Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
Aggie, I too am of the panty hose persuasion, but I am slowly giving up this dying tradition. I go from bare legged to tights, with only a short window of panty hose now. What I noticed is that here in the east, no one wears panty hose as soon as it's like in the 40s or 50s. I can't go bare legged at that temperature, and it's generally too warm for tights then. I only really wear hose on dress up occasions, though, as I have never had a job that required them. In AZ, everyone wore hose, even when it was 115 out.
I still wear a slip because I don't like my skirt sliding up my azz and clinging to my tights, especially in the winter!
It's funny you mention the slip helping keep the skirt from clinging to the tights--I find that the slip makes more cling happen. I only wear a slip if the skirt is see-through without it and so only wear one with a couple of skirts I have that are about mid-calf length and made of light cotton. When I wear one of those skirts with the slip, I get the WORST case of static cling ever when I walk!! The skirt clings to the slip and it all clings around my legs. Needless to say, now I spray it all down with Static Guard before I go out... As for the hose, I skip them--it's usually either warm enough to go bare legged and wear sandals or cool enough that tights are OK (depending on how warm the tights are), or with a longer skirt I'll wear knee-high socks if it's that "in between" temperature. Number one, pantyhose just feel icky IMHO, and number two they rip way too easily (well, that's partly my klutziness too). Plus I don't really see the purpose of them.