no boys allowed in the room!!!!

The best black tights I have ever had are Donna Karan matte jersey - I don't know if they're still made but I have some pairs that are eeeeeeasily 20 years old and appear to be bulletproof. In the meantime, try Tabio (Japanese, expensive) or the budgety British store New Look's 120 denier tights - a fashion editor I know who's tried both says 'better than Chanel'.

i get tights from dance supply stores - figuring they're pretty durable

There is that as well, beentheredonethatage15, but your standard Danskins are pretty scratchy.

hmm - i have not found danskins to be scratchy

I have a pair of Danskin fishnets that appear to be immortal but also have this footpad thing that loves to fuck with my toes. I have some black opaque tights that my sister bought me from Old Navy in 2000 that are still going strong but I have no idea if this is a fluke or not.

my oldest sister says the same thing about those DK matte jersey tights

What color tights should I wear with a denim skirt?

Any color! Depends more on your top in that case, although you can't go wrong with black.

The two tops I wear with this skirt are both black, and the shoes are black, too. I have a pair of fishnets that I got for that skirt that I haven't worn yet. (I'll post a picture whenever I get around to it.)

i'd say it depends on how you feel about your legs. Like wear bright colored tights if you feel like you have good legs; wear neutral/dark colors if you don't.

I do have nice legs, but I've always preferred dark/neutral tights.

I got the best purple tights recently and then I wore them to work and was stared at all day. They're strictly non-work tights now but they're still the best.

If yr tops are black, then tight color or pattern depends more on the skirt length. A bold color or pattern needs some space to work in. If skirt is long, the statement gets cramped. If u like yr legs, work the bold tights with a skirt somewhat above the knee.

Also, E, I'm very sad to hear abt your tights problem! I say, wear colored tights more often! then they'll stop talking. :)

>:{

― some droopy HOOS in makeup (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, October 26, 2010 6:07 PM (1 hour ago)

you still have a penis? you can't post here!

i remember wearing plum colored tights to a certain job and getting looks like i was a wild woman. i didn't realize this could ever be a "thing."

i really love what a denim miniskirt looks like over black tights w/ boots or chuck taylors + a white top and red lipstick, but this is the 90s punk girl in me i think

with any top, really

I have burnt orange, mustard yellow, and Smurf blue tights, and I wear them all to work. A few people raised their eyebrows or w/e but I don't see why not raising the eyebrows of a few conservative people should be my goal.

^^ ditto

patterned tights too, stripes (vertical), crocheted, you name it.

Today's are black knit, a bit like if cabling came in strange geometric patterns.

In addition to my archive supply of Donna Karan, I've got tons of grey and dove-grey tights from New Look, plus the better-than-Chanel black ones; hot pink 120 denier from Tabio, but prob won't buy tights from there again because the waist elasticity went in the gunmetal ones I have; an amazing Spandex pair I can't bear to throw from 99X in NYC, with a persimmon/grey/camel/cream/black rendering of a Hokusai-ish pattern, plus tons of dead stock Mary Quant white fishnet anklets - because they were in a dusty shop going for like 50p/pair, I walked off with £10 worth.

suzy, your tights collection sounds A+

The Hokusai tights are cool but for years I looked for large-pane harlequin pattern black and white, with no success (and no fucking jewel tones lest I resemble some random RenFester) intending to wear them with Westwood mini-crini and the jacket I'm wearing in my LOL College photos. Usually that outfit demanded black/white hoop tights and brothel creepers, LOL'80s

I really need to do a purge of MOR black tights with safe office-worker patterns and find a good source of whitegirl flesh fishnets w/black seam.

Also: ESM's 30th anniversary is next week and there's a massive party. OH DAER I NEED TO CALL IN A DRESS. If you could call any designer/shop and ask for something to borrow, it would be...?

wow

Should be noted I have never 'called in a dress' before... generally wear vintage to these things so as not to inadvertently look the same as someone else.

I have some awesome tights with a largish dogtooth pattern, that are actually black and white rather than just patterned black. I love them but they don't really stretch well ;(

The skirt (the only wearable skirt I own right now, I hope this changes soon) comes up to just below the knee.

