March wedding - what to do with my legs.

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We are off to a wedding in the middle of March. My dress is sleeveless and is cream and black and I have a black short jacket. I think that the day will be spent inside but I am a cold beast and can't decide what to do with my legs. Should I risk bare (fake tanned) legs which I did where I wore the same outfit to a wedding last summer and may be feeling cold or should I go for tights and if so what sort? Thank you wise fashionistas.

Watching with interest! I too am going to a wedding late March, inside but with a 1/2 mile on foot transfer from church to reception (or taxi on the sly, 1/2 mile in new shoes is asking for trouble). I've gone green dress with black shrug and black kitten heels and I'm going to go for nude fishnets, as I fear black tights might look a bit "day at the office". I'm a chilly mortal too so my choice of tights is still debatable.

I would probably go for coloured knit tights coordinating with the outfit/ shoes - so green with a green outfit. I have green Boden ones that are natural fibre (so "breathe") and are very comfy. Probably I'd go for some sort of black lace tights with a cream and black dress, poss Wolford, though I got some in Boots last year which did for a wedding. I'm a chilly enough mortal though to wear ankle boots till about May, so I wouldn't be pairing chunky tights with delicate gossamer slippers. Nude fishnets would be a good back up if the sun comes out!

Yeah, nude micronets would be ideal, I think.

Thanks hadn't thought of nude fishnets or micronets. Will check some out.

Bare legs in March? No. Absolutely not.

If it's March I would wear boots. The end.

Why do so many mumsnetters loathe nude coloured tights? Because that is what I would wear.

I would get your legs fake tanned, buy the nude tights and decide on the day..If it's a beautiful sunny day, bare legs but if it's cloudy, tights. I have hardcore mattress who bare-leg it on a night out in December!

A mattress?!

A hardcore mattress too!!

Bare legs in anything other than the height of summer looks cheap and tacky IMO - especially at a wedding.

Nude tights, always.

"Bare legs in anything other than the height of summer looks cheap and tacky"

I'm afraid I agree with you. The cold, red legs look is horrible.

Cold, goose bumpy. Even with fake tan it still looks awful because it is so obviously fake.

buy some nice tights and be comfortable . It's often freezing in March.

Nude fishnets are mentioned here a lot. I've never seen anyone wear them. They must not have caught on in Ireland. I can't see how they'd be any warmer than bare legs.

I think you need tights. Try on a few different options with the dress and the shoes. It's impossible to say without seeing either.

Thanks all! I hadn't actually thought of plain old nude tights?! My calves are covered in scars and like me are old so no tights was never going to be an option, but I couldn't get black opaques out of my head.

Burnished silver - I was just thinking the exact same ! I have never seem them anywhere in Ireland! Can someone post a link so I can get them online? Intrigued. And have a wedding in early March so could wear them then!