Please advise me on the subject of patterned/coloured tights

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I have a plain black wrap dress. I know, but I like it, it fits well, is comfy and flattering. I usually wear it with heels or knee high boots. I was thinking I could liven it up a bit by wearing it with either patterned or coloured tights. Am I horribly out of date or might that work? If so what pattern/colour? Not sure I'm brave enough for fishnets and have doubts about the wisdom of purple legs (spend most of winter trying to avoid purple legs )

FWIW, I 'm 38, 5'7" and dress is size 12

Of course pattern! Of course colour! I am LIVING in coloured tights at the moment

Oh and I have some lovely grey pinstripe ones from Primark, look lovely with black

Or you could stand out from the crowd and be cool wearing something like
these

do you like them? then wear them.

M and S also do grey pinstripe, sounds good maid.

If you don't want to be too adventurous, try a herringbone pattern or chevrons in black, nearly black or grey.

I culdn't look at your tights link! It said it was a sex attire site.

I don't like those samnsonara, too hallowe'en for me

I think these are quite scary too but definately have
colour

My only advice on coloured or patterned tights is - buy lots.

Saw a very curvy girl on the tube today in yellow tights, her legs looked huge and jaundiced.

Personally think they are a bit try hard but if you like the, then go for it!

nope, anything but yellow

Yellow is never going to be good. i was thinking grey, purple, teal, deep red etc. But not beige either.

teal is good
aubergine?

cette do some fab colours

yellow = marge simpson

see, I was thinking these They're not patterned enough are they?

I'd avoid red personally; they tend to make legs look a bit meat-like if that makes sense. Purple are good; aubergine lovely; teal great; pinstripe M&S ones lovely; Monsoon do some fab crochet type ones. And yellow - never, never - unless you want to look like a strange breed of canary.

asda have teal tights for v little dinero