Panty Hose, Former Symbol of Women’s Lib, Dead at 43

You guys have not thought of the insides of the shoes. When you go bare footed in the shoes, they began to stink. Stockings wick away the wet sweat that comes from the foot.
Wet will always wear out the insides of the shoes quicker. Wear stockings to save the insides of the shoes, and keep out the stinky smells.
Besides when you are in a profession, and expected to dress professionally you need to wear stockings to keep the minds of co-workers on business instead of a bare leg.
Also there are those women who have SHAPE between their legs and the shape rubs and
creates blisters when they are walking a long way.
I had worn stockings since I was in Jr High, and as I grew up, and shape came out all over me as I matured into a woman, even though I was slim, I had shape between my legs and it rubbed and made blisters. I was at a beach city and we walked in sun dresses and sandals around the beach edge. I had no stockings on, and had to stop a 1/3 way and buy panty hose, and cut off the feet from above the knee down so the skin between my legs upper thighs did not keep bleeding from the constant wearing on each other. It was painful, and a horribly embarrassing experience. Now I know why those women years ago had bloomers, long and short, so the SHAPELY women could be comfortable walking everywhere as they had to in those days. In those days women were taught to walk with their legs close together as a PROPER LADY OF THAT DAY. Today women walk with their legs apart CLOMPING about gracelessly moving around the room or down the street. Men like a graceful lady walk, such as the RED HEAD ON THE MOVIE "MAD MEN" who is curvy but graceful, and if a woman has SHAPE between her legs, she hits inner thigh and between the knees and wears blisters there. Thus in those early days, short bloomers and long below the knees bloomers came about as a NECESSITY.

I like the way legs look with panty hose...but hot and humid weather makes you think twice BEFORE wearing them!

I am glad pantyhose are back. I have a disease called Lupus that affects the skin so my legs are covered .....and my legs are not noticed so much,

Men like women in stockings? Haha, I think not. My husband likes my bare legs. Our legs are natural. Why is it necessary to wear stockings? It's not like I'm running around wearing a mini skirt all day. If I wear a calf or knee length skirt, why is it so terrible for people to be able to see the lower part of my legs? It isn't. I don't know anyone under the age of 50 who still wears stockings. Both my mother and my mother-in-law never wear them. Only one of my grandmothers does. I've never been told by anyone that I should be wearing them. Also, I don't bother with tanning. I actually prefer to be pale. I still wear skirts and no stockings. My legs look fine. I had no idea that some people were so uptight about something so stupid as stockings.

Unreal. Her poor husband. Rebellion is great, but when you want to attract the opposite sex and keep them interested...you need to realize what they like and want. Too much rebellion is not a good thing. Men like women in stockings. This uptight society;s women need to realize that. To Hell with what we men like, they don't have to do it. OK, it'll come back and bite you in the #$%$ one day.

Since I wear real shoes to work and not flip-flops, I prefer to wear hose with skirts. I may switch to thigh-highs for summer, but dress shoes without hose are sooo uncomfortable.

I am 43 and I still wear them, still love them, and would not dream of going out in public for work, church, evenings out, etc without them. I have better things to do with my time than go sit in some tanning booth and the stupid lotion tanners always come out orange-y and splotchy-especially on my knees which tend to be rough and dry no matter how much lotion I use. Besides, a pair of pantyhose instantly takes off several pounds, make your clothes fit smoother, and gives you a look of elegance and lasting style. I think it's sad to see families come to church in jeans and t-shirts or worse, shorts and tank tops. When did church stop being a special occasion that you dressed up for? I look forward to dressing up on Sunday. I can and do wear jeans every day. Church is my chance to dress a little nicer than usual. When I see young women walking around the office, I can't believe how many times I see a fellow employee walk down the hall with her ass jiggling (instantly adding ten pounds to the way she looks), and either panylines, or the obvious traces of a thong or no panties of all. Slips seem to have gone out of style also! While I on a roll, can I also rant about women, even very young girls whose bra straps show. For God's sake wear a bra that's appropriate to the outfit you are wearing. I don't need to know that you are wearing a hot pink bra under that black tanktop. And if you are doing it to attract some guy who IS intersted in what you are wearing under your clothes: Get real, it makes you look cheap and easy. They only care about what's under your clothes, not who's in them.

