Joy of Tights (aka pantyhose): Tights get Glamour Again

Joy of Tights is greatly encouraged by an article in Glamour. It begins

"It used to be the case that true die-hard fashion girls never wore tights regardless of the weather. It could be Baltic outside but the industry's key names would never be seen wearing a pair of tights."

So far so old news, although ordinary women have been partying in tights for years

But then the article goes on

"They just don't tolerate them... Until now."

You don't know how fashionable you are girls

The author then goes on to give a defence of tights wearing that warms my little nylon wrapped heart

"For the likes of most of us (myself included), this somewhat impractical style decision is utterly unfeasible. My calves aren't immune to the cold and my Uber budget won't allow for it, but for fashion people not wearing tights is a status thing - it proves that you are above menial worries like the weather because you'll be in a taxi anyway. It's also an indication that you have the luxury of being well groomed because, as we all know, bare legs require serious maintenance - shaving, exfoliating and tanning etc."

Real women with real lives need tights

The only thing I would add is that you look good in tights even if you can afford a limo

Now comes the good news

"But times are changing. Tights are back. Saint Laurent has revived hosiery as a means of giving any party outfit a grungy, give-a-shit look. Courtney Love, The Slits and Suzi Sioux could have told you all this decades ago, but sometimes it takes a catwalk love-in for the fashion world to see the appeal in something again."

OK queue Courtney Love

Love the ladder

(For those too young to know Courtney Love is an American alternative rock singer, songwriter, actress, and visual artist. Prolific in the punk and grunge scenes of the 1990s as the frontwoman of Hole. "I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming"."I strap on that motherfucking guitar and you cannot fuck with me. That's my feeling," (Courtney Love))

Tights, fag and open toe shoes the woman's my hero

OK one more of Courtney Love

Not Courtney this, time but tights coming back via the Catwalk

Anyway back to Glamour

"We're (sadly) not talking thick woolly tights here, rather the dark sheer kind that look ever so slightly like stockings. This is both a blessing and a curse - bad because they're not as warm as they could be, good because it doesn't matter too much aesthetically if you ladder them - in fact, they look badass with a slight rip. Just don't get carried away - no one wants to look like a poster girl for a Talk To Frank campaign. It's all about your attitude. Think Kate Moss, rather than Binge Britain adverts."

Not in

In - reinforced heel and toe very like stockings

In - an acceptable ladder

Out - too Holy

Tights are now so cool

"Look at Topshop's new winter campaign - the seemingly coolest models are wearing dark opaques with their party dresses, most specifically Ella Richards, granddaughter to the mighty Keith Richards. They add a rock 'n' roll, sexy edge, which we find very enticing. They also keep you a modicum warmer than going bare-legged."

Opaques are cool - Ella says so

And it looks like all the celebs are wearing tights

:"See also Alexa Chung, who this week teamed a white cocktail dress with opaques and red open-toe heels. She looked excellent, as I'm sure you'll agree. Kate Moss enjoys a fishnet, while Rihanna recently wore her sheer tights with a slip dress and heels."