I've read discussions around here that indicate there might be a generational divide between those of us who suffered but endured for 50 years, and our relative newcomers. I saw a post on FB earlier claiming that Raquel Welch auditioned for the Maryann character on Gilligan's Island, and the first reply to the photo attached was, "She's wearing panty hose"
When I was growing up, respectable women not wearing slacks wore panty hose. Hell, L'eggs and their packing and marketing probably made some people a fortune. Hane's was a huge brand. Panty hose were as mainstream as anything you could imagine. My professionally employed wife (married 1986) wore panty hose with her skirts every day, and as a dancer, she had pretty good gams. (Not that kind of dancer, perverts.)
I remember clearly the first professional woman I saw wearing a skirt and no hose, and I remember thinking, "What the fuck?" She was albino white, kind of bow legged, and her legs were not particularly attractive. I've since gotten used to it, but it's significant that I remember the moment
I'm just interested in the opinions and comments of others in this bubble, even though I expect the usual suspect's dismissive trolling. There was a change in our culture, and I'm just curious.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wizard:
My daddy, he disowned me
'Cause I wear my sisters clothes
He caught me in the bathroom
With a pair of pantyhose
My basketball coach he done kicked me off the team. For wearing high heel sneakers, and acting like a queeeen.
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Originally Posted by JohnnyHammersticks:
They’re really a ridiculous concept when you look at them objectively. What are they even for? Camouflage for ugly legs?
They're a nod to America's neo-puritanical roots. I think.
That said, they did serve as "camouflage for ugly legs" well, and I kind of miss that. Some women should not be walking around barelegged. Many more shouldn't be wearing those yoga pants either. There should be a weight/size limit.
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Originally Posted by booger:
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Everyone whose mom had an office job wore them. We would wear them on our heads for Halloween and sometimes recess
Many Hollywood movies were made with bank robbers wearing pantyhose masks.
I don't know if it was a thing for real robbers.
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