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How high are you meant to pull up tights?

flissy666, 18 April, 2009 at 09:21 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 14

As above really! What on earth are you meant to do with all the spare fabric at the top? I'd been pulling the waistband right up and under my boobs, in some sort of attempt to fashion the magic knicker effect from one's pantyhose. But my OH said that this is strange! Plus, the magic knicker effect eventually gives way to a unsightly line under my clothes where the waistband digs in.

How on earth are you meant to wear tights properly? And please don't suggest hipster tights!! I had an unfortunate incident where these rolled down to my knees when dashing for a plane at Schipol airport... ?

Please help me!!!

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Latest activity by Faruk, 20 March, 2022 at 12:30
  • Rosencrantz
    Rosencrantz ·
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    I solved this problem by not wearing tights, I wear hold ups or stockings instead. Makes it much easier to go to the loo if nothing else!

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  • flissy666
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    I need tights. I wear short skirts - a lot, tee hee!! But good idea for longer skirt/black opaque moments Smiley smile

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  • Rosencrantz
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    Hmm, the hold-ups I wear come up pretty high on my leg, I don't think you'd see the tops of them unless your skirt is veeeery short? Maybe not the stockings though! With normal tights, could you try folding the top down a bit so it sits in the same place that the waist band of your skirt is?

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  • flissy666
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    I'm fairly tall so hold-ups tend to hover mid-thigh, and I am worried about having a Britney moment (with knickers, of course!). I think I will start folding the waistband down. I take it that you wouldn't pull your tights under your boobs, and that it's just me who does this??? LOL!

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  • Petal
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    Are you buying the right size tights for your height? I used to buy tights that was too 'tall' for me and ended up with loads of excess fabric around the top. Since I bought the right height tights they sit just up at my waist.

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  • Rosencrantz
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    Well, I'm 5ft 7" and have a 31" leg but I buy hold-ups for long legged girls (32-34") because I find they sit more comfortably on me.

    As for pulling my tights up under my boobs, it depends how cold it is, I have a cracking pair of brown knitted tights for the winter which I wear with long boots and knitted dresses. Hell, if it's cold enough I would tuck my nips in the waist band to keep 'em warm ?

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  • flissy666
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    I tend to buy small - I'm 5'8" and have 37" hips, so sort of hover between sizes. Medium go too baggy on my legs. But if they sit on my waist, then I get a muffin line ? I think they should invent tights with shoulder stirrups so visible lines can be eradicated. Or I should invest in a body stocking from the back pages of the News of the World...

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  • Mrs Winkle
    Beginner May 2007
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    If tights give me a muffin top, I just cut a couple of little slits in the waistband. Mine always come to just below where my waist goes in. Which is where all my fat sits. lol

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  • Rosencrantz
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    Oh yes, do that, its your only option. Just make sure its a fish-net crotchless one ?

    ? ?

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  • flissy666
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    I once pulled my fishnets up so high that my nipples got tangled up on the holes ?

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  • Rosencrantz
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    Ooooh, nasty! Try explaining that one to the A&E nurse ?

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  • flailing wildly
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    I hate the feeling of tights around my middle, so I tend to fold them down to sit on my hips. It gives me tummy ache otherwise ?

    I'm a weird shape though - I'm only five foot tall but I have a 32" leg. Like a baby giraffe.

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  • SophieM
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    I put the waistband of my tights where the waistband of my skirt sits to avoid muffinage. If I'm wearing a dress, I tend to wear hold-ups or put the waistband wherever there's least lard.

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  • S
    Beginner June 2008
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    Waaah! That's funny. Flailing Wildly!

    I think you have my legs! I'm 5 ft 3 with only a 27" leg. So petite on bottom and normal on top. Very annoying!

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