Static cling... argh.

[themoon66]

I have got a lovely new dress which is mid-thigh length and needs opaque tights with it to look really good given my age.

Trouble is, with the tights on it clings to my legs and bum like crazy and makes it look even shorter and just hang all horribly wrong.

I'm tempted to thread a row of the lightest curtain weights around the hem, but that seems a bit drastic.

Is there anything I could maybe spray on to stop the clinging? The dress is 100% polyester. It's a Zara one and very stylish in its defence.

[LedodgyChristmasjumper]

You need an underskirt or slip.

[PuppyMonkeyNuts]

A-ha I posted the exact same thing a few months ago. You spray hairspray onto your tights - it stops the static! It works, I didn't believe it but it does.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

If you spray hairspray on your tights would that work? I have a very faint bell ringing in the back of my mind about that, but I might be very wrong.

[LedodgyChristmasjumper]

Or you can have legs that smell like ellnett.

[flowerytaleofNewYork]

x-post with PuppyMonkey. I will trust the bells in my head in future!

[PuppyMonkeyNuts]

Ellnett has a lovely whiff doesn't it?

I tried slips and they just got static-y too!

[themoon66]

All the slips are much too long - well the ones I own are. Does anywhere do very short slips?

Will try the hairspray on tights thing.

Actually Ive just found the dress on the Zara website and it says it is polyester/viscose/elastane.

I cannot link to it because its part of a huge page and won't pick out individual things.

[BusyBeeWithThree]

The hairspray does work but also if you put a tiny safety pin on the inside hem of the dress this will stop the static as it will earth it. Much better than smelling of hairspray

[themoon66]

Safety pin idea sounds like it has merit. I shall try that too.

Perhaps I'll practice with these ideas at home before I dare wear the dress to work.