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I am curious whether it is because they are out of style or not comfortable or ???
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For the last decade or more, the bare-legged look has held sway fashion wise for a majority of people. This is partly because of the casualization of the workplace, houses of worship, and social settings (taking a plane ride, going to the theatre, etc.). A bigger part of this trend, I believe, came from fashionistas, and the media, who took up the fashionista beliefs about pantyhose and pounded them into the public consciousness.
Pantyhose were declared passé by the fashion crowd, and they declared their beliefs with scorn and mockery. The level of negativity was really harsh: "Pantyhose are for old ladies", "Pantyhose are for fat people who can't control themselves", etc. Local news shows added to the scorn by featuring local interest news stories about how much women hate pantyhose. Then the pantyhose bashing spread to sitcoms and movies as a plot element.
Many, many teenaged girls who want to wear pantyhose have posted "Is it OK to wear pantyhose?" questions to this very forum, because the culture has literally become saturated with pantyhose trash talk. They want to wear pantyhose but, they are, apparently, afraid of being taunted or stared at. They know that they are NOT SUPPOSED to wear, let alone like pantyhose. Even if a young lady has no feelings about pantyhose one way or the other, she knows darn well that saying "Pantyhose suck" is much safer than saying something "nice" about pantyhose.
The other problem is that even if a young lady somehow missed the anti-pantyhose bandwagon, the garment itself has overwhelmingly disappeared from the scene. If a young woman wants to âgo elegantâ and discard the âless than casualâ yet ubiquitous flip-flops, going the extra step and slipping into a pair of pantyhose might never occur to her, despite her âclassyâ or âdress to impressâ frame of mind.
Many young women have never seen their friends, older sisters, or cousins wearing pantyhose. They have no daily role models who wear pantyhose. Even if they see Mom dip her legs into pantyhose for worship or a funeral, most of the other women attending the event, who are younger than Mom, wonât be wearing pantyhose. The lack of pantyhose tends to reinforce the lack of pantyhose.
In my day, the occasion of a girlâs first pantyhose wearing was a rite of passage. The young lady left her girlhood tights in her dresser drawer, and put on her first pair of pantyhose. It was a sign of being grown up and mature. I suspect that there is no rite of passage connected to going bare legged. After a while, contemporary girls simply notice that their friends and peers are no longer wearing âlittle girl tightsâ, so they stop wearing them too. I doubt that this transition from tights to bare legs makes them feel grown up, but I might be completely wrong about this.
The cataclysmic convergence of dress casualization AND fashionista pantyhose beating AND the media anti-pantyhose overkill AND the ever present peer pressure, all at the same time, was a quadruple punch that knocked pantyhose right out of the mainstream arena.
However, be of good cheer. Pantyhose may be coming back. For fall 2006, every (and I mean EVERY) major fashion magazine in the USA declared black tights in, in no uncertain terms. The tights shown in these magazines were worn with the most open-toed, strappiest shoes you can imagine. Many claimed, "Well, hosiery and open-toed shoes are fine, as long as the hose aren't sheer". Hogwash! Before 2006, open-toed shoes with ANY kind of hosiery was considered worse than committing murder. Then suddenly, when the fashion world ran out of ideas, they changed the rule slightly to counteract their own hypocrisy.
In 2007, some designers displayed pantyhose in their runway shows. It made headlines, literally! Very recently, a representative from No Nonsense predicted a jump in interest in sheer pantyhose in both flesh and colored tones based on their visibility on the fall 2008 runway shows of Karl Lagerfeld and Miu Miu.
Coming later this year, in 2009, supposedly, more pantyhose: Ms. "snooty bare legs" herself, Sarah-Jessica Parker, was seen in Chanel Pantyhose October of 2008; they are apparently for ânext seasonâ (therefore, 2009). They look too stylish, too fancy, and too sheer to be considered âtightsâ. See for yourself: http://technorati.com/posts/urcUAdkJWZSeDu5XTYtYfzyz9K0iOUIiKD%2BZum0YRKM%3D?sub=MiL9UwekeYgNeiF35iH5rtpqCMnxczMD3Rku6FB633M%3D
http://yeeeah.com/2008/10/23/sarah-jessica-parkers-250-two-tone-chanel-pantyhose/
In addition, for the past several seasons, famous celebs like Jessica Alba, Zooey Daschanel, Paris Hilton, Beyonce, and Lindsay Lohan have been wearing sheer pantyhose quite regularly to clubs and on the red carpet. Are these young ladies "un-cool" and "out-of-step"? I don't think so. I think the rules MAY have changed, and many bare-legged disciples MAY soon find themselves out of the loop.
We can only hope.
For the last decade or more, the bare-legged look has held sway fashion wise for a majority of people. This is partly because of the casualization of the workplace, houses of worship, and social settings (taking a plane ride, going to the theatre, etc.). A bigger part of this trend, I believe, came from fashionistas, and the media, who took up the fashionista beliefs about pantyhose and pounded them into the public consciousness.
Pantyhose were declared passé by the fashion crowd, and they declared their beliefs with scorn and mockery. The level of negativity was really harsh: "Pantyhose are for old ladies", "Pantyhose are for fat people who can't control themselves", etc. Local news shows added to the scorn by featuring local interest news stories about how much women hate pantyhose. Then the pantyhose bashing spread to sitcoms and movies as a plot element.
