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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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
  - what industry??
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    11.07.09, 09:29 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - don't you worry about looking like Stevie Nicks?
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      11.07.09, 10:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - 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 | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
- i'm so tired of open-toed shoes... it's november~!
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  11.07.09, 09:27 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - do men walk around with their bare shins sticking out?
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    11.07.09, 10:19 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Men don't wear dresses.
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      11.07.09, 10:39 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - unfortunately, some do. blech
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      11.07.09, 10:40 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - 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 | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - 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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - This board is lefty.
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    11.07.09, 12:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - NP: LOL. Compared to what?
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      11.07.09, 12:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Hose were out, now they're back.
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    11.07.09, 12:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - ITA.
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      11.07.09, 09:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - It is at my firm. Do you still work?
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      11.07.09, 03:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - yes.
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        11.07.09, 03:33 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - Good point- some of these people need to get a real problem!!!!!
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      11.07.09, 03:09 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - They still need a life and a real problem.
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        11.07.09, 03:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        agreed!
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        11.07.09, 03:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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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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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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