nylons again. They are uncomfortable and always look so bad. But hey, if that’s what you like go for it

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I wear them during the cold months. I freeze if I don’t!! Also they can help you put off shaving your legs for longer.

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HangryGhosts_@reddit

That’s why I appreciated the very fashionable torn look of nylons of the early oughts! lol

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Loud-Percentage-3174@reddit

My grand mother did that trick of wearing two pair, each with one snagged leg cut off, to frankenstein a complete pair. It looked so uncomfortable, two waistbands plus underpants and a slip and a skirt.

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tomboy44@reddit

That’s crazy lol

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Loud-Percentage-3174@reddit

Right? But she did say one thing that was interesting, that when the girdle went away, women were still expected to LOOK LIKE they were wearing shapewear. You certainly weren't suddenly allowed to be fat. You just no longer wore the garment that smoothed out the bumps.

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The_Dutchess-D@reddit

OMG the new ones NEVER RUN! It's a new technology of the fabric. I get them from Noosh.
getnoosh.com

They come w a 1 year (365 day) guarantee. It's such a game changer to be able to shop in semi opaque and sheer and not feel like you are just creating a future fashion faux-pas and throwing your money down the drain.

I love them.

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Bajovane@reddit

Happy Cake Day!

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nvmls@reddit

Yeah I consider nylons to be basically disposable. Meanwhile I have nice tights for years.

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jerseysbestdancers@reddit

And even then, the way I am? I'm worried I'll snag them during the one time I wear them.

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Persis-@reddit

I don’t have to worry about how fragile tights are.

I’m entirely too klutzy to wear nylons. Gives me anxiety.

I just don’t wear dresses in the winter, unless absolutely necessary.

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Loud-Percentage-3174@reddit

How would you feel about a pair of form-fitting, opaque black leggings?

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Persis-@reddit

Definitely done leggings, too. I’m a preschool teacher who is on the playground twice a day with my class. Dresses are just inconvenient in the snow, lol.

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Blackbird136@reddit

To me they are definitely more comfortable in the waist. I carry my weight in my belly and the waistband of hose is way more uncomfortable. It cuts into me and often rolls down.

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

Yessssss!!!!

I just feel like colored tights look so young. They remind me of like, being in my elementary school Christmas play, with my red tights lol.

Hose last me for many years. I bought an 8-pack in 2017, and 7 of those pairs are still going! One did meet an untimely death thanks to my cat.

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Not_a_werecat@reddit

I'm not a dress person, but if I do wear one and it's chilly out I will go for leggings instead.

Pantyhose have always been a tactile nightmare for me.

I sincerely hope that I'll have to wear them again after being stuffed into them every week as a chold along with dresses that I hate to go to church against my will.

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elsie78@reddit

But how would you wear leggings with a dress and heels? It doesn't look right since it ends at the ankles, and they are just too think to look polished IMO.

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LevelPerception4@reddit

Boots

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Not_a_werecat@reddit

I hate heels even more than pantyhose 🤷🏻‍♀

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FRESH_TWAAAATS@reddit

heard! i always make the opposite mistake and let the beard and “hair” go wild in the summer then start trimming and shaving bald again for like september.

Light and medium support nylons are pretty toasty. They have thicker yarns and tighter knits than regular pantyhose. Full support just more so.

I'm a daily wearer of pantyhose and wear sheers to 0F or so IF the wind isn't going. I wear home made tap pants or slips under skirts and socks, so not all that cold.

I've never stopped wearing them. First, because my thighs touch. It's the only way to survive a skirt. Second, patterned hose are an excellent accessory. I love them.

Oh GOD I hope not.

I still remember when I first started my career back in 2000 and they were required (even for the IT department). I also had a brand new kitten at home who loved to greet me by climbing up my legs the second I walked in the door.

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Socko82@reddit

Did they ever really go away?

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit (OP)

Yes! Aisles and sections dedicated to them. Racks and racks of L’eggs eggs, and then POOF! Gone.

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CrazyIrina@reddit

Yeah! I remember the first time my mom took me to the big department store. Floor 4 IIRC was Women's Lingerie. A WHOLE FLOOR FOR UNDERTHINGS. And they also had a junior's section with cotton clothes and comfy PJ's. They for sure knew their market. I was drawn to that section like a magnet.

