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The bare-legged look is so over if you live anywhere with 4 seasons. Please ladies, put on some tights or pantyhose.
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11.07.09, 09:10 AM Flag ]
- THANK YOU! My company just instituted a dress code that prohibits bare legs -- either male OR female. THANK GOD.
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  11.07.09, 09:12 AM Flag
  - Mine too; I think it looks kind of skanky to have bare legs in the middle of winter.
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    11.07.09, 09:13 AM Flag
    - It looks skanky to have bare legs anywhere but the beach or a picnic.
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      11.07.09, 09:15 AM Flag
    - Forget skanky. It makes you look like a total idiot if you have bare legs when it's this cold outside. You wouldn't go out with only a tanktop on, so why do this? Dumb, dumb, dumb.
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      11.07.09, 09:29 AM Flag
  - what industry??
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    11.07.09, 09:29 AM Flag
  - Even if you have tall boots & just an inch between skirt & boot? Very uncomfortable.
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    11.07.09, 10:51 AM Flag
    - don't you worry about looking like Stevie Nicks?
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      11.07.09, 10:53 AM Flag
      - LOL! Doesn't have to be a Stevie Nicks look, but I can see how it can lend itself to that
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        11.07.09, 10:53 AM Flag
        
        If you feel confident pulling it off, go for it, I don't think people are talking about an inch of bare skin. I love my knee high boots, but the Stevie Nicks thing worries me, so I wear with dark solid or patterned pantyhose and a straight skirt cut an inch or two above the knee.
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        11.07.09, 10:56 AM Flag
  - Dear God, about time.
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    11.28.09, 06:04 PM Flag
- i'm so tired of open-toed shoes... it's november~!
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  11.07.09, 09:27 AM Flag
  - the worst is open toed shoes in the colder months with a red toenail peeking through; I'm not partial to that look any time of year, but definitely should be confined to business casual offices in summer months
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    11.07.09, 09:31 AM Flag
- I hate tights and pantyhose and don't plan on wearing tights all winter if I'm wearing dresses and why would anyone care? I think it hardly looks skanky for me to wear my slightly below the knee dress with my boots to work and then switch to flats while there. If it's really that cold I'll wear pants, but if not my calves will be fine. What's the big deal?
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  11.07.09, 10:16 AM Flag
  - do men walk around with their bare shins sticking out?
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    11.07.09, 10:19 AM Flag
    - Men don't wear dresses.
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      11.07.09, 10:39 AM Flag
    - unfortunately, some do. blech
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      11.07.09, 10:40 AM Flag
    - Do men walk around with their pantyhose-covered legs sticking out? Have some common sense, please.
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      11.07.09, 11:15 AM Flag
      - You're right. ALL dresses should come down to the floor: http://www.vintagevixen.com/imagesTEST/historyImages/1900day.jpg
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        11.07.09, 11:21 AM Flag
- i'm californian - wearing stockings all the time is crazy to me. i'd rather wear pants.
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  11.07.09, 10:42 AM Flag
  - that makes sense, you don't live somewhere with 4 seasons and are probably tan all year round
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    11.07.09, 10:48 AM Flag
  - So apparently there's white trash everywhere. I'm Californian, and I would never be seen in a professional or formal setting without hose.
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    11.07.09, 11:18 AM Flag
    - Meanie; it really depends on what type of industry you work in and what type of setting your office has
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      11.07.09, 11:24 AM Flag
      - Unless it's a maid service or a warehouse of some sort, you should be wearing hose.
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        11.07.09, 11:26 AM Flag
    - Great to hear your comment. I live in CA also, and I hate looking at women in short dresses that think their bare legs look just so hot. Tasteless and tacky looking. When the hell did this tacky look start and why ?
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      11.28.09, 05:55 PM Flag
  - Actually, I live in CA and mostly I think the rule applies everywhere during the winter. The current style is to wear tights. I guess you don't have to but you also do not have to be stylish.
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    11.07.09, 02:09 PM Flag
- And knock off the hooker shoes in the office while you're at it. Unless you work at the Badda Bing, silver platform stilettos are not business appropriate.
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  11.07.09, 10:45 AM Flag
  - ITA, why do people want to look sexy at work? Can't you save it for going out at night or for weekends?
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    11.07.09, 10:47 AM Flag
- Am I crazy? I SAH now but I have an ivy MBA and a lot of work experience in corporate settings. I wasn't aware that "hose" were still a thing. People still wear them? Someone's calves bother you? Oh I forget. This is UrbanRepublican. Sorry.
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  11.07.09, 12:05 PM Flag
  - This board is lefty.
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    11.07.09, 12:15 PM Flag
    - NP: LOL. Compared to what?
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      11.07.09, 12:16 PM Flag
  - Hose were out, now they're back.
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    11.07.09, 12:16 PM Flag
    - ITA.
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      11.07.09, 09:33 PM Flag
    - ITA. The same women who wouldn't be caught with bare legs this winter wouldn't have been caught wearing hose 2 years ago. Fashion changes and right now, bare legs are out.
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      11.28.09, 06:08 PM Flag
  - ITA agree. Have lots of experience in elite NYC firms, and had no idea this was an issue.
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    11.07.09, 02:40 PM Flag
    - It is at my firm. Do you still work?
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      11.07.09, 03:26 PM Flag
      - yes.
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        11.07.09, 03:33 PM Flag
  - Wait a minute ! You didn't say exactly what planet you were living on. This is the third planet from the sun in the Milky Way Galaxy. I have an MBA also, but what the hell does that have to do with looking skanky.............. ?
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    11.28.09, 05:59 PM Flag
- Not for me. I hate wearing tights, leggings, or pantyhose. If people don't want to see bare legs, then they don't have to look.
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  11.07.09, 01:58 PM Flag
  - I hate having to cover my penis. But in a civilized society, we sometimes have to do things we "hate" to do.
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    11.07.09, 02:14 PM Flag
    - Good point- some of these people need to get a real problem!!!!!
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      11.07.09, 03:09 PM Flag
    - Your penis and my legs are not the same thing. Your legs and my legs would be a better comparison.
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      11.07.09, 03:11 PM Flag
      - They still need a life and a real problem.
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        11.07.09, 03:12 PM Flag
        
