I am new here, I was reading the thread with interesting feeling. I like to share my experience and I am not selling hosiery for living.

Some wanted fancy looking tights,some thought of it as passing trend, too hot and humid for our country, mostly for the sake of fashion,some thinking of it as business,  as for me, is more of necessity . I wear pantyhose on daily basis, it was troublesome initially , some younger colleague even thought of wearing skin color hose as being old lady. Wearing pantyhose as professional wardrobe is more like dying arts.

In my late 20s, few years ago, I took on job involves in consulting and marketing. Where I was on my feet most of the time. Company has guidelines of female staff wearing hosiery all the time, and no exception, matching dark suit pants or skirt, knee length. As for hosiery, only two colors allow, black or skin tone and no other color, no fancy looking patterns, we meet customers almost on daily basis. I know some of you boys out there must be fantasizing about OL, don;t even think about that.

Initially was quite a nag, I used to buy cheap brand that ripped easily. At some stage, keeping an extra pair in my handbag was never enough, I also avoid black color pantyhose and opted for skin color, in case it runs, at least not too obvious. Price and brand do make a big different.

I was fortunate enough to have opportunity to travel to US a few times, where I bought some US brand (no wolford and anything pricey o designer ), I bought Hanes Alive support and Leggs active support, around U$7 a pair. It was very lasting, and interestingly, it is where I discovered benefit of support hosiery. Being on my feet all the time can be very helpful wearing support pantyhose, it hugs the leg very well and make you feel less tiring. Only 1 warning, it took some effort to pull them on, believe me..

Incidentally, I got to know some flight attendant while in US, they were the one recommended Hanes support to me. I also asked a flight attendant friend before, she sold me Kolotex shear relief from Australia, she and her colleague using it all the time. It was quite good, very lasting , and compress leg well at lower ankle region. Actually, Kolotex relief packaging cover features two flight attendants !

I usually dislike very high heels, (~ 2inches), worn with support hose, quite refreshing even at the end of the day, , much less tiring leg. An important reminder is, support hose comes in sizes, you need to know well about the right size when buying them, the cheap brand that claims one size/free size fits all never worked, one size over is usually ok.Good quality durable pantyhose usually has higher spandex content, makes it more stretchable.

The second part of the story, hot and humid. That is how I noticed the design of pantyhose from overseas, it has nice special crotch design between two legs , those cheap brand made locally usually lacked that feature and ripped between legs easily. There were some brand that comes with knitted panty pattern, yes, it was supposed to be worn without panties , at least I never believed that before I was told by the flight attendant friend (please don't get wrong idea about flight attendant). In hot humid condition, yeast infection usually thrives in moist environment. The best is leave them ventilated without extra panties in between, sorry guys, it's about female hygene education time. Wearing panties below also leave the pantyhose to slide down much more easily,yes, pantyhose worn in direct contact skin makes it stay up much better . Some ladies complain a lot about after lunch, pantyhose is almost down to knees, makes walking difficult.

Many ladies, myself included used to think that pantyhose was like a pair of sock to be worn before flying out of the door, actually, the best way to wear pantyhose is before even wearing anything, best done in front of full length mirror, seated prperly . Usually not properly pull up or twisted leg makes it uncomfortable to wear.  I used to struggle pulling my hose obscured by skirt, after sometimes, tearing it instead.  I realized that some effort is usually needed to roll the leg part and pull it up properly to cover the body, after that do a thorough inspection in mirror front. To me, I began to appreciate the benefit of pantyhose only when I managed to  wear them properly and tried out decent quality .Even with suit pants, I usually prefer support pantyhose over knee hi, knee-hi left nasty looking marks after full day of wearing.

Pantyhose for me is more than just cosmetic feature to conceal imperfection or wardrobe formality, it gives me nice feel of support and comfort too. When I travel, it provided extra layer of warmth.

As for the brave man that resorted to wearing pantyhose, I have nothing but praise, yes, you are free to wear anything you like, for your own benefit.

ms

evilhomura89,



Also, some local specialty shop that sells hosiery also not too motivated to market their products. I have been to a few shops before, the sales person also do not know well about their product knowledge, whenever I asked for those support style/strength, or those with special crotch design, they were completely clueless. Also, for business owner, why not give the sales lady a few pairs and ask her to wear it while selling the product.. but too stingy, she wear "slipper and jeans". Sorry , I kind of bad mouth many local biz a lot..



ms

evilhomura89,

I am in a good mood to write a bit,,

Nice site you got there, way to go on your cause to drive trend for pantyhose wearing man.

interestingly, I think earlier trend of exposing legwear covered legs were from men (robinhood in green tights?!), women worn gown that covered everything. Just that the hemline got higher and women started exposing leg and pantyhose become a piece of practical garment to covered the legs, more of climatic reason, that's why invention came from west instead, also during the prime time of mini-skirt fashion.

It 's good that you admired ladies that appreciate dressing up the legs, but be wary of too directly telling her (those around you or strangers)..an advice from a woman, hehe , sometime it may invite unexpected consequences, unless you are truly close to her to be able to compliment or criticize her, or else take a few short glance (for your eye pleasure) and just give her smiling of approval.