Remember the Mayflower Madame movie? She told her "girls" to wear hose so they wouldn't look like hookers. Sorry, but bare legs, unless you have on a sundress, makes you look cheap. Only rich women like Mrs. Obama can have perfectly tended legs and get away with it. Most of the rest of us look like we left the house in a hurry.

You'll never catch me in a dress and heels without stockings. It looks tacky no matter what time of year. If you're going to go to the effort to dress up, why stop short. Besides, a pair of bare feet in heels is just downright uncomfortable.

I guess I will chime in here. I am a baby boomer and when I grew up, my mom would not allow me or my sister to leave the house if we weren't dressed correctly. On going to Sunday dinner that meant, a dress, hosiery, proper shoes, gloves and a hat. I did not own a pair of jeans until I was in college, and even my mom would berate me for not dressing appropiately as a young lady should. Today I am one of the few women at the office who continue to wear a dress or skirt suit to the office including all the necessary accesories. My late husband appreciated that I dressed in what would be considered an old fashioned way.

well in italy everyone wears pantyhose, especially when it's cold... nobody is so stupid to put a skirt in the winter barelegged... and here there is no crisis actually there are 2 major chains of stores that sell only hosiery and they have seen no crisis

Girls u don't realize how much u lowered your beauty standards when u gave up hose! Nylons of any type intensify a womans looks no matter how bad or perfect your legs are. A view from a male with fashion sense.

I think the panty hose really enhance women's leggs an make them more attractive and they are very comfortable and chic . Kate certainly is a lady and great role model to our young girls with so many crazy wild ones out there, its refreshing to see style , class , modesty and good happy marriage.

I for one am glad to see panty hose returning, in professional and formal settings I have always worn hose. I am a tired of seeing these god awful tatoos on pale, pasty, scarred legs. Men love stockings the texture and the mystery of a pair of legs in nice hosiery.

Bare legs and flip flops are so unprofessional looking. I am annoyed by this trend in the workplace, and hope it reverses to some degree. If you have a nice pedicure, and wear nice sandals, fine. But flip flops look like you're going out to the beach. Ladies, we want to look professional.

Pantyhose is not dead...at least in my book. Under jeans or pants, its clearly its not needed - trouser socks work best. But for the work place, if you're wearing a dress, skirt or skirt suit, you should wear sheer hose. Here in NYC, summer can be unbearably hot some days, so on those days I wear stockings (garter belt and stockings, yes!). It makes wearing hose to work bearable while standing on a hot! hot! hot! subway platform waiting for a train. And 'cause it not joined into a "panty," its a whole lot cooler and cuts down on sweat.

My husband absolutely loves when I wear them, even just around the house! He is obsessed with them and goes crazy over the sheer, off black, especially if they have a certain percentage of Spandex in the cloth and sheen to it. I always have a backup pairs. It's great to get them when they get marked down at Walgreen's. They make your wardrobe look complete, are good for circulation/preventing veins popping out and feel great! Very fem.

I think pantyhose look great and feel so sexy when you touch a woman's legs who is wearing them. My wife wears them all the time and I love it!

Nothing like white, blue veined legs with bruises to make you go blind. Most women with out stocking have truly disgusting looking legs. Walk around you home and revolt your boy friend, girl friend, significant other, or spouse if they have not left. But, stay out of the public eye unless your legs are toned and tanned.

One of the reasons that pantyhose has been a thing of the past is that casual shoes have taken over in the past 15 years. Prior to that women wore heels nearly every day if they were working; and pantyhose was like the frame surrounding the picture. Fashion comes and goes. We have become a casual country. Women either get totally decked out; or not decked out at all. Nothing in the middle. The days of Hollywood have been long gone. Look at Audret Hepburn in slacks and ballet shoes; she appears totally dressed.