Rox the demin miniskirt black tights and boots/chucks combo is something I've been wearing often lately minus the red lipstick because it makes me look too clownish.

lol demin!

yeah i can't really hack red lipstick either though i wear a variant

for some reason my reddish lipstick tastes like celery

Lipstick: Clear cherry red lipgloss looks the best on me, but it's hard to find except for bargain brands. I'm using Maybelline's Color Sensational lipstain in Cherry Pop with a generic clear gloss over it for now.

YSL pur opium or whatever it's called that i used to love now looks orange on me...this is my eternal red lipstick curse

I wonder how I can become someone who can 'call in a dress.' that wld be cool. good vintage a-okay by me tho.

I like cherry red lipstick but hardly ever wear it. also recently stopped wearing make-up, save for mascara and a dot or two of cover-up. My skin is pretty much down on its knees thanking me.

I have so many pairs of tights. but only wear my faves, which then wear out faster :( light-grey tights are the best, imo, but hard to find the right
shade. wld totally wear plum/dark-purple tights :)

I like cherry red lipstick but hardly ever wear it. also recently stopped wearing make-up, save for mascara and a dot or two of cover-up. My skin is pretty much down on its knees thanking me.

My skin's actually cleared up just recently even though I'm wearing more makeup than usual. Go figure. I wish I could figure out how to cover up the chickenpox scars on my forehead--I wouldn't be bothered so much if they didn't look so much like pimples and whiteheads.

Just ordered a bunch of New Look tights online (know them well, but am currently in the US) including the 120 denier. Exciting!

is the pattern company New Look related to this store?

IDK. On the party dress front, am going with very old flapper dress and HAIR UP to celebrate growing out a graduated bob, instead of calling in some Margiela.

I like the World's Softest Socks, but they are going to stretch my shoes.

... and the New Look tights are great, but they think I'm about 5 inches taller than I am.

Oh I got some awesome tights a couple weeks ago - purple and bright blue. They're by Hue and are "super opaque". So far, so good.

ob Ultra tampons are discontinued? NOOOOOO

And there seems to be a shortage of all the other ones FUUUUUUCK.

Do I have to go over to the Diva Cup side??

I'm wearing super hero-blue tights today! Love. Need a certain vendor to come through with their annual gift card so I can stock up at Macy's!

Diva Cup! Do it!!

What are OB Ultra? Like Super Duper Plus? (I'm way out of the tampon loop due to Diva Cup adoption years and years ago.)

Yeah they are next level above Super Plus, and good for heavy periods. There are a lot of angry women posting on the internet about this!!

Ha, they still make Lil-lets in super plus extra (aka ultra) (and also lite!! I love those, too) in the UK & Ireland, maybe I need my cousins who are moving to Ireland to send me some.

They.Did.What?!?!?

No more OB Ultras?

What the hell?

I go through them at a rate of one every two hours at the start of my period. This is going to be a serious problem.

Seriously. Diva Cup. The literature says some shit about how it holds more than many women menstruate in an entire cycle!!!!! which is nonsense for me because my period is like an Event around which I must organize my life for at least two days but still, it does the trick much better than any tampon I have used. I can get like four hours of use before I have to empty it, even on dreaded Day Two.

yesss, diva cup.

from what I remember reading, the average woman menstruates a volume of two or three diva cups in an entire cycle. It is very possible to overflow one quickly, but that generally happens to people that are not–quite–normal. (Growth on my pituitary makes my cycle fuxored. that's what I blame, anyway)

My entire wardrobe was black for a very long time because I stained my clothing every month, despite obsessive changing of pads and tampons. Now I've been using the diva cup for years, and it's so much easier.

Was reading something funny about someone else's experience w the Diva Cup today, and one person noted in the comments that it's one of the longest-measuring menstrual cups on the market and not everyone is...that size. Just FYI, different brands of cup might work better for different people.

I'm going to look into something else, cos I'm pretty sure my Keeper is not going to be okay with an IUD (the Keeper pulls a pretty damn strong seal in my experience) and I'm sure the market has come a long way since 1997, which is when I bought it.

god yall. my periods are so light i rarely have to use anything at all, tbh

Same here, for years I bled less than one Keeper-full over my entire period. Kinda stopped using it, actually, cos it was slightly diff to get in and out, and it seemed like overkill. Like wearing a flak jacket to a snow-ball fight.