Haven't had a dress OR pantyhose on in years!!

No, no, no, but I probably still have a drawful of them. I have one pair of heels and 2 "court" dresses for when I have to make an appearance in court. Both dresses are purposefully long enough to wear knee high stockings with.

Yes, yes, yes! I wear business suits to work and will rarely, if ever, come to the office without pantyhose. Do not like the flip-flop shoe look with no hose that many women wear now.

They're saying no one wears them any more. Guess they went the way of nylons, garters and girdles! (Not to mention 45's, cassettes, coke bottles, etc!).
JoanMN

When I have to wear stockings, I wear the ones with the high thigh elastic tops.
Very comfortable.

Haven't worn them since I retired back in '94.

Barbara Walters compared how hose enhance your legs like a sheer nightie is more sexy than being naked. I see the point--sort of. I'm going to a wedding (in the dreaded dress) and think I'll skip the pantyhose since it's on July 4th and will be so hot. But somehow, I just don't feel really dressed without them. I do slather on the fake tan stuff so I don't look like Snow White! Guess my age is showing--AGAIN!

I don't wear a dress/skirt very often but always wear them when I do. I can't stand the barefoot look with nice shoes & a nice dress. Sorry, JMHO. I know it's popular, and cooler, to go without nylons, but my feet don't look that great without something to cover them up. :-)

I just read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about pantyhose in the workplace. The link below isn't the same story, but it's close.

Here is a link that might be useful: WSJ on pantyhose

I don't but only because I haven't been wearing skirts or dresses. I don't think I could physically wrangle myself into a pair of nylons right now, at 9 months pg.

I find it ludicrous though that they're going 'out of style'. That's like make-up going out of style. Sure, some women can get away with no make-up but most look better with a little bit. Most legs look better with some coverage. I can see why the young chicks would be going without them but my pale, sometimes stubbly, legs wouldn't be caught dead in a skirt or dress and no hose.

Nonononononononononononono!!! We were talking about this the other day. I hate pantyhose and try noever to wear them. I swear, they must have been invented and designed by a man in order to torture women. The only time I'll wear hose is to a dressy event, and then it's thigh-highs. They're pretty and comfortable, and I think they are much sexier than pantyhose. So does DH ;o)

I wear them at the very least every Sunday... and any other time I am dressed up.

I will be wearing them as long as they keep making them!

I don't wear pantyhose and I don't wear a bra, especially in summer. I'm very liberated and comfortable.

Pantyhose are the invention of a man!LOL I know this because that is why they are so uncomfortable.
I hate pantyhose and will go to great lengths not to wear them.UGHH!

I think the term pantyhose is used loosely to mean any type of stocking, knee or thigh high also.

My legs used to be those long shapely legs that go up to... but now with veins bulging and basal cell carsinoma scars, I definitely wear stockings, thigh highs, whatever.

I can't imagine not wearing anything between my sweaty feet and my shoe.

"I think the term pantyhose is used loosely to mean any type of stocking, knee or thigh high also."

Hmmm, but I respectfully disagree. The definition of pantyhose is found in the following (and I'm laughing my butt of because it seems it was invented by a man!) ~

Allen Gant Senior invented pantyhose. In 1959, Glen Raven Mills of North Carolina introduced pantyhose -- underpants and stockings all in one garment. With the addition of an opaque nylon top, panthose eliminated the need for multiple "foundation" garments. In 1965, Glen Raven Mills developed a seamless pantyhose version that coincided with the introduction of the miniskirt. Allen Grant Senior is a descendant of John Gant, who founded the textile mill in 1902.

Umm, if I were to wear those thigh high thingies, there would be a 'hose- line' ..... Sometimes I get hoseline with pantyhose because the stocking part is so different from the panty part.... any body else with me here? If they made the elastic part maybe - say 5 inches wider or so it might work......

The elastic on thigh-high hose is about 3-4 inches wide...a band of elasticized lace.

I wouldn't wear a dress without wearing panty hose...even a dressy dress in the summer...I think getting all dressed up and no hose is tacky...

I don't wear pantyhose except for costumes because I don't wear dresses. But if I did I would wear them. Most women don't have the legs to go bare. Tanned,young legs in a summer dress are fine. Pale stumps peeking out from under a dressy dress are skanky. Legs in hose are sexy.

I've always liked panty hose. They sort of smoothed everything out under clothes. I don't understand women who say they are uncomfortable but will squeeze themselves into "body smoothers" (girdles really) and stuff their feet into high heels two sizes too small. LOL

I wear hose daily. Skirts, slacks, jeans, shorts. It's rare for me not to wear them at home, too, as they prevent leg ache. IMO, skirts or dress shoes without hose is tacky. I know that's the 'style', but not for me. I don't find panty
hose to be all that uncomfortable.