I wasn't much into hosiery at the time, but they had several long aisles with anything a girl could want. Tights, sheers, stockings, all the shades and styles, too. Endless displays of nice socks. Lots of garter belts. I asked mom why stockings didn't have tops and she told me to mind my own business, hehe.

My first actual lingerie was a baby blue cotton cami. I still have it!

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glyptodontown@reddit

I rarely wear them but I have to admit that I did wear them for the past 2 funerals I went to. Something about wanting to appear more somber?

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Prior-Grapefruit7662@reddit

I’ve been shopping lately for tights and hoses to wear with dresses and skirts because I think they make my legs look better

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The_Dutchess-D@reddit

The Noosh brand of sheer; semi-opaque; and opaque hose/tights have changed my life this past year.

I used to get tights from spanks, but I was really frustrated with them always making a roll over the top of the pantyhose waist no matter how much weight I lost.

Noosh is made of that material that doesn't run and they have a one year (365 day) guarantee. I absolutely prefer the design of their waistband over spanks, for me personally. I feel like you can no longer see the line where my hose/tights start underneath the waist of my dress.

I also appreciate that their colors don't only come in heavy opaque. You can get them in sheer and semi sheer for Navy, green, Berry, and there are many shades of brown.

getnoosh.com

They also have some sexy fun patterns. I ordered a pair of those for holiday time, but I haven't received them or worn them yet.

But I wore the sheer and semi opaque black ones ALL over Europe for weeks last month and I never once got a run in any of them! And they looked and fit great the whole time.

They were designed as a torture device.

Heh. My mom didn't wear them ever. She bought me a few pairs of Sheer Energy when I was 14, thought I'd hate them.

Nope! I've been full throttle on them ever since. No brakes, either. Hehe.

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit (OP)

Sheer Energy was my go-to back in the day. I have no plans to ever go back!

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strangesam1977@reddit

Is this a US/UK language thing?

Afaik,

Hosiery includes

Tights - two legs together in a form similar to trousers or leggings, but skin tight with feet

Stockings - single leg to thigh with foot, either holdups with an adhesive band, or kept up with suspender belt or garters

Overknee socks - single leg with foot usually elasticated to stay up unaided

Socks. Foot and ankle possible to knee. May be held up with sock garters by the more traditional. (Popsocks are made of sheer tight/stocking like material )

All of which come in many materials and thicknesses, from sheer to opaque and beyond to knitted or fleece. With varying styles eg retro seamed nylons to jersey fleece tights

to me Hose means the normally sewn from cloth single leg garment worn in medieval times, often with a codpiece.

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit (OP)

Yes - language issue, sorry. You are correct about all of that being technically hosiery.

Fuck no. Nope. No, no, not even a little bit. I will burn this whole place down to the ground to prevent ever being required to wear those things again. Afterwards, I will stab the assholes who decided pantyhose and underwire were peak fashion choices.

Just why? Is the goal to be as uncomfortable as possible?

I cannot express strongly enough how gross it feels to be sweating in non-breathable sheer material. And NONE of those are made from material that doesn’t pool sweat in places I prefer to not sweat.

And to add insult to injury, no one can never even get them on without snagging them unless your hands and cuticles are perfectly soft.

I work in an office handing papers, boxes, folders, ect most of the day. My hands and cuticles are never perfectly soft. And ironically, my job is one that traditionally the patriarchy would have a dress code of in nylons and high heels…if it was 1950.

I’m in eastern PA. I have a pair of tights I wear under a long sweater dress when I wear it with my black tall boots because the 2 inch flash of skin that the slit reveals between the top of my boots and the start of the dress is weird otherwise.

That is the only time you will find hosiery on my body. If the attire needs to be a leg-baring dress then I will get my spray tan and pedi and if it’s the middle of winter I will also pull out my dressy long wool coat but no way in hell will I wear hose. (When it’s PA winter, a layer of fabric half a millimeter thick on my legs is doing absolutely nothing for warmth anyway).

