Do people still wear flesh coloured tights?

[GorgeousLadyofWrestling]

I have OCD so my brain is obsessing over this, and once I get fixated on something it really becomes a problem in my mind so please bear with me if this sounds really stupid!

I’m 43, have 3 young-ish children and slowly losing the ton of weight put on over the years. After having my first DC, I couldn’t bear wearing tights. I hated the polyester feeling and even when I was at my slimmest, I never had a thigh gap so always needed something to mitigate thigh rub.

In recent years I’ve been ok with wool tights in winter so started wearing dresses again. I’m sick of looking so scruffy all the time in jeans and jumper as my standard attire and want to start wearing some nicer dresses for work now it’s Spring. I work in financial technology and we put on a lot of events for senior financial people so the dress code tends to be smart casual. Definitely not jeans, and I want to make more of an effort than black trousers. It’s still too cold for bare legs and probably will be all through May.

I’m also…I suppose…finding my style again after years looking after babies and young kids, always in the park so in very casual attire. I’m also kinda feeling my age - there’s a lot of 20 something women at work and I’m adjusting to being significantly older than them. Would flesh coloured tights be ok? Do people still wear them? Do they still feel awful and plasticky?

Apologies for the long essay. I keep going round in circles in my head about this, have a lot of lovely smart dresses I’d love to wear, but now hung up on the logistics of wearing them. Stupid I know but this is how OCD debilitates me 😩

I will be wearing sheer leg colored tights, or black or nearly black when it's warm enough to move out of opaques.

I think bare legs with formal work wear and office shoes looks awful.

Yes I wear them the high shine ones cannot stand the others they are frumpy the glossy ones are much more attractive and classy

Yes - they give a more polished look imo. They make shoes more comfortable too.

i do if wearing a smart dress for a formal occasion. Sometimes bare legs however tanned just don’t look right. Sheer ones are nicest. I also wear black and nearly black if appropriate

I wear them for work (early 30s), for properly formal events outside work, and for that point in the not-quite-summer where you want to wear a summer dress but can't quite bear bare legs yet!

Yeah I wear them. I’m 37 and completely know the feeling re young kids/changing body/losing style sense. I work in a very corporate/smart environment and would never have bare legs. I’m also very pale and pasty so they help with that!

I wear them - much more comfortable in shoes. I don’t think they are frumpy unless you literally have semi-opaque matt American Tan ones. Sheer gloss ones that match your skin tone are fine.

Thanks so much everyone - appreciate it! Interesting about the sheer tights, I will definitely be taking that tip. What is it about them sheer that looks so good?