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All about hoisery

One of the things I’ve never quite connected with my fellow TG/CD girls on is the fascination with hosiery. It’s not that I don’t have some interest in improving the appearance of my legs in certain situations, nor am I unconscious of those occasions when the formality of dress calls for them, but there’s a difference between considering them another weapon in one’s fashion arsenal and finding them erotic. Mind you, I’m not judging anyone’s turn-on, I just never really connected to the idea. To me bare skin is hard to top for eroticism and, in many cases, for attractiveness.

The exception, of course, is thigh-high stockings. I can easily recognize their attractiveness on every level and wish I had more circumstances suitable for wearing them.

The reason this is on my mind is that leggings and tights are all the rage in middle class fashion right now. I’m particularly found of the skirt/tights/boots combination (similar to what’s seen in the pic above) widely seen around me. The combination looks really good. When done right. But it’s the first time I can remember being enthused to wear panty hose or any similar garment. To me, stockings have always been the thing I wanted to wear, if my legs needed hosiery for whatever reason, and panty hose were the “granny panty” alternative. Tights, however flattering, wear like panty hose. I could substitute opaque stockings I suppose but the color range is almost non-existant.

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All that said, in warm weather I will still seize the chance to be bare-legged if I can possibly justify it. So it got me wondering about the various leg-wear related opinions out there.

I assume I’m not alone in preferring a skirt over pants whenever practical, so there are many occasions when how one’s legs fit into the overall outfit is a point of consideration. Obviously the footwear comes into play as well. So, depending of course on the weather and the occasion there are several options which can be broadly classified as (a) bare leg – socks or not depending on the shoes naturally; (b) sheer covering – your basic stocking or panty hose; and (c) opaque covering – tights, leggings and similar. For me, unless it’s formal or some place I need to be “sexy” such as a date – the legs will almost always be bare. If those occasions do arise, then I’ll try to meet the need with something thigh-high. The “to-the-waist” hosiery is always my last resort.

So I wonder if I’m in the minority on that point? What’s your experience and opinion with all things leggy?

Photo by: AMELIA SPEED

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7 thoughts on “All about hoisery”

  1. marcela says:
    January 24, 2013 at 7:27 am

    I am crossdresser for many years, with average legs look very beautiful especially in the summer when you wear garters. besides, stockings or panty cover imperfections they may have. I love them.

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  2. marcela says:
    January 24, 2013 at 7:50 am

    with average legs look very beautiful especially in the summer when you wear garters. besides, stockings or panty cover imperfections they may have. I love them.

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  3. urmila says:
    January 25, 2013 at 6:20 am

    Since I live in a tropical city, where the day temperatures are as high as 45 un summer and around mid 20s on the coldest day of the year, ur is just not comfirtable to wear tights or leggings. also withour tradtional dressses like saree or churidars suits, legs are dully covered. Hence I dont have any tights, keggings or even stockings in my wardrobe

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  4. Marlane says:
    January 25, 2013 at 6:36 pm

    You might find it interesting that my girlfriend shares your views on stockings and hosiery. While she will wear hose if the occasion calls for it, she never and I mean never wears hose at any other time.She is a big fan of tights in the winter and wears them almost every day with boots as you suggested.
    Me, on the other hand, I love everything to do with stockings and pantyhose. It doesn’t matter what the season is, I love the feel of them on my freshly shaven legs. I also wear leggings in the winter
    under my male pants for warmth at work.

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  5. Jamie says:
    January 28, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    I love pantyhose and am very addicted to them and I want to have a sex change and be a woman

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  6. Jennifer says:
    February 15, 2013 at 9:29 pm

    Totally agree with you on this one. I only wear pantyhose and thigh highs when the outfit or the occasion calls for it. When it comes to sexy skin is as good as it gets but that’s not to say that hosiery can’t be used to create sex appeal in its own right.

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  7. Pat Scales says:
    April 26, 2013 at 10:02 am

    I suppose it is mostly a matter of personal preference. I like pantyhose. I am not averse to stockings or thigh-hi’s or the bare leg look but for appearance, comfort, affirmation of feminity, etc. my choice is pantyhose, opaque or tights.
    pat

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