Help please re tights?

[amandadecamembert]

The skirt/leggings combo has been my go-to in cool weather for ages. I loved that casual sloppiness and bit of ankle, and now it's dead. I'm trying to move on. :)

I have a pleated tartan midi skirt (green, navy, teal, white) which looks great worn with t-shirts and cardis. I want to wear it casually with flats, trainers, ankle boots. My legs aren't bad but socks and bare legs with a midi is not a good look on me.

Navy or nude fishnets maybe? Or talk to me about denier and colour? Are navy tights old-ladyish? I'm 50, 5'8", size 14.

Anyone?

Try snag website fab tights and I’m sure they do navy

I’d go navy too. I get all my tights from Primark, cheap & wash well 😀

I’d go nude, much easier to match up. Navy tights on me would look ageing rather than quirky/fashionable. I guess it depends on your look! I also like primary tights, they don’t last very long but neither do expensive tights!

So reassuring that I can stick with opaques. If I could get away with it I'd never take off my 150 deniers from John Lewis.

What about with white trainers though?

Black opaques look good with everything

SergeantPfeffer nude as in sheer nude tights? With ankle boots or trainers? The last time I wore a pair was possibly to a wedding. I can't see it, not for myself anyway. I did have a sort of khaki pair of fishnets that I wore instead of sheers that made my legs look amazing in the 90s.

No, I meant with flats or trainers. Go with what suits you! I used to love my fishnets but they just don’t work for me anymore, maybe because I remember my younger self in them. I do love them though. If opaques and a midi look good on you then go for it!

SergeantPfeffer yy this is part of the problem isn't it, if something reminds you too much of your youth (eg Working Girl tights and trainers) it just feels wrong. I can just about wear monkey boots under some conditions but tbh anything too DM-like makes me feel like a teenage goth again.
I'll try on the fishnets I guess, and if there's any whiff of Cabaret/Ann Summers about it I'll have to start again.