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. [Reply]
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. [Reply]
It sounds like at some point the panty hose industry would have collapsed and laid off millions of workers, but I bet they got lucky and transitioned quickly into the tights and yoga pants industry. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Iowanian:
I use panty hose all the time.
I use it to make me look Asian when I’m robbing banks….and fill it with copper sulphate crystals and drag it around behind a canoe to kill moss/algae in ponds.
Originally Posted by srvy:
Many Hollywood movies were made with bank robbers wearing pantyhose masks.
I don't know if it was a thing for real robbers.
We know of a certain corn cob who has it mastered! That’s how I got the Halloween idea is the movies. Point Break had a great idea with the Nixon masks though [Reply]
Funny. I thought about this subject for the fist time ever this week.
I was like what happend? How did it end? Are they even around anymore?
I mean am no surprised, not female where tights that leave absolutely nothing to the imagined. But for every gal you are like "hot damn" there are 3 that shouldn't be allowed to wear them in the dark in their own homes. [Reply]
You think of pantyhose and it takes you back like has been mentioned 80s 90s even way before. Nobody wants to admit but bush is the next thing on your mind. You tear those and you never know if it’s shaved in one of them Doritos shaped patterns. Rats nest. Zebra stripes. Subaz. Something resembling those old school chia pet plants they shaped it themselves. Banzai tree. Maybe a landing strip. You just never knew what kind of jungle you might have to matriculate your way through to the