One For The Ladies -Panteyhose (tights)

[Tiggipaws]

Hello

I believe it can be quite chilly in certain areas of the ship. Is it cold enough to wear panteyhose(tights) with a dress?

 

Thanks

[woodworker&knitter]

I never have, but I do see women wearing pantyhose. There are chilly parts to the ship but it also depends where you are cruising to.

 

Barbara

[Tiggipaws]

Hello

I believe it can be quite chilly in certain areas of the ship. Is it cold enough to wear panteyhose(tights) with a dress?

 

Thanks

Going to the Caribbean in 2 weeks

[Krazy Kruizers]

Quite a few years ago I noticed that ladies were no longer wearing pantyhose no matter where we cruised -- Caribbean, Alaska, Baltic, etc.

I do wear knee highs when flying as there are times when we have to take off our shoes in the airports. We aren't always pre-checked.

[sapper1]

I still wear pantyhose with a dress unless I am wearing sandals. I don’t like the feel of bare feet in shoes and I think it gives one a more finished look when you are dressed up.

[ger_77]

Temperatures around the ship are generally pretty comfortable; wearing pantyhose is a personal choice. Last cruise (Europe and trans-Atlantic) I brought pantyhose, but never wore them, as I either wore slacks to dinner, or on Gala nights, a long dress. If I had brought a cocktail length dress, then I certainly would have worn pantyhose; my legs aren't pretty with spider veins (more like road maps LOL), etc., and a little coverage makes me feel better about them.

 

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[colonialinnkeeper]

Still wear pantyhose with dresses. When in Alaska where I felt cold a good bit of the time, I wore them under slacks as well.

[Essiesmom]

I either wear a longer skirt, slacks, or thigh highs. Pantyhose are a nuisance, but certainly better than the garter belt and stockings of my youth...EM

[sail7seas]

I either wear a longer skirt, slacks, or thigh highs. Pantyhose are a nuisance, but certainly better than the garter belt and stockings of my youth...EM

 

If wearing a knee length dress, I wear hose as I think my legs look better. :) in my dress if I am wearing panty hose.

[Wayfairers]

Tights (or pantyhose) don’t take much room...throw a pair in and if you need them you have them. Every person has a different interpretation of “cold enough for tights or pantyhose”

 

 

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[Tampa Girl]

I either wear a longer skirt, slacks, or thigh highs. Pantyhose are a nuisance, but certainly better than the garter belt and stockings of my youth...EM

 

A nuisance, particularly with arthritis. Are tights any easier to put on?

[Wayfairers]

The new tights that are more like tight fitting pants than pantyhose are much easier to pull on.

 

 

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[Tampa Girl]

The new tights that are more like tight fitting pants than pantyhose are much easier to pull on.

 

 

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Good to know. But if one is wearing a short dress, say a LBD, what tights would be worn? Black, nude . . .? I assume, perhaps incorrectly, that tights would be opaque or semi-opaque?

[Essiesmom]

I think we have a disconnect here...The OP is from the UK, and what we call pantyhose are referred to there as tights . Same thing, different terminology. EM

[Tampa Girl]

I think we have a disconnect here...The OP is from the UK, and what we call pantyhose are referred to there as tights . Same thing, different terminology. EM

 

I understand, but Wayfairers and other U.S. posters also referred to tights, as separate from pantyhose. Hence my question, as to the easy of pouring oneself into the tights as opposed to pantyhose. Now I am wondering what kind of tights would look good with a short dress, such as a LBD.

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[ger_77]

I understand, but Wayfairers and other U.S. posters also referred to tights, as separate from pantyhose. Hence my question, as to the easy of pouring oneself into the tights as opposed to pantyhose. Now I am wondering what kind of tights would look good with a short dress, such as a LBD.

 

In my opinion (and it's just my opinion), if a woman is going to wear a LBD and wishes to wear tights (as opposed to pantyhose), I would think black tights would look better than flesh toned.

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

[Tampa Girl]

In my opinion (and it's just my opinion), if a woman is going to wear a LBD and wishes to wear tights (as opposed to pantyhose), I would think black tights would look better than flesh toned.

Smooth Sailing! :) :) :)

 

I think you are right. Do they make tights in semi-opaque? I agree with the others that a short dress and bare legs don't always look good, particularly if one is over a certain age.

[sail7seas]

I understand, but Wayfairers and other U.S. posters also referred to tights, as separate from pantyhose. Hence my question, as to the easy of pouring oneself into the tights as opposed to pantyhose. Now I am wondering what kind of tights would look good with a short dress, such as a LBD.

 

 

I wear a number of diffferent LBD"s and mos are fine with off black pantyhose. I think tghye are flattering to legs if the color is not interrupted around knee length. I like a smooth transition from hem line to hosiery. Off block does that reasonnably fine on me.

 

I thhink this thread may be moved to cruise cruise / fashion forum. :)

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[Tampa Girl]

I wear a number of diffferent LBD"s and mos are fine with off black pantyhose. I think tghye are flattering to legs if the color is not interrupted around knee length. I like a smooth transition from hem line to hosiery. Off block does that reasonnably fine on me.

 

I thhink this thread may be moved to cruise cruise / fashion forum. :)

 

Is there one??? At least we are suffering some unnecessary, caustic, or "cute" comments from the male side of this forum!

[LeeBe]

Is there one??? At least we are suffering some unnecessary, caustic, or "cute" comments from the male side of this forum!

 

Here you are:D... https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=182

[Cruise_More_Often]

Remember the days when one could buy pantyhose that weren't "support" pantyhose? It's very difficult to find sheer pantyhose these days without the support part.

[Wayfairers]

IMO black tights with a LBD

 

 

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[missyflov]

For me, tights have always referred to the more sturdy, and usually more opaque hose. I grew up doing dance and this is what we referred to them as. Pantyhose are more sheer and made of thinner material, in my experience.

 

If it is a plain dress, I like patterned tights. I do not like pantyhose because they run too easily in my opinion and I have long nails so they snag more easily. If it is a more elaborate dress, I do go with plain texture and find that tights hold up better to sequins and glitter on a dress. Pantyhose get snagged a LOT by sequins.

[Tampa Girl]

Thanks, Lee - didn't know that board existed! This thread as been amazingly informative. Tights ... here I come!

[Tiggipaws]

Thanks for all the replies, I will take some with me just in case.