You should wear underpants on top of your tights.Changed.my.life. Have done since, haven't needed to hoik again. It's a revolution, people. Apparently all the girls are doing it.
(It does feel a bit strange wearing two pairs of underpants at first, but even under a thin silky dress you couldn't tell, and I did get used to it within an hour.)
You're welcome.
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There's me thinking you only wear one pair!
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine the funny looks you'd get though if your skirt got blown up by the wind!
LOL
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@BNM - I did consider one pair. I did. But then I chickened out. But do you know that strip in the middle of tights? I think they're designed to be worn without.
ReplyDeleteAs for the wind (tee hee, take that the wrong way if you like), she did add the pants should be the same colour as the tights.
What also works is wearing the big granny pants that suck your tummy in over the top. Practically staples them in place for the duration.
ReplyDeleteA little bit Superman like !! And a good solution to holding the tummy in a little too. Definitely not up for wearing only one pair ontop - I imagine that could be quite sweaty!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the way you say 'you're welcome' it always makes me laugh. I don't wear tights, unless it is winter and I am wearing my knee hi boots, then they are wool ones. I'm lucky they don't fall down. What I do have to hoik up tho is the revolting hipster type leggings, I so wish they would make them waisted for us 'after childbirth' women.
ReplyDeletex Sandi
So, all these years . . .? Tut
ReplyDeleteMind boggles - does this really really work?
ReplyDeleteRight am going to have to try tomorrow
Oh I used to do that in my teens. Then I stopped wearing tights cos I was a student so wore jeans. Now I don't often need to wear 'nylons' but when I do, I wear those sticky top stockings.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I have a thick pair of woolly tights for skiing.
Sometimes I find that leggings and socks work better but I suppose under a nice dress they would not do so well.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe you've only just woken up to the classic ptp (pants, tights, pants) combo. Was a favourite from when I was about eight. Haven't done it since much, but still giggle about a friend who, the first time she "met" the man who is now her husband was sporting, under her wedding finery (not her wedding clearly) ptp. When she realised things were going to get, ahem, intimate, she also realised she'd have a little explaining to do, so she ended up ditching the top pair in the ladies... what the cleaners thought is not recorded...
ReplyDeleteMy father's freind had astory about htis -0 she wasa lady of stature and once asked a shop assistant in a v post clothes shop about how to keep tights up, and he said, v politely, 'A person of Modom's size should wear underwear over her tights.'
ReplyDeleteSo I always knew the tip, yet never do it. I must try, because I'm kidding myself that wearing pants outside my tights is any less inelegant than stopping to hoik them up all the time like a 6 year old :)
@Sarah - I'm sure it does.
ReplyDelete@Victoria - Well, so could three layers I suppose. Luckily it's been quite cold.
@sandiart - Anything hipster is a no-no for me. Bum too big.
@Tara - You mean about the hoiking? Yes.
@Muddling Along Mummy - It does! And you so should! It's a revolution, I tell you!
@Sarah - Never heard of sticky tops. Or do you mean the ones with the rubber on the inside? They itch me.
@Ms. Moon - Oh I do like the leggings and socks, but not for weddings and such.
@planb - That's funny! No, I did not know about that at all! And none of the people I've told so far did either.
@Jo - Are you calling me a "lady of stature?" (I am, so it's okay.)
Really? That IS a good idea. But what if you're standing over a vent like Marilyn Monroe and your skirt blows up?
ReplyDeleteMy husband is gonna love you for this....Not....
ReplyDeleteI *knew* Superman had a good reason. Thank god. Another of life's mysteries ticked off the list. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHmm, except my tights are about one size to small, so they are often down near my knees, which could cause some problems.
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm the lady of stature! Well, in fact the original story teller was the lady of stature. But it gives me pleasure to know the tall skinny girls' tights fall down as well ;)
ReplyDeleteUsed to have to do it all the time to keep those damn 1 million denier ballets tights from dragging the leotard down to my knees. The other trick is to get those Spanx type tights with a built in tummy flattener. They go nowhere. You can't always breathe or bend over but by god they stay up!
ReplyDeleteGeeze how could I get to 45 and not know this. Thankyou Mwa, however very hard to think about tights at the moment when its 34 degrees.
ReplyDeleteI used to do this at school, but not since.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with hoiking, anyway?
@Lady Mama - Then you're a slut.
ReplyDeleteActually, that happened to me once when I walked over a metro air vent thingy in Antwerp. I must have been about twelve. I was so not a slut. So I take it back.
Well, what happens is people see your underpants. No big deal.
@muummmmeeeeee - :-)
@Hot Cross Mum - That made me laugh! Now I'll never look at Superman quite the same way again. Actually, I have some Superman underwear. Maybe I should wear them on top and then I could play I'm Superman all day long.
@Megan - Get bigger tights? I used to have that same problem, until recently when I found fitting tights in Tesco's (yes, I import them) and C&A over here. Can you get to either?
@Jo - I ain't skinny, but that's alright.
(SO the title of my next song.)
@Expat mum - So did you have pants - tights - pants - leotard, or just tights - pants - leotard?
As for the Spanx, I just can't. I'd have a bowel infection before midday. TMI?
@Countess - You must be so hot!
I had the same feeling at 33. Who keeps these secrets and why?
@Iota - Do hoik away, but I'm a fucking lay-dee. ;-)
you make me laugh!!! thank you@
ReplyDeleteWhat? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteHoly shit. Maybe I will wear dresses again, if my tights don't ruin my day. I've always called the phenomenon "crotch drag" and it put me off skirts some years ago. And now I will match my children, whose Gymboree dfresses generally come with matching underwear, which I do put over the tights to both hold them up and to show the panties off, since all little girls show their bottoms anyway.
ReplyDeleteToo funny. Haha!
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