my company do, as dress formality in suit, especially facing customer a lot. Hose is must, only black or skin color. I prefer support style as I am on my feet most of the time.
For me, cleaning daily is a must, hygienic reason as weather is hot and humid.

ms

@peppermilk,

It depends , dress code does have it's good and bad, I need not to worry too much what to wear in the morning, need not worry about repeated my wardrobe too often.

As for hosiery, even if company do not mandate uniform, I think I will wear hosiery still, especially those support type if I am on extended hour of standing or seating. For comfort and leg health.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/785367/+256#

ms

Use and throw is cool idea, may not be too environment friendly though. I usually managed to get good number of wear with proper care, from those better quality support hose. One thing I noticed those cheap cosmetic hose, they can be unpredictable as weather and runs often in most critical moment.. .. for that reason, I usually stayed shy away from black hose, when there's run, it's so obvious. really hate that and usually only discovered immediately after one washroom visit, makes me had to do another to change it.

ms

wao, science of fabric..
Usually support style hosiery I am wearing feels tight, but not undersized. The better quality one usually only started developing run/hole after many washes / wears. The cheapo can even have a run on the first wear.
Pebble mesh ? Any brand uses that knitting method ?

ms

@Kelly2bee,

Nice to find you here .. any luck with shops that sells better quality garter ? Care to share ? If you do not mind internet shopping, try google "secrets in lace". I saw their collections before, quite nice and comes with steel clips. But the price is a bit dear .. another one try google "stockingshq" , they also have garter collection (or called suspender by British), good collection of stockings designed to be worn with garter (without the tight elastic bands).

You also gave me an idea of garter belt and stockings , I am eying support style stocking (ELBEO), but may not be brave enough to wear one , my working skirt is a bit tight and the bump do show. Wearing it with pants is even more visible. I really salute your courage to wear to work. ..

@Krayzie,
I am assuming you are a man, and yes, some of us wearing it do know that magic effect. Some girls hated it because of lack of knowledge on how to wear one nicely, or did not manage to indulge in a good pair of pantyhose.
If you want to see your gf wearing it, maybe can think of spoiling her with a pair of "wolford" as birthday gift. If she is completely clueless about how to wear one,
I did decent write up about it here. You can refer her this link,,

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/785367/+280#entry33317060

As for your company lady colleagues that broke all the hose, maybe can refer them the same link if they are close enough to you for clothing advice.

Now, if you are a man and also interested in wearing one, a few guys in the forum there has some helpful tips, also there some man style pantyhose being discussed, try google "comfilon".

Yes, whatever your interest is, forum always welcome you.. Poking fun on ladies that do not wear hose or those not knowing how to wear one properly probably isn't that nice at all.

ms

@lexiqa,

I am youngish late 20s . Ya, is company policy for me as I had to meet customer frequently , whenever I am wearing skirt .(Our company calls for suit skirt or pants), usually is skin tone or black pantyhose, I prefer skin tone whenever I am wearing skirt.

It is really not too bad, project a nice professional image too, and lessen the worry about what to wear each day because is just suit. I saw that you are involve in recruiting business and you know well how important it is to project professional image of yourself in a first few seconds of job interview.

Many ladies do not like wearing hose because of our climate condition, but if it becomes a job need, one just has to find ways around it, I was able to get over that..I usually prefer support type hosiery as I am on my feet a lot, walking and standing,
more reading here..
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/785367/+285

ms

"Guess where pantyhose came from - European countries. What do you think the difference between those countries and Malaysia is? COLD LAH. I'm in NZ and lots of women in skirts here wear pantyhose, and it totally makes sense, because you need a protective layer over your bare legs or you'll freeze to death. It's just silly Malaysia that tries to adopt all those trends without bothering to think about climate suitability."

@Althea,
Not really that "silly" at all. Just a dress code. Besides, support pantyhose can be quite helpful if you are on your feet for long hour during working. besides looking nice and neat . Some ladies just have some scars or blemishes on their leg, hosiery is nice to help conceal that.

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"got such company to force the female staff to wear pantyhose everyday? so weird "

When I went interview for the job I am currently doing, I was asked before if I have any problem having to dress up formal. I said no. I guess flight attendants job is one such category, kind of hard to say that I want the job but I do not want to wear your uniform .. and such and such.

Basically having a job is our freedom, if the job requires me to wear skimpy revealing dresses because I meet many male customers , using dressing as sex appeal as part of my job, I probably do not want that kind of job, but some lady probably likes it very much , then it is their freedom.

My current job just requires me to wear suit , and if skirt, must wear pantyhose as formality. Just that my earlier experience of hose wearing was not good, but I slowly found my way around it making the experience much better now.

ms