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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | So...for I guess about 20 years of my working life I wore scrubs...or occasionally jeans to work. My new job is more on the regulatory side of things and the attire is "business or business casual". Jeans on Fridays...but the rest of the week it's slacks and skirts/dresses. It was kinda neat at first...but I'll confess I am missing the ease of wearing scrubs and not having to think about what I'm gonna wear each day...and did I wear that last week etc. At least I was smart enough to buy slacks that don't require dry cleaning or ironing!
So...I wear slacks 99% of the time...with a few skirts/boots thrown in and tights in the winter. Now that spring is here I have lots of work appropriate spring/summer skirts and dresses I want to wear. My dilemma...to wear sheer panty hose or go bare....what is the fashion/appropriate look these days?
I am long legged and short waisted. So I kinda freakin hate pantyhose. They just don't fit all that great. And thigh highs don't want to stay up reliably all day. And then there's the heat factor. So...wear them or not? If yes...any recommendations on brands? It's been so long since I really bought any that I had to wear all day.
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Location: Florida | Guess it depends on where you are and what is socially acceptable. Here in Florida, nobody under the age of 50 wears pantyhose regardless of what they are wearing. Just be sure to shave your legs, lol. |
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Location: God's country...aka TEXAS | I work in professional environment and none of the ladies here wear panty hose. I work in Houston, TX. |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
Posts: 5271
| If your legs are Neon White, then you might opt for pantyhose. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother. |
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Posts: 9992
Location: Kansas | I don't wear pantyhose unless I'm trying to hide hairy legs........ |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Pantyhose, like undies, are totally optional.  |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | Where I work we are required to wear skirt suits and panty hose..... let me tell you how much I loathe panty hose and skirts.... I would be so excited to be able to wear slacks... |
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 Can You Hear Me Now?
Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | To me it depends on the style of dress and how tanned / white or hairy my legs are.
Example:
A cute summer/spring dress with a button cardigan over top (buttons left open) is super cute and where I worked classified as business casual. I wouldn't wear them.
Business skirt I would.
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  Rebel Without a Cause
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | Definitely no pantyhose. Besides being in style and much more comfortable it's acceptable in most worklplaces, unless you work in a conservative atmosphere like a law firm or bank. What type of business do you work in?
Edited by Calangelo 2014-04-03 8:28 AM
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Thanks ladies!
I work in a university/medical school in research compliance. So it's more relaxed than say a law office or corporate setting. If I have a meeting with the chancellor or something...I'll wear slacks/blazer or something. Otherwise it's pretty relaxed.
Sounds like I can just go bare legs with most of my skirts/spring dresses. THAT is good news. I keep the gams shaved smooth all the time as I can't stand the feel of prickly legs myself. And...I'm not too pasty white I don't think. Besides...I just ordered that sunless tanner from Sephora!  |
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Location: Kentucky | I'm 27 and I wear pantyhose. My older sister always makes fun of me. However, the pantyhose covers up the bruises on my legs that I encounter because I bump into everything.
I don't mind them. |
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Location: Deep South | I recently left my job in a small CPA firm. It wasn't a large, stuffy, firm by any means. The guys wore khakis and button ups, the ladies wore slacks/skirts and blouses and often times dresses. I didn't ever wear pantyhose, and I don't recall any of the other ladies wearing them either. It was definitely a business casual setting. |
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 Dr. Ebay
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Location: Land Of Oz | I can't manage to put a pair of pantyhose on without putting a run in them! 
Edited by Jinx 2014-04-03 9:22 AM
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Location: Near San Antonio, TX | I don't even think I own a pair of panty hose. I will wear tights with a dress/boots in winter, but not in spring. Today I am wearing a dress, no hose and blingy sandals. Hose would seem so.... formal? I vote no. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I started noticing the gals in finance where I work would wear SUITS with NO panty hose - I think they are "out" fashion-wise.
Edited by Griz 2014-04-03 11:14 AM
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 Forever Young
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Location: relocated to Texas | I always worked in a corporate business environment. If I wore a skirt, it was with a business suit and I wore pantyhose. |
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 Born not Made
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Location: North Dakota | When I was in school, that lady that came in and taught us etiquette and professional dress INSISTED that you wear pantyhose and closed-toed shoes. No exception.
I disagree completely. Panty-hose is out. It is not fashionable.
And for that matter, if they are in good taste and appropriate for your environment, open-toed dress shoes are fine in my book.
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Sideways Riding Expert
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Location: ND--it snows, it floods, it snows, it floods | Thigh highs..... |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | They are out
I don't think I have seen anyone wearing them in the hospital, TBH
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Location: Arkansas | My advice would be to do as others in your office that are well-respected do. |
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