If you wear a suit to work… do you wear tights?

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I never know what to do about this. On one hand I think tights look frumpy and old lady-ish. On the other hand, I think bare legs can look a bit scruffy.

What do other people do? I have a slight fake tan, if that helps. Thanks.

I'd wear sheer tights as bare legs (tanned or not) don't seem quite right to me with a suit.

Yes, always with a skirt suit.

Bare legs in summer but My office has a wall of big glass windows, facing the sun and no air conditioning. its like a sauna.
If I'm out and about I would wear sheer tights.

In winter it's freezing so thick opaques.

I often wonder about this.
If you're wearing a black suit would you wear sheer tights? Or do the tights need to be black too

Yep sheer ones in summer and thick ones in winter.

I don't think sheer tights look frumpy or old ladyish at all. They look much smarter than opaque tights with formal office wear.

Are you very young?

Always some sort of tights for me. I'm in Scotland though so it's rarely too warm

You can get sheer black or nearly black tights too. Or hold-ups (but on me they have a tendency to either roll down or cut off the circulation!)
M&s do 'cooling tights', might be worth a look.

Are you very young?

Erm, no, why?

The younger ones often don't wear tights. That's why the question I believe.

I wear opaque in winter and none in summer. My office has no air conditioning and is like an oven at the moment. Sheer tights are no good to me because they ladder as soon as I look at them!

This is why i wear trousers

Surprising number of young women in the City still in black opaques except on really really hot days.

I would judge someone for not wearing tights, but you never ever see it in my office, young or old. If wearing a skirt /dress, wear tights.

If my bosses want me to wear tights they need to pay to install aircon!

So where are the best natural sheer tights to be got ? The not too shiny kind.

I like Boots ones.

M&S nude cooling:

m.marksandspencer.com/mt/www.marksandspencer.com/7-denier-bare-cooling-sheer-oiled-tights/p/p20109110?jsrl=stop&un_jtt_redirect

Yes and they are the bane of my life! Cheap ones LOOK cheap (sort of spongey), expensive ones, often around £4 for posh Italian ones, nark me off when they get laddered (as they all do). I always carry a spare pair just in case. They are uncomfortable and sweaty to wear, ride down to mid thigh and although I've never had it, I'm constantly suspicious of athlete's foot.
The worst thing is when I take them off at night and they're a flabby ghost of my legs...
Men don't have these problems, which narks me off even more!

sgt men have ties. I think we are even on this.

Though no I don't wear tights to work except wooly ones in winter. zennudist you can judge all you like. I'm in software and you are definitely looked at as not a doer but a talker if you wear a suit or tights.

M&s?

Head, at least ties are a one-off buy for men. DH regularly wears ties that belonged to his father. I feel more sorry for men and shaving.

Tights are a running expense (excuse the pun) and quite a large one. I don't know about other people, but I easily go through a pair a week. Even at £2 a pair, we're talking £100 a year on pure conformism.

Yes, tight ARE conformist, as are business suits (M&F), but if your job entails making first impressions every single day, you put up with it. That's not to say I like it, though.

I would not dream of wearing a suit without tights. Very light ones in the summer and more opaque in the winter. Some summer days I wear smarter dresses and depending on style I do not always wear tights with them but with a suit - always.

I get sainsburys tights. Buy buckets of them when they are on 25% off. I have loads of spares in my bags and in my desk drawers too. But yes it is an expense, for sure.