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Stylist Advice: When Can I Wear Nude Stockings?

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has made wearing pantyhose mainstream, and even chic!
Can I wear stockings in beginning of September or is there a time of year when I can wear nude stockings? My legs are horrific... I am 58 and have a lot of marks and spider veins. I had a housecleaning business for 18 years, so my knees are discolored. What is the best shade of hosiery to wear? Is it nude or  should the hose color to match dress--- with closed shoes, of course?  (via Fashion Advice) >>MORE: Stylist Advice and Pantyhose  Trends may come and go but what looks best on the wearer is ALWAYS the most important, regardless of the season. While nude pantyhose has been off the charts for a while, Kate Middleton's penchant for properness put nude hose back in

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Are bare legs ok in a professional environment? Avoiding a pantyhose faux pas

Are bare legs ok in a professional environment? Avoiding a pantyhose faux pas I just started a position, outside my home, for the first time in many years. I am working around men - very well dressed commercial real estate brokers. My location is in Carlsbad, CA, which is a somewhat upscale beach city. I was told by a female secretary in their La Jolla office that nylons are so out. Bare legs are in style even in a professional environment. True or untrue? Does one consider the season, the climate, or the location when determining what professional dress is? (Carlsbad, CA) Sorry, to tell you, but you are showing your age! Fashionably speaking, nude nylons have been out of

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Senior style for forgoing pantyhose: Adjust your fashion sense for your age

Adjust your fashion sense for your age… Senior style for forgoing pantyhose Here's a spin on that proverbial chestnut: hose worn with open shoes. I'm old, and my legs show it. My old gams look much better in hose, obviously. Hose does for my legs what Ultima II does for my face! So, I know pantyhose worn with open shoes is a no-no, but I've seen old girls like me without hose, and it ain't pretty! Is there any advice you can offer? (Rochester, NY) Sweetie, you make me chuckle. Age certainly does bring wisdom in your case. You are smart enough to know that a good part of having style is the common sense that some fashion trends do

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Hosiery Trends: Ban the Bare Leg…

Hosiery Packs a Punch! Ban the Bare Leg, Hosiery Packs a Punch- Stylething FocusOnStyle.com, colored hosiery, bold tights, fashion trends, fall fashion, update wardrobe Flashback: 1994. Demi Moore plays a powerful attorney who forgoes her pantyhose in the film Disclosure . Result: For almost a decade, bare legs and a pair of heels are a fashion must for looking sexy and hip. Enough! While the bare leg still endures… it's just not as fashionably relevant or cutting edge as opaque tights. And, it's the easiest way to update your wardrobe on the cheap. Instead of stems blue from frostbite, let's give a leg up to legs with color-packed pow. The fall trend is no color is too much color when

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PANTYHOSE SLIP-UPS That Ruin Your Style

PANTYHOSE SLIP-UPS and, the remedies to get a leg up on style The do's and don'ts of wearing pantyhose Recently, fashion has shown this type of shoe in cooler months. It was during a fashion moment when going bare legged was absolutely hip and wearing pantyhose was a fashion faux pas, or more likely a sign that you really were just not part of the fashion cognoscenti. 'Nuff said about being in. I know it is totally stupid to go sans hose in frigid temperature but it was a sign that you were cooler than thou. I will let you on a little fake-it secret from when I was a photography fashion stylist: Hanes Silk Reflections pantyhose in Travel Buff

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Boots With Bare Legs

Boots With Bare Legs Is it tacky to wear a skirt with boots and no nylons in the Fall? There is about an 1" to an 1 1/2" between the top of the boot and the start of the skirt. The skirt falls just above the knee. Thanks. (Bothell, WA) Boots worn without pantyhose has been enjoying a run as a very hot look, providing you have great legs to bare. Although trendy, I would freeze my petunias off running around with bare legs in the cold. If you must eschew pantyhose, a little bit of a kneesock peeking out above your boot is totally hip right now. But, what's a bit more modern these days is fishnet hose (particularly

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