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Anyone found thick tights to make my skinny legs look fatter?

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dozeydoris · 04/12/2013 06:54

I have skinny legs (sadly not a skinny body) and would like to wear tights and long top but need ones to make my pins look wider.
I am 5ft 8 so could do with the tights being a large size and not one-size.

Anyone found any?

I am thinking of buying pale ones such as an oatmeal colour but haven't seen any in a large, only one-size.

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Eliza22 · 04/12/2013 07:27

Whitestuff do different sizes and I have an oatmeal-ish pair from them. They're a good length, nice and soft. Not sure a pair of tights can make let's look filled out....how about leggings?

lookingfoxy · 04/12/2013 09:53

Try jeggings or skinny jeans instead of tights.

Twinklestein · 04/12/2013 10:03

Trasparenze do Gennifer wool tights in an oatmeal colour 'noisette' they call it. Available from UK Tights.

I have stick legs and find cable and patterned tights give legs a bit more fullness.

lookatmybutt · 04/12/2013 13:50

Marks n Spencer have a few, all sized:

Oatmeal

Grey would also do the trick

These are groovy

I think any thick coloured tights, especially variations of cable knit, would work - so unless you specifically want oatmeal, I don't think you need to stick with those.

MissScatterbrain · 04/12/2013 17:47

Try cable knit and textured tights in grey.

dozeydoris · 04/12/2013 18:53

Great, thanks for those. Don't know how I missed the M&S ones.

Dark jeggings def make my legs look skinnier. Perhaps there are light ones out there that might be ok. But I find them too tight for comfort, even with skinny legs just too lazy to make the effort to get used to them really

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Dontletthemgetyoudown · 04/12/2013 18:55

The primark fleece lined tights make my legs look very chunky Perhaps worth a try? My legs look fine in normal black opaque tights.

KeziaK · 04/12/2013 20:35

What about patterened.

dozeydoris · 06/12/2013 07:24

M&S have nice patterned ones. And will have a look at the fleece lined ones too, just feel they might be a bit short as I take a 33 inch leg in trousers.

But now need a simple skirt to wear over them, at my age I refuse to show my tight clad bum when I lean over. Now realize my tops are not quite long enough to go without anything under it.

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