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I'm shocked by the amount of fraeks who wear pants over tights

101 replies

BonnyDay · 06/10/2012 15:45

er "Hello - this is Lycra calling!"

OR even fraekier - bloody wear two pairs of tights - like a giant human onion.

or tights and spanks - like a vast be-polyestered Wurst

Last night I wore a pair of tights that reached my bra line fgs. that was weird enough

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Charliefox · 06/10/2012 20:22

Right, well I've got this far and only just realised that by pants you mean knickers

CointreauVersial · 06/10/2012 21:14

My mum used to wear giant black knickers over her tights, regular ones underneath. Ugh, sweatsville.

I can't bear the feeling of tights under trousers; it just makes me want to itch.

In fact, I prefer Hold Ups if possible. It was stockings and suspenders when I was at school (fnarrr...).

Anyway, who are these freaks of whom you speak, Bonny?

BonnyDay · 06/10/2012 21:15

People don't wear tights under trousers do they ?

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ggirl · 06/10/2012 21:26

yeh people do ..dd does ..for warmth apparently

i would feel trussed up

TiggyD · 06/10/2012 21:32

Tights under jeans also stop knee sagging and aid movement. They act as a kind of lubricant betwixt the leg and the jean.

Notcontent · 06/10/2012 21:46

I wear tights under trousers when it's very cold.

But I can't imagine wearing pants over tights!!! It would feel so wrong!

Just buy some Falke opaques - they stay up really well and last for ages and ages.

QuinnFabray · 06/10/2012 22:27

I was just going to say, sounds like a recipe for a yeast infection if you ask me. I did just suggest pants over tights to my nine year old dd, who has tights issues, and she looked at me like I'd suggested she wear a pair of pants on her head to school.

kaumana · 06/10/2012 22:48

Wow, the things I learn on here. Tights over pants, wearing two pairs, under jeans etc. As I tend to avoid wearing tights why anyone would do the above confuses me

cynner · 06/10/2012 22:52

I didn't know about double tights, but am currently wearing two bras.

kaumana · 06/10/2012 23:03

Two bras? Please elaborate..

Mintyy · 06/10/2012 23:07

My young and slender and very beautiful sil is wearing 2 pairs of tights at work atm. She says it is because she is growing her leg hair for a waxing and, as she is dark, they show up through one pair of sheer tights.

Charliefox · 07/10/2012 08:26

2 bras is typically for big knockers, to keep em under control.

dementedma · 07/10/2012 08:33

Hate tights in any form,but under trousers is just downright uncomfortable and restrictive

FairPhyllis · 07/10/2012 08:42

WTF is this parallel universe I have fallen into here? Pants over tights ... tights over tights ... Jesus.

I do wear woolly tights under trousers but that is because it gets down to -30 deg C here.

Pinot · 07/10/2012 10:15

You're all mad.

2 bras? The back-strappage must be so bulky?!

noddyholder · 07/10/2012 10:22

Itchy. Spanx make me look fatter sausagey. You are what you are just get a good fit.

downday · 07/10/2012 10:24

i wear tights under trousers and have been known to wear leggings under jeans when it gets so cold

mercibucket · 07/10/2012 10:25

Bonkers
I only wear stay up stockings, much better all round. No thrush, they fit properly, and if you get a hole in one, you just throw one away so cheaper in the long run too

SuePurblybilt · 07/10/2012 10:41

I wear a sports bra over an underwired bra, for sportings. Reduces bounce, innit? Makes me look deranged and slightly like an over-lagged boiler, but hey ho.

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 07/10/2012 10:42

ummofumbridge (apologies if I've spelled that wrong!)

Tesco! I've got 34" legs and am an 18. Even when I was younger (and thinner) I've never found tights that didn't need an extra pair of pants to hold them up. Then I tried a pair of Tesco finest/luxury 140 denier XL tights and they were so long they actually stayed up. No baggy crotch at all. Bliss. Not sure what other versions they do though.

I used to live and die in stockings when I was younger - I'd even layer pairs for interesting colour effects, but gave up after I had DS1 - saggy post pregnancy belly and suspenders belts just didn't work.

GetOrfAKAMrsUsainBolt · 07/10/2012 10:54

What? What?

Stop the madness.

2 bras? Knickers over tighst? 2 pairs of tights? It must make your legs look like sausages and your fanjo area a dutch oven for thrush growth.

I am a great big tall thing and my tights don't fall down. What are you all doing?

Spanx are a waste of time, just push the fat bits into other areas and are sweaty.

If you are worried about a knicker line showing just go commando.

Fraeks indeed.

ginmakesitallok · 07/10/2012 10:57

I sometimes wear two pairs of opaques in winter - means I can wear a skirt/dress and still be cosy. I find the really high denier tights give me funny ankles

getrealandgetalife · 07/10/2012 11:01

has anyone mentioned knickers, tights, and then ...... A GIRDLE?

Or am i just showing my age!

PerryCombover · 07/10/2012 11:10

God. People are insane

SuePurblybilt · 07/10/2012 11:27

I'm telling you, if I did that 30 day shred without two bras I would be insane.
And possibly concussed.