Leggings at Work

[CatulusLady78]

Is it acceptable to wear leggings in lieu of tights at work?

I've a tunic top that is a funny length and I think it might be fractionally too short to wear to work with tights, but would be ok with leggings.

In this circumstance is legging-wearing potentially acceptable?

Think paisley print tunic dress finishing mid /low thigh, black leggings and suede ankle boots...

Workplace is smart casual.

If the dress is not too short to wear with tights, then wearing leggings rather than tights makes very little difference.

If the dress is too short, or if it's in fact a top,, and you wouldn't wear it with tights, then you're not wearing leggings "in lieu of tights".
It might still be fine to wear, but the comparison with tights is meaningless at this point, because you wouldn't consider yourself fully dressed if you were wearing tights.

@tinapaddy. When they told her to take them off did she have something else to change in to or would they have preferred she was in her knickers rather than leggings?