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    Pantyhose Attitudes

    This was a really neat experience.

    I was at a consignment store for the first time. I walked in wearing a skirt and blouse, nude hose, and flats. I was presenting male otherwise. The clerk in the store talked to me a little. She was very personable. I was feeling pretty good about my outfit, so I asked her for her opinion to make sure I wasn't missing something. She said, "I would lose the hose." I explained that I probably wouldn't crossdress if pantyhose were not involved.

    I came back to the store later when I had time to shop more. I tried on a couple outfits. She found me some nice things to try on. Once again, she recommended that I reconsider the hose. Or at least not wear nude hose. She commented on how they are a bit too "Old Lady". I said that if she saw what my legs looked like without hose, she might change her mind. I decided to do something that I had never done before. I took off my pantyhose while I was in the dressing room and came out in my next outfit without the hose. She looked at my legs and her expression changed. Then she said, "I never thought I would ever say this, but I think I like the hose." She went on to say that my legs looked flawless in them. (Leggs Sheer Energy Active Support) She was amazed at how big a difference they made. She and the other clerk started saying that they should reconsider wearing pantyhose. The other clerk said, "I think I should start wearing pantyhose all the time!"

    I think I have, somewhat accidentally, made the world a better place!

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    I have been saying something similar for years here. These non-pantyhose wearing young ladies will one day realize that pantyhose help beautify the legs, cover flaws that build up over the years. Thanks for sharing your story.
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    Good for you. I've never been able to understand why so many women don't take advantage of all the enhancements available to them. Why on earth would you want to present yourself as any less than the very best you can be?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn Marie View Post
    Good for you. I've never been able to understand why so many women don't take advantage of all the enhancements available to them. Why on earth would you want to present yourself as any less than the very best you can be?
    My wife tells me that she does not wear skirts because it is a lot of needless work and expense and discomfort. When worn regularly and often, the cost can add up. (It is expensive enough for us occasional dressers.). Hose can make hot or cold weather seem more so. Heels can hurt a lot quicker if one is not accustomed to them or overweight. There are limits on behavior...knees together, be careful ascending stairs, beware of windy days, etc. Even makeup and jewelry and hair styling is different for many GGs when wearing hose. They will do it if the special occasion warrants, but being a beauty every day can get tiresome. If there is one thing that most women in American society do not need these days, it is more work. So they cut corners in the "enhancements" department.

    I understand her point perhaps better than she realizes.

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    Look at my screen name - that should tell you how I feel. I do not dress without pantyhose/sheer tights or opaque tights (rare) - I even underdress with at least knee-highs when wearing pants as male. I wouldn't consider dressing without and love the look of ALL legs wearing vs. bare.
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    Opaque pantyhose/tights are a must and yes, as per a previous post, they are very much in today. I even see GG's in the summer wearing them here in NYC. Spanx Tight End Tights are the best. I can't always shave my legs so I will wear Mondor ice skating tights and then some black hose over them. Sometimes solid opaque...sometimes pattered tights which I also love. Goes well with a bootie or heels.

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    Don't Gentlemen prefer Hanes ...?

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    Two years ago I attended a wedding. Beautiful day, very nice ceremony, the bride wore a knee length white dress. The bride also had extremely white legs. Pantyhose would have enriched her look tremendously. Lynn I have also had those very same thoughts myself.

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    Pantyhose seemed to be the antidote to all the flaws that i had never noticed until i shaved my legs for the first time. Swings and roundabouts i guess…

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    not a huge fan of them.... but less of a fan of cold ... own them wear them .... don't care for them....cold out yes wear them... warm out bare leggs.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wendy me View Post
    not a huge fan of them.... but less of a fan of cold ... own them wear them .... don't care for them....cold out yes wear them... warm out bare leggs.....
    this is how i feel too...the colored ones are pretty cool too....the nudes look like something a 7 yr old girl would wear at a dance recital though

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    the nudes look like something a 7 yr old girl would wear at a dance recital though
    Actually, no. This may have been true once, but 21st cent. technology has produced nude sheers that look and feel great without looking dowdy or old-ladyish. Just like others comments about women's attitudes about hosiery is based on hosiery of the past, so is this one. Try the new Hue sheers in 'natural' and you'll understand - not your grandmothers' hose!