I noticed recent year of pantyhose trend came mostly from entertainment media, a lot of ladies just wear shorts with black tights (opaque pantyhose), "gossip girls" also helped quite a bit. No wonder someone posted here "as passing trend". That was quite a valid comment.

Also, some local specialty shop that sells hosiery also not too motivated to market their products. I have been to a few shops before, the sales person also do not know well about their product knowledge, whenever I asked for those support style/strength, or those with special crotch design, they were completely clueless. Also, for business owner, why not give the sales lady a few pairs and ask her to wear it while selling the product.. but too stingy, she wear "slipper and jeans". Sorry , I kind of bad mouth many local biz a lot..

On "troublesome, stereotyping"  ,even I faced same kind of problem from ladies too, when I asked for skin /tan color pantyhose,  once a sales lady that tried to sell me some fancy design tights told me it looked like old lady to wear skin color hosiery. I nearly wanted to slap her right there. She obviously has not seen a Hot Hooter girl before.

ms

If I remember correctly, Hoot** girl is wearing those. Some of those are footless. I have not tried them before. My own supply of Han** and Leg**, still a lot, and quite lasting too with proper care.

1 thing I do notice that even the brand I am wearing did not appear glossy, but when photo taken of me with flash, it did show up the glossy look like you mentioned. The lycra content is quite high, I think that is what making it shine. The punishing thing about wearing hose in Malaysia is weather, hot and humid , going way too thick really put me off . Support style hose that is both sheer and strong is hard to come by. I got stuck on it more of necessity and health, standing on my job a lot.

ms
I had to blank out some trade name, cos I did not want to appear like promoting certain brand name or condemn it, maybe in violation of forum rules.

first of all, hi and welcome to LYN
The Peavey/Tamara tights are the ones used by hooter girls
I'm not sure about practical daily usage for the glossy shine tights as it's kinda match your clothing isn't it?

of coz those hose r not for daily use, but for other occasion such as dinner or clubbing shd be fine, right?

@Rikrik,
If you feel good about it, feel comfortable with it. Just wear it have a great time in your outings.

If you are daring enough to wear it , those wanting to dress like you will sure ask you where did you get them from, how does it feel ? Soon, you will be leading the trend.

@evilhomura89,
Thank you on the info about  Gunze, will check that one out when time to top up my inventory.
I came across this brand "relaxsan", I kind of like the design of the back, extra padding, and also the heel feature , usually the extra heel design is the one providing support, kolotex has this design and I somewhat like it.

http://image.rakuten.co.jp/aimere/cabinet/...img55491737.jpg

Only thing is,not cheap onwards of U$20, but has accurate pressure value.

ms

definitely it feel comfortable and smooth...  i think glossy type of pantyhose will be accepted soon, just some1 hav to start with it.

i try before pantyhose oroblu brand, it was kinda shape up type, and some compression apply along ur legs, feel tight and lasting 2. but if u wear underwear underneath it, it feels hot and strange, bcoz they have crotch panel and quite thick layer from hips to waist part, but along ur legs is just 20D. last time i bought it from korea website, but now they don sell it anymore.

Thank you all for the heaps of praise on my opinions, I thought I just shared about the benefit of wearing support hose with how to wear them with comfort , I used to despise the fact the my choice of dresses was limited by my job, but as it turned out more like blessing , I save a good deal of $ of having to refresh my working wardrobe all year around and, instead invested in better quality support hose to help me in my job , am I getting lesser of attention ? Not really, my appearance sometime even invite negative attention too, like an OL ( I know what you boys out are thinking about..sometimes I did get freaky stare too ) .. but a little personal adventure, experiments and reading goes a long way to make the experience works in my favor.

Now, I am overloaded with many brand name options to think about, Charnos, Oroblu, Gunze, Pretty Polly, .. and many many more. Now I see that I know too little, need to learn even more. And the best part is, I am learning them from guys, come on gals, throw in some experience too, you little good practices that can help make the experience better , we can certainly do much more better..

@gnoelhot,
Thanks for the flattering PM. Thanks for the funky ideas about two layers.. will keep that in mind for fancy dress event.

@evilhomura ,
It's just a piece of garment women can freely wear, but fewer ladies are wearing them these days . Guys are screaming out to wear them in open with public acceptance but afraid of being laughed at . Guess we are in the minority as society outcast ,,
I am sure there are ways you can help it become mainstream..

This is an article about compression tights and how it aids runner in controlling muscle fatigue..

http://www.runningplanet.com/training/comp...ce-runners.html

Maybe pick up running as exercise, wear your support hose out in open, or even cycling , or hiking.. when being asked, just share your experience with them.

When I read this article about a year ago, it reminded me of the swim suit that covered the whole body, those looked like ladies swim wear in supermarket , now helping the man swimmer to break all the swimming records, until the governing body almost wanted to ban it,, if the male swimmer were still stuck in old swimming trunk, none of the new world record would have been possible, progress of the world is usually shaped by those refused to be conventional and defy status quo.

amazing isn't it.. sorry,,  story side track quite a bit..

-ms