Lace Tights, Thank You Chanel!

Thank you Karl Lagerfeld for inspiring me to want to spice up my hosiery drawer with lace tights again!

Lace stockings have been looking “off” for a few years. Add just a few sartorial twists and they look so right again. Mostly due to the styling at the Chanel Paris In Rome Show at Cinnecitta Studios where the models wore mules along with lace tights.

“The mule… It’s a typical Chanel shoe, open behind, but we had never done it. With a lace stocking, it’s something which, in people’s minds, is very Paris.” Karl Lagerfeld

Trying mules with tights can be a bit tricky, both in styling and in being slippery to wear with an open back shoe (these remind me of my Nicholas Kirkwood pair, so I may put those shoes back into my shoe rotation).

If I was you, I’d totally go for the lace tights but wear it with lace-up shoes or ankle boots.  The texture of the tights looks better with a shoe that has some substance rather than a delicate pump.

Photos via Chanel and Facebook

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