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Would you wear no tights in a corporate environment to work?or

150 replies

sunkissedlegs · 16/09/2012 20:23

wear nude tights or opaque with a dress and heels.

I think I would not go bare as you would need to have brown legs and it feels not right your advice ladies.

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NumericalMum · 16/09/2012 21:17

If it is very hot I won't wear tights. I work in a ver formal workplace and don't have amazing legs (although I always shave them but don't moisturise ever often). If people really care more about my legs than the job I do then they can hire a model instead. Hmm

azazello · 16/09/2012 21:17

I go without tights because I have very sensitive skin so rights plus heat five me horrible rashes. Professional environment, no comments. If your boss to be has said that it isn'r acceptable then it doesn't matter whether Yabu. You wear tights.

Lonecatwithkitten · 16/09/2012 21:19

A lady always wears tights. I have lovely peep toe from M&S for the summer.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 16/09/2012 21:21

That must make 'intimate congress' tricky, lonecat. Sad

FreudiansGoldSlipper · 16/09/2012 21:23

where have some of you worked not heard of having to wear tights for years thankfully

yes i often did and still do went go tightless and went to conferences/meetings too without wearing tights very professional enviroment. only place i have ever known you had to wear tights was working on a shop floor. and probably working in courts too

but only if the outfit looked right i woudl go without tights and in summer adn my legs are always naturally tanned

Portofino · 16/09/2012 21:24

I am glad I am not a "lady" and that the IT geek types I work with judge me on the work I do and not what I happen to be wearing.

winkle2 · 16/09/2012 21:29

I work at the worlds number one law firm (so extremely corporate) and loads of girls go bare legged. Don't see an issue with it at all.

SuiGeneris · 16/09/2012 21:31

Sorry, no tights looks unprofessional, no matter how well-groomed or tanned the legs are. What would you think if your male colleagues wore no socks under their suits?Grin

Merinda · 16/09/2012 21:31

Would not even dream of not wearing tights. Work in a relatively senior position in a professional firm. Cannot even imagine coming to a client meeting with bare legs.

apostropheuse · 16/09/2012 21:31

I work in a formal environment and would never go to work bare-legged. It just isn't the "done thing" - where I work anyway.

On the extremely rare days where it's really too warm for tights I would tend to wear trousers.

It's the same with all the women who work in my workplace.

To be honest, I don't think it looks "right" to wear a business suit or tailored clothing without tights.

LRDtheFeministDragon · 16/09/2012 21:36

How would you notice sui, though?

Unless they habitually take their socks up and bang their feet on the conference room table, I can't imagine bothering to stare at someone's feet that much.

I think I am unusually un-pervy over my colleagues' legs! Grin

FreudiansGoldSlipper · 16/09/2012 21:41

how could i wear my lovely open toe shoes if i was wearing tights unless fishnet tights of course

i am really surprised so many still wear tights in summer

porcamiseria · 16/09/2012 21:43

I am very pleased to be reunited with black opaques again

the only perk to the end of summer

TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 16/09/2012 21:44

My dad thinks short sleeved shirts are fine for work.

My DH thinks not, must be long sleeved.

I am 1000% sure that neither's viewpoint would vary depending on whether or not the wearer had tanned, blotch-free forearms.

catgirl1976 · 16/09/2012 21:51

hold ups

summer issues solved

FreudiansGoldSlipper · 16/09/2012 21:56

open toe shoes ...

AnnoyingOrange · 16/09/2012 21:58

I always wear tights in the summer. The office is air conditioned, so it's always cool.

TheDoctrineOfSnatch · 16/09/2012 22:00

FGS, an aside - but you can get open toed tights, like fingerless gloves.

Mexxo · 16/09/2012 22:01

Bare legs for work is always wrong. Nude, non-shimmer tights.

Mexxo · 16/09/2012 22:02

Open toed shoes are also a no no.

FreudiansGoldSlipper · 16/09/2012 22:03

yes i know

but i didn't think anyone under 60 wears them

becstargazeypie · 16/09/2012 22:06

Bare legs until it gets cold, then opaques. People at work often comment that I dress very formally by the standards of our industry because I rarely wear jeans to work, and never Tshirts with logos on or flip flops, floral dresses etc. If I came in in courts and tights on a hot day everyone would piss themselves laughing, point it out to anyone who stopped by our workspace, and I'd lose all authority due to the general hilarity. 'Look at becstar, she's been watching Mad Men again!' I work in media in London.

2rebecca · 16/09/2012 22:08

It's been so cold in scotland over summer my blaque opaques were worn alot then as well.

DillyTante · 16/09/2012 22:20
CouthyMowWearingOrange · 16/09/2012 23:20

Ah, see, maybe I don't give a shit - if people judged me on the fact that my legs were bare rather than on the quality of my work, then that is their unprofessionalism showing.

I've never been one to care about what people think about me aesthetically though!

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