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    I work hard to maintain my legs, so why cover them up?


    To me less is more, I find panty hose a waste. I do wear black stockings with certain dresses other then that my legs are bare 95% of the time.

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    Grannyhose does seem to be the prevelant additude with the younger croud But I like the was they make me look and feel

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    I always wear hose. I work in a professional environment, and women who don't wear hose, look less professional, I also like wearing them so that my legs dont rub together. But... Those are just curvy girl problems.

    I prefer hose though pretty much always. Unless you are going out and trying to look "sexy" then go ahead and wear hose.

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    Greenie, don't feel bad, some "curvy" men have the same problem!

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    I was just at a trade show for work in SoCal and was pleasantly surprised to see so many women wearing nude hose, even with open-toed shoes

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    I prefer stockings myself, I got that advice from a GG once. It was in an old thread on an Everquest message board, one of the women on there said "Pennihose is da debbil" and posted a complaint about pantyhose (we talked about everything on that board), and this other young lady responded that instead of pantyhose, get a set of garters and buy stockings, you'll never go back. I'm sure she didn't mean "me" as well but I tried it and I've loved stockings ever since.

    In my life, I've only seen a couple of women who had legs that I honestly thought they looked awesome without some sort of hose, and almost everyone else who thinks their legs look ok are really deluding themselves (Candice? You're in the "awesome looking legs" group, which is very small - you do have awesome legs). To me, hose is more than just covering flaws, it's sort of a finishing touch. It's like waxing a Ferrari after washing it. Sure, washing it is fine but if you want that Italian Pony to really gleam you wax it - the finishing touch. It's also professional looking, in my humble opinion.

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    As with some other posters, I am not in a position to shave so a nice pair of opaque stockings hide my hairy legs.

    That said they have the advantage of feeling good and , in my opinion, looking good and finish off any outfit nicely.

    I am not however a fan of pantyhose which I find awkward and constricting (just my opinion though)

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    I don't wear panty hose all that much, but I do wear my thigh highs everyday.

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    I think pantyhose just finish up the look. A must have. Even if your legs look great bare.
    There diffidently coming back, in colors to match the out fit.

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    I love them everything about them - except how they make my feet slip around in my shoes. Especially heels. Arrgghh!

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    I love Pantyhose as much as the next guy, but who am I to blow against the wind? Women have written them off, I saw a women wearing them on the red carpet recently, and she was mocked by the female announcer as looking like a little girl, after all women don't wear them anymore. Well except for old ladies with Varicose veins.
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    The only time I think a woman actually looks like a little girl is when she is wearing tights. I have always felt they were made for a really young crowd, not grown women, but a lot of them that say they hate pantyhose will wear tights in a minute. I never understood this because tights have less elastic to them and would sag and bind a lot faster than a good pair of pantyhose will. I think the same can be said about thigh highs also, yet they will wear them also.

    I think the announcer was probably part of the crowd that personally hates them so she zeroed in on them just to have something to talk about. I find that a lot of women really do hate them and will bash the look just so they don't make a come back as they have been in recent times, then they may have to wear them themselves

    No one should wear whatever makes them feel uncomfortable though but for a lot of women, especially the newer generation, they have never worn a pair a day in their lives to actually make a judgement whether they like them or not. There are a lot of benefits to wearing hose other than smoothing the look of the legs. Grand mothers actually come from a wiser time in this life so maybe they should take note

    jjjjoanne proved to the SA's that maybe they have bought into a frame of mind that shouldn't exist. Of coarse though, this is just my opinion
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tina B. View Post
    I love Pantyhose as much as the next guy...
    This might be my newest favorite quote!

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