        agreed!
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        11.07.09, 03:15 PM Flag
- Never wear hose or tights. If it's too cold I wear pants. What industry do you work in? I am in finance and most women ( at least the young ones) don't wear hose.
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  11.07.09, 09:30 PM Flag
  - I know, they wear sweat pants and flip flops to work ...................and elsewhere too !
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    11.28.09, 06:00 PM Flag
- Fashion-oblivious DH; So, this visceral disgust at bare legs has nothing to do with hygiene? Its just a matter of what's fashionable now (verses 10 years ago), and whether one is tanned and has great legs? That's funny.
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  11.29.09, 02:59 PM Flag

The bare-legged look is so over if you live anywhere with 4 seasons. Please ladies, put on some tights or pantyhose.

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The bare-legged look is so over if you live anywhere with 4 seasons. Please ladies, put on some tights or pantyhose.

THANK YOU! My company just instituted a dress code that prohibits bare legs -- either male OR female. THANK GOD.

Mine too; I think it looks kind of skanky to have bare legs in the middle of winter.

It looks skanky to have bare legs anywhere but the beach or a picnic.

Forget skanky. It makes you look like a total idiot if you have bare legs when it's this cold outside. You wouldn't go out with only a tanktop on, so why do this? Dumb, dumb, dumb.

what industry??

Even if you have tall boots & just an inch between skirt & boot? Very uncomfortable.

don't you worry about looking like Stevie Nicks?

LOL! Doesn't have to be a Stevie Nicks look, but I can see how it can lend itself to that

If you feel confident pulling it off, go for it, I don't think people are talking about an inch of bare skin. I love my knee high boots, but the Stevie Nicks thing worries me, so I wear with dark solid or patterned pantyhose and a straight skirt cut an inch or two above the knee.

Dear God, about time.

i'm so tired of open-toed shoes... it's november~!

the worst is open toed shoes in the colder months with a red toenail peeking through; I'm not partial to that look any time of year, but definitely should be confined to business casual offices in summer months

do men walk around with their bare shins sticking out?

Men don't wear dresses.

unfortunately, some do. blech

Do men walk around with their pantyhose-covered legs sticking out? Have some common sense, please.

You're right. ALL dresses should come down to the floor: http://www.vintagevixen.com/imagesTEST/historyImages/1900day.jpg

i'm californian - wearing stockings all the time is crazy to me. i'd rather wear pants.

that makes sense, you don't live somewhere with 4 seasons and are probably tan all year round

So apparently there's white trash everywhere. I'm Californian, and I would never be seen in a professional or formal setting without hose.

Meanie; it really depends on what type of industry you work in and what type of setting your office has

Unless it's a maid service or a warehouse of some sort, you should be wearing hose.

Great to hear your comment. I live in CA also, and I hate looking at women in short dresses that think their bare legs look just so hot. Tasteless and tacky looking. When the hell did this tacky look start and why ?

Actually, I live in CA and mostly I think the rule applies everywhere during the winter. The current style is to wear tights. I guess you don't have to but you also do not have to be stylish.

And knock off the hooker shoes in the office while you're at it. Unless you work at the Badda Bing, silver platform stilettos are not business appropriate.

ITA, why do people want to look sexy at work? Can't you save it for going out at night or for weekends?

Am I crazy? I SAH now but I have an ivy MBA and a lot of work experience in corporate settings. I wasn't aware that "hose" were still a thing. People still wear them? Someone's calves bother you? Oh I forget. This is UrbanRepublican. Sorry.

This board is lefty.

NP: LOL. Compared to what?

Hose were out, now they're back.

ITA.

ITA. The same women who wouldn't be caught with bare legs this winter wouldn't have been caught wearing hose 2 years ago. Fashion changes and right now, bare legs are out.

ITA agree. Have lots of experience in elite NYC firms, and had no idea this was an issue.

It is at my firm. Do you still work?

yes.

Wait a minute ! You didn't say exactly what planet you were living on. This is the third planet from the sun in the Milky Way Galaxy. I have an MBA also, but what the hell does that have to do with looking skanky.............. ?

Not for me. I hate wearing tights, leggings, or pantyhose. If people don't want to see bare legs, then they don't have to look.

I hate having to cover my penis. But in a civilized society, we sometimes have to do things we "hate" to do.

Good point- some of these people need to get a real problem!!!!!

Your penis and my legs are not the same thing. Your legs and my legs would be a better comparison.

They still need a life and a real problem.

agreed!

Never wear hose or tights. If it's too cold I wear pants. What industry do you work in? I am in finance and most women ( at least the young ones) don't wear hose.

I know, they wear sweat pants and flip flops to work ...................and elsewhere too !

Fashion-oblivious DH; So, this visceral disgust at bare legs has nothing to do with hygiene? Its just a matter of what's fashionable now (verses 10 years ago), and whether one is tanned and has great legs? That's funny.