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

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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.

Top professional women in Paris are absolutely not insecure, wordfactory. The ones who are insecure are the ones who don't tick all the boxes, of which there an awful lot. There are a lot of very attractive professional women here and they are very secure. Of course, they do not share Anglo-Saxon angst about leaving their four children with nannies for days at a time or letting them linger in low-quality schools, which helps them on their professional path!

I have no idea what you are going on about; i am a professional (in a male dominated industry-maybe that makes a difference); attractiveness/ ones awareness of ones own attractiveness/ security in just how attractive you are doesnt even figure

being good at your job and knowing what the hell you are talking about is what matters. Christ, I doubt people even notice what i have on my legs and feet

I worked as a nurse, and bare legs were not allowed in any of the trusts I worked for. It was black or tanned tights only.
I found it was actually cooler to wear the trousers and tunic in the summer than the tights and dress.

I once worked in a place where the manager (who was a twat anyway) issued a 'dress code' stating- "tights or preferably stockings are to be worn at all times. Bare legs only if tanned."

I sent a copy to Unison. Needless to say it disappeared pretty quickly!

HAHAHA at preferably stockings! How did they think that one was going to fly?

He was such a preening dick. It was an e-mail as well, so he couldn't even deny he sent it.

He also had a standard 'no more then 3mm long' for facial hair (we used to call it the [surname] standard] which is hilarious and when we had corporate events we had to wear a sodding SASH! When I say we, I mean "the girls," the "men" got to wear what they wanted.

It still makes me seethe now, and I've been gone a year!

And breathe...

That place truly was a nest of vipers, but they were all a bit thick.

Eh? So "designer stubble" ok, beard not ok?

Our office was so hot in the summer I had bare legs (no tan - sue me) and flip flops (nice ones!) and no one died or thought me unprofessional.

I usually do wear tights, but in the heat a sweaty gusset is not pleasant.

Opaques in the winter
Nude tights in the spring/autumn
Bare legs when it is really, really hot (so about 2 weeks per year)

I work in a professional, fairly conservative environment (City law)

I'm a teacher, I would never go bare legged but alse never wear nude tights. I usually go for the most brightly coloured ones I can find. My faves atm are black opaque with silver sparkly stars all over them.

Very amused about the discussions about 'top professional women' in Paris and how security in their attractiveness is an indicator of their success.

Never read a stranger thing on mumsnet.

Thanks for clarifying, Winkle2. I cannot say I have ever worked there before

Ah, Doctrine designer stubble was ok because he had it.

God forbid anyone kept a beard for religious reasons...

I work on a women's glossy.

Lots of bare legs on display. Or trousers. Or jeans. Or opaque tights in winter. Or leggings.

HTH.

I am jealous of MadamFolly's tights.

Harrumph.

Stella tell me he didn't put the beard thing on an email too...

Oh my. I've never ever ever wear tights although I am mostly a trousers girl. I have v tanned legs though (and yes I am also from Essex) nuff said ;)

I never wear tights.

But then, I almost never wear skirts and when I do, they're ankle length ones.

Are women expected to wear skirts in some workplaces?

I shaved my legs while driving to work this morning. Only through desert though so safe. had that horrid realisation as I was leaving that I was hairy legged and wearing a skirt.

Theo - amazing image in my mind now

'Walk on the wild side' image here! (Not suggesting you're a transsexual though theo :) )

Sorry, transvestite. I'll get me coat.

Awards dexterity prize to theo!

As a transgender woman I always wear Tights with skirts or dresses I've been living as a woman for years on hrt etc but still very self conscious about my legs so always wear tights or stocking, I work for Waitrose and wear a skirt their always dark tights none of the girls are allowed bare legs as it's unprofessional .

But those NHS nurse dresses with tights do look sext certainly East way to get a man's attention lol