Many, many teenaged girls who want to wear pantyhose have posted "Is it OK to wear pantyhose?" questions to this very forum, because the culture has literally become saturated with pantyhose trash talk. They want to wear pantyhose but, they are, apparently, afraid of being taunted or stared at. They know that they are NOT SUPPOSED to wear, let alone like pantyhose. Even if a young lady has no feelings about pantyhose one way or the other, she knows darn well that saying "Pantyhose suck" is much safer than saying something "nice" about pantyhose.
The other problem is that even if a young lady somehow missed the anti-pantyhose bandwagon, the garment itself has overwhelmingly disappeared from the scene. If a young woman wants to âgo elegantâ and discard the âless than casualâ yet ubiquitous flip-flops, going the extra step and slipping into a pair of pantyhose might never occur to her, despite her âclassyâ or âdress to impressâ frame of mind.
Many young women have never seen their friends, older sisters, or cousins wearing pantyhose. They have no daily role models who wear pantyhose. Even if they see Mom dip her legs into pantyhose for worship or a funeral, most of the other women attending the event, who are younger than Mom, wonât be wearing pantyhose. The lack of pantyhose tends to reinforce the lack of pantyhose.
In my day, the occasion of a girlâs first pantyhose wearing was a rite of passage. The young lady left her girlhood tights in her dresser drawer, and put on her first pair of pantyhose. It was a sign of being grown up and mature. I suspect that there is no rite of passage connected to going bare legged. After a while, contemporary girls simply notice that their friends and peers are no longer wearing âlittle girl tightsâ, so they stop wearing them too. I doubt that this transition from tights to bare legs makes them feel grown up, but I might be completely wrong about this.
The cataclysmic convergence of dress casualization AND fashionista pantyhose beating AND the media anti-pantyhose overkill AND the ever present peer pressure, all at the same time, was a quadruple punch that knocked pantyhose right out of the mainstream arena.
However, be of good cheer. Pantyhose may be coming back. For fall 2006, every (and I mean EVERY) major fashion magazine in the USA declared black tights in, in no uncertain terms. The tights shown in these magazines were worn with the most open-toed, strappiest shoes you can imagine. Many claimed, "Well, hosiery and open-toed shoes are fine, as long as the hose aren't sheer". Hogwash! Before 2006, open-toed shoes with ANY kind of hosiery was considered worse than committing murder. Then suddenly, when the fashion world ran out of ideas, they changed the rule slightly to counteract their own hypocrisy.
In 2007, some designers displayed pantyhose in their runway shows. It made headlines, literally! Very recently, a representative from No Nonsense predicted a jump in interest in sheer pantyhose in both flesh and colored tones based on their visibility on the fall 2008 runway shows of Karl Lagerfeld and Miu Miu.
Coming later this year, in 2009, supposedly, more pantyhose: Ms. "snooty bare legs" herself, Sarah-Jessica Parker, was seen in Chanel Pantyhose October of 2008; they are apparently for ânext seasonâ (therefore, 2009). They look too stylish, too fancy, and too sheer to be considered âtightsâ. See for yourself: http://technorati.com/posts/urcUAdkJWZSeDu5XTYtYfzyz9K0iOUIiKD%2BZum0YRKM%3D?sub=MiL9UwekeYgNeiF35iH5rtpqCMnxczMD3Rku6FB633M%3D
http://yeeeah.com/2008/10/23/sarah-jessica-parkers-250-two-tone-chanel-pantyhose/
In addition, for the past several seasons, famous celebs like Jessica Alba, Zooey Daschanel, Paris Hilton, Beyonce, and Lindsay Lohan have been wearing sheer pantyhose quite regularly to clubs and on the red carpet. Are these young ladies "un-cool" and "out-of-step"? I don't think so. I think the rules MAY have changed, and many bare-legged disciples MAY soon find themselves out of the loop.
We can only hope.
why is it that i fit into a guys 7, 7.5, 8.5, 8, and a 6.5?
Amanda
and in women its an 8.5 or 9 shoe. why do i?
Answer
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as uniform sizing. At least not as practiced by shoe manufacturers. It's always best to try on the shoe and make sure it fits your foot. Technically, a woman's 8.5 should equal a man's 6.5, and a womans 9 should equal a man's 7. In reality, it's a free-for-all when it comes to what a shoe actually measures out to be. My own experience is that most shoes made in Asia tend to run a bit small, those made in the USA tend to run wide, and style also has an effect on the size. Shoes with pointed toes or any sort of heel should be tried on for size to make sure they fit.
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as uniform sizing. At least not as practiced by shoe manufacturers. It's always best to try on the shoe and make sure it fits your foot. Technically, a woman's 8.5 should equal a man's 6.5, and a womans 9 should equal a man's 7. In reality, it's a free-for-all when it comes to what a shoe actually measures out to be. My own experience is that most shoes made in Asia tend to run a bit small, those made in the USA tend to run wide, and style also has an effect on the size. Shoes with pointed toes or any sort of heel should be tried on for size to make sure they fit.
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