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Does anyone wear tights without knickers?

66 replies

margaritasbythesea · 06/01/2019 14:51

So, solve this one for me please.

If I wear a dress, I tend to have: knicker line, tights line. I have never found a brand of either that solves this problem. So far so bad, but I currently also have a tummy with a few more pounds than usual so I have three bumps, which makes wearing a dress so dispiriting that I have given up.

The only solutin I can think of is losing a few pounds (under way) and nt wearing knickers. I feel horribly self-conscious at the idea of going comando at all, let alone in a dress.

What do you do?

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pickledparsnip · 06/01/2019 14:54

Wear massive pants. Sorted.

GobblersKnob · 06/01/2019 14:55

I wouldn't. Not unless they have a generous cotton gusset. No vpl pants and generous tights shouldn't be making lines. Tights with a super wide waistband like Heist are good.

margaritasbythesea · 06/01/2019 14:56

I tried biggish pants, but I found my tights then slid down them. Could yu give me a recommendation? Enormous, grippy pants?

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Mamabearx4 · 06/01/2019 14:56

Haven't done it but what about spanxs tights with panty liner?

OrdinarySnowflake · 06/01/2019 15:00

You want a slip. M&S sell short ones, you can wear it under the dress to smooth out the lines.

Or hold up stockings.

Or big full pants a size up from your usual. (Multi pack from Sainsbury's are the best I've found).

But tights with no knickers is a recipe for thrush. Its hard to be sexy with an itching fanjo...

GreenTulips · 06/01/2019 15:02

Some tights now have a holdup bit - round your thigh so don’t slip

No ide where they are from though

margaritasbythesea · 06/01/2019 15:09

Thanks for your responses. Considering all options. But: a slip question. If you wear a slip, do yu also wear pants and tights? Isn´t all that very uncomfortable?

I get that the tights only thing seems to be just an idea I had, not a popular solution that I hadn´t yet cottoned onto...

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Pinkyyy · 06/01/2019 15:09

G string and tights that come up to your waist

FlashByReputation · 06/01/2019 15:11

Looks like I'm in the minority but I wear tights without knickers all the time. No problems and no knicker lines.

EdWinchester · 06/01/2019 15:11

Lots of tights have a cotton gusset - I would wear them alone.

But then I quite often go knicker free, so no big deal for me.

thedevilinablackdress · 06/01/2019 15:16

Pants, tights and a slip works for me.(Not caring about vpl is also very liberating)

greenlynx · 06/01/2019 15:16

I wouldn’t wear tights without knickers. Could you try high waisted control pants? M&S does them, it also got very small cotton bikini or mini knickers. They don’t cover much on me for some reason Blush. Primark does plain white / black mini knickers and sizing is a little bit different so it might help.

Cuntcuntcunt · 06/01/2019 15:17

ordinary pants, tights, big pants

Sorted

CottonSock · 06/01/2019 15:18

I tried it hoping it would be the answer. Not really..fell down and my pubes stuck to tights Blush

Percy11 · 06/01/2019 15:22

Size up in tights. So if you’re normally S/M go M/L so the tights waist band meets your bra band. Then they don’t dig in at your waist. Then get ones with a cotton gusset, so you don’t need knickers.
M&S do good ones, like these:
www.marksandspencer.com/40-denier-body-sensor-opaque-tights-3-pair-pack/p/p22247976

margaritasbythesea · 06/01/2019 15:25

Ooo ouch!

So, either really big pants, really small pants, two pairs of pants, or a whole slip, pants, tights shebang!

I couldn´t do the hold up tights. Last time I did I was about 20 and they made me want to cry.

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MissMalice · 06/01/2019 15:27

Get Snag tights. They don’t fall down.

Loveweekends10 · 06/01/2019 15:30

No infact I have now taken to waering tights with two pairs of knickers- one underneath and one on top - to stop them slipping down!

GobblersKnob · 06/01/2019 15:31

That true about the pulling up high thing, I am 5'10" so I always have to buy massive tights for the leg, I can easily tuck them under my bra band. Keeps you warm and no lines. I forgot that not everyone's tights fit that way.

margaritasbythesea · 06/01/2019 15:34

Thanks fr the tights recmmendation Percy11

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fruityb · 06/01/2019 15:39

Are snag tights good? They were just on an Instagram advert and I am intrigued?

BWrose · 06/01/2019 16:01

I was going reply with something very similar recommending a slip. Or stockings and suspenders.

waterplease · 06/01/2019 16:10

Thong? You can get comfy ones

Percy11 · 06/01/2019 16:14

Comfortable thongs? Yes of course. Again, size up.

margaritasbythesea · 06/01/2019 16:26

How reliable is the too big tight thing? I am sure I tried it before and they just fell down.

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