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actualelainebenes@reddit

I remember going to a party about 6 years ago, trying to wear a pair of nude ones with my dress and being told by the youngins at the pre-party that they’re for old people. I was 39 and it was October in NY so it was chilly 😆 I ended up wearing them to walk across the street to the venue because it’s cold, then taking them off in the bathroom once we got there. However I have seen sheer black tights being worn by our age and younger in the past few years, as a matter of fact I wore a pair on NYE a couple of years ago

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit (OP)

Yeah - there was definitely a time when they were standard - some offices required them as work wear, even, and then a time when society collectively pitched them. Society seems to be bringing them back now - I sure hope we never get back to them being required work wear.

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deathcabscutie@reddit

My last pair of nylons got the boot in 2005 and I’d never go back. Love tights though and wear them whenever it’s cold out.

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Jr5309@reddit

Yes: Taylor & Sabrina at a recent outing, both hosed up.

Yes. And modern brands like Oroblu, Elly, and Me Moi put out some amazing products. My Oroblu and Elly ones are pretty fantastic to wear, bordering on decadent.

They also look really good. I go for light support or better thickish pantyhose, and they are quite pretty on the leg. Not at all like the old days where it looked like someone sprayed my legs with Rustoleum.

The best part? Bestie knows I am a pervert for them, yet still loves me like crazy.

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Edlo9596@reddit

They make ones now that look like pants hose, but they’re actually fleece lined. They’re amazing in the winter!

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GlitteringCobbler987@reddit

I wear sweater tights!

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misskellycupcake@reddit

Came here to tell people these exist and they're amazing. I got a 2 pack in different shades and I've worn them 4 times since Halloween

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GrungeCheap56119@reddit

I have these fleece lined ones, they are amazingggggg. they look like the see-through thin leggings but they aren't, they are just nude colored on the inside.

I wear tights or leggings in the winter with sweater dresses.

I am with you. Hose was the bane of my existence. I love wearing dresses, but nylons are awful.

DeltaFlyer0525@reddit

I wear them in the winter under dresses to stay warm. I would not wear them otherwise.

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Clean_Distribution_5@reddit

I'm mid 40s and bought a pair two weeks ago for my mom's wake and funeral. It was chilly and I was wearing dresses that ended a little above knee and heels. I didn't want to have to think of much besides getting through the days. It kept me warm, I didn't need to worry about bending over or doing anything that needed to be done. Leggings would have been tacky with my dresses. It didn't cross my mind to have bare legs though I wear dresses all the time in better weather without tights.

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chypie2@reddit

I like em!

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CrazyIrina@reddit

Kind of interesting, but there's a company that specializes in sex/sexy time pantyhose. Cecelia de Rafael. My spelling might not be there, but I have some. They are very clearly for the fetishist, but I don't mind. The last guy I wore them for could have put down 1048 miles of railroad track in 1.3 minutes with his erection.

Hehe.

Also, I am a pervert for them anyway. I love to share!

I used to shoplift them when I was poor. Now, I spend $500/mo average on them but do realize I might have an addiction problem.

Oh no! Poor me.

An hour of that interview was outside, walking between buildings.

I’m pretty sure that’s the last pair of nylons i ever bought. I’m done.

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Ok_Run6015@reddit

I like them to hold my perimenopause tummy in a bit, but only if it’s an “occasion” that I dress up for

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Chingona_en_cali@reddit

I’m a big fan of fleece lined tights for the colder months. Some are quite comfy and they allow me to keep rocking my dresses and skirts at work year round.

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Swimminginthestorm@reddit

I’m 41 and wear pantyhose with a dress unless the situation is pretty casual.

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Omgkimwtf@reddit

No idea if there's a comeback, but if I'm wearing hose, it's probably in the winter. And black, Or brightly colored.

I dont know why they seemed to be everywhere when I was younger. Women wearing them, seeing them in a parking lot, people talking about the... whole section at the grocery store had them.

Then they just disappeared.

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smuness@reddit

If they are, I can’t say I particularly care. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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After_Preference_885@reddit

I think everyone should do what they're most comfortable doing

About 2 years ago I stopped wearing them. I might occasionally make an exception in the winter months (we hit -30C°). But not for warmth… they never kept me warm. It’s bc my legs get neon white in the winter months which show off my permanent bruises and veins… the nylons kinda camouflage that a little.

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