I'm sure a lot of you remember garter belts &/or garters??? Mmmm - which was the great torture...one of those or the 'modern' panty hose? Give me seamless panty hose ANY day over a garter belt and hose w/seams.

NOOOOOO waaaay!LOL I use to wear them but I never wear a dress anymore.When I do wear dressy pants and flats I wear knee highs.

Absolutely! I don't feel 'dressed' without them. In the heat of summer I don't but that is because I usually wear capris or cropped slacks. But if I need business, cocktail or formal attire I have hose on. Only the young, firm or those in tremendous shape don't benefit from hose. My legs need them!

I'm with Jannie!

"I don't wear pantyhose and I don't wear a bra, especially in summer. I'm very liberated and comfortable.

I remember the first time I went bare legged, I felt naked. Now I would never wear those darn things. Plus, I hate elastic on bras.

Gayle

Only when I absolutely have too but hate it! I like long to the floor dresses so I can get by with knee high hose.
Clare

Panty hose make my legs itch. If I must wear dressy shoes I wear dress pants and knee highs. I've never tried thigh highs before, but after reading about them here I might give them a try.

Linda

I have a bunch of pantyhose which I need to cut up for tomato ties. I'ts been 20 years since I wore them!

There has been no need to get dressed up for more than 20 years, so all the clothes that required hose of some sort have gone away. Any shoes that require hose only need knee-highs, and I have a bunch of them too...some even have the elastic intact!

I really don't like to expose my legs and feet to too much scrutiny, stockings or not, because of spider veins, toenail fungus, and other uglies. Heavy "control" hose will mask a lot of misfortunes, but they are uncomfortable. And I would have to buy some new ones. Heaven forfend!

I seldom wear dresses or skirts anymore. When I do, I like the ones that are almost ankle-length because I find them easier to deal with. With those, I would probably go without hose during the summer. With shorter dresses or skirts or for a formal occasion or certain business occasions, I do wear hose. I think my lily-white legs look better with them.

If I am all dressed up then yes I do wear panyhose.

I'm with Jannie. No pantyhose, no bra...and no underwear of any kind. Well, I suppose if I got dressed up, I'd wear them but they would look silly with rubber clogs (Crocs) and that's the only kind of shoes I wear. ;)

I always wear panty hose with skirts and dresses, no bare legs for me and this is to church or anywhere I need to dress up. If I am wearing pants I just wear knee highs, have to have hose on my feet. Might be old fashioned but I still like the look.

Only when I get dressed up, which isn't very often! Knee highs with slacks, when I wear them. Usually it's jeans or shorts, so it's socks or sneaker socks. I used to love the thigh highs, but can't find any that fit properly now.

No hose here. LOL!!

When I work...yes even under slacks...

I don't like the bare-legged look, even on long, thin, young, tan legs. I sure don't get the look with sandals in the middle of winter in the north! Surely pantyhose and shoes can't be as uncomfortable as bare legs and feet in winter. And bare legs and feet take an awful lot of maintenance to be presentable. Not for me!

It's not that I'm stuffy or anything, and I don't pincurl my hair or wear a girdle, but gosh...

If I wear a dress other than a casual sundress or denim skirt, I do wear some sort of hose, panty or otherwise. I always wear hose under dress pants, too. I don't like the bare-legged look, especially for business.

When I'm in court, though, it's exactly like the WSJ article - all the older women (me included) wear hose of some sort under skirts and pants, and mostly all of the younger women have bare legs. Many of them look pretty, but they also look under-dressed and unprofessional to my older eyes.

I don't get the thing about pantyhose being uncomfortable, either, except on the really hot, hazy days in the middle of summer. I can't stand the feeling of bare feet in dress shoes. My feet just sweat and stick or rub.

No, not very often at least. Did so in April, when I went to a funeral.

Otherwise, I don't, as I hate them.

Moni

I'll try the thigh highs. We're going to my niece's wedding and I have to wear a dress. Even with the self-tanning stuff, it just doesn't seem dressed to me without hose. I just wondered how far out of the loop I was. But glad to hear both sides.

I haven't worn them in years but I never get dressed up either. As a matter of fact I don't own a dress or skirt. I do have to wear compression hose and I hate them. I am a barefoot kind of gal and find hose of any kind restricting and uncomfortable.

Got a bag full of them! Haven't worn them in years, Bet they have dry rotted.

I wore a pair 2 years ago to a funeral, and that's been it. It's a wonder we didn't trip and fall putting those things on.