I'm old enough to have breathed more than one sigh of relief when pantyhose first appeared freeing us from girdles and garter belts.
BUT
when hemlines crept upwards, did the pantyhose makers adapt their design so that the 'panty' part didn't extend almost to the knee?
Of course they didn't !!!! At least not for awhile.
Insert your musings here:
Since i wear mostly skirts , not pants, i preffer the pantyhose that stays up. Many pantyhoses are now so short that they barely stay up on one`s legs , and by this they loose that wonderful `Free of girdle` feeling we got when they were invented ... mirjam
I personally hate pantyhose, I can get one leg on but I end up going into all kinds of contortions to get the second leg on. I will take thigh highs with the elastic or rubber or whatever it is that they put in them to keep them up over pantyhose any day.
Beverly B
They are better for you - gynaes do not like the airlessness of pantyhose - breeds all sorts of female ailments like yeast infections. I remember passing the sex shop section in Selfridges with a doctor friend who said she wished her patients would wear the panty hose on display there with the crotches cut out lol
But I always picture my mother's face and hear her whispering: "What if you get in an accident and your dress flies up?"
For me that just doesn't paint a pretty picture.
Yes my grandmother always told us wear clean underwear, you may be knocked down in the street ! I never did - get knocked down - so maybe the clean underwear was excessive lol
Some of the ones in Selfridges had feathers and fur round the openings, I imagine that must have been pretty uncomfortable to wear. Another pair had a huge, 70s type, plastic zipper, also looked very uncomfortable.
The girl behind the counter did not approve of our laughter.
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