I was a cheerleader a few years ago for halloween, and i went for the more realistic look and my gf told me she wore tube socks with the uniform so thats what i did...but i agree that their is no political correctness on halloween...so if you wanna wear the thigh highs then go for it...if it was me i would make it as realistic as possible...any way you do it being a cheerleader is definetely a great costume