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“I’m incapable of choosing the right colour for my tights. Especially during autumn, when the cold starts. I never look good. In the shops, they always tell you the same thing: they try them on your hand and based on that, they give you a certain colour. But I just can’t get it right. I hope you can help me…Thanks”

A lot of you have been asking for guidance on the differences between stockings and tights. And how to wear them. You’re in luck. Mid-season is the perfect time to get out your stockings and your tights and mix them for a perfect blend of style and warmth.

What do stockings bring to your look?

Functionality

Take the chance to glamourise and remodel your legs and their contour. Or choose to Impress in a dress, mini-skirt or shorts even when you prefer to conceal any part of your legs.

Bring out the fantasy of your outfit with colour and daring style.

Feminine Accessory

Stockings were a luxury item during war times. But the discovery of nylon popularised them, empowering women to take advantage of the first tights to show off their legs.

Understand the difference between tights, stockings and short stockings

Stockings

The classics. Stockings were first to appear.
Cover your leg up until about mid-thigh height.
Reserve them for special occasions.

Short stockings

Thin sock with a touch of sophistication.
Pair them with specific footwear because they don’t heat as much.
Add some fun to your trousers look.

Tights

Sheer, skin-tight garment.
Dress up your legs from feet to waist and ditch the girdle.
Show off your legs and embrace the new sexy.

How to choose stockings

Consider the thickness

If they’re thicker, they’re stronger, but they show less leg.
Choose thicker stockings to reduce the volume of your legs or disguise imperfections
Understand deniers to talk about the stockings’ opacity.

Consider the colour

Natural:

There are almost as many tones as there are skin colours.
Enhance the skin’s natural colour.
Reach for them in spring and autumn or when you have a wedding or an event.
Choose a tone that’s slightly darker than your skin.

Colour:

Black is most common. But colours like marine blue, burgundy or green also look great.
Feel liberated to combine skirts and dresses thanks to the different colours.
Choose dark colours to sharpen, light colours to visually enlarge the legs.

Prints:

There are a variety of prints (moles, stripes, flowers).
Choose a bigger the print to bring more volume, an adventure, to the legs.

Finish

Reduce volume with a matte finish and bring out volume with a shine finish.

Events

The big question: Do you wear stockings or not?
If you have beautiful, tanned legs, the outfit doesn’t need an extra touch (fine dresses, satin, very tight) and it’s not cold you can leave the stockings at home.
If it’s cold or you feel overexposed, choose a stocking (even reductive ones) as similar as possible to your skin tone to avoid contrast, as matte as possible and if you wear sandals, choose a seamless finish on the toe.

7 Tips to help you choose the perfect stockings

Fuse your shoe colour with the colour of your stockings to lengthen your legs.
For very high, or over the knee, boots choose the most worn or economical tights as they tear easily.
Be careful not to show the top of the tight if you wear shorts or skirts.
Take advantage of wearing tighter garments with reducing tights.
Explore the many options for compression stockings if you have problems with varicose veins or blood circulation.
Be careful where you sit to not tear your stockings. Choose a medium thickness and be sure they’re resistant.
Choose the right size of tights, by looking at the table in the packaging.

How To Look Fame and Sexy

You’re going on a date with a man whom you genuinely like! You’re hoping that he is as attracted to you as you are to him. We hope so, too…that’s what we call a win-win. But stop for a moment and enjoy the feeling. Sexiness, after all, is about anticipation…so keep the concept of anticipation in the back of your mind as you dress for your evening out. And here are a few other tips on how to dress sexy and have fun while you’re at it.

Emphasize your best features. “But all your features are good,” you say? Choose just one (with any luck, he’ll get to see the others later), be it your upper arms, decolletage, legs, waist or face. Dress in clothing in such a way as to draw attention to your best feature. For example, a woman who is thick on the bottom but bodacious on the top will do better in a long skirt and body-hugging bodice that draws the eye upward to lass bambas. By highlighting just one feature with your sexy attire, you’ll know that you’re not going over the top.

Leave something to the imagination. Just as you don’t want to be hitting grand slams out of the ballpark on your first date, so you don’t want to be showing off all of your assets at once. Titillate (not literally!), tantalize, and let his imagination fill in the blanks (men have been filling in the blanks for much of their lives…believe me, they are up to the task). You can wear sexy womens clothing that still leaves something to the imagination. You are providing visual cues and clues as to what else awaits him. Don’t underestimate the power of his imagination.

Stay on top of the trends. Just by staying in touch with current fashion trends, you demonstrate a certain degree of sophistication. When your date first sees you enter the room, you don’t want him to think to himself, “Oh my God, she walked straight out of the seventies.” While no one expects you to follow the latest trends straight off the catwalks of Milan, they do expect to see you in a low-rise pant and chunky heel rather than baggies and clogs. Best of all, display your creativity, sexy style and originality by putting your own spin on the latest trends.

Consider the fabric. You want him to want to touch you, right? Wear fabrics with a nice feel to them that practically invite his touch. Think softand silky, not rigid or starched. Also consider the flow of the fabric as you move. Does it gently swish with your sway? Will your dress pouf just a bit as you walk down the stairs? Perfect. A cone bra under a starched oxford? No. Silk shirt with rayon blend skirt? Yes.

Just because you’re wearing high heels doesnt mean you’re hot. Have you seen those women stuffed into high heels that are far too high and narrow for them? Don’t do it. Footwear is an important part of the overall image you present. Think of what you wear on your feet as one of the key tone-setters for your ensemble. These sexy shoes can be a hit or a miss. Say you’re wearing a skirt that is mid-thigh, with a modest long-sleeve blouse. High heels take the outfit in one direction and flats in another…perhaps a middle-of-the-road heel leaves some room for interpretation? (And don’t even think about thigh-high boots unless your “date” is an audition at the local strip club.)

Stay this side of slutty. Slutty is too much, too fast, too soon. Stay as far away from these descriptors in the wardrobe department as you do in your behavior, and you’ll be fine. This means that just a hint of that hollow between your breasts is sexier than a no-holds-barred cleavage cavalcade. And don’t forget that collarbones can be just as sexy as cleavage……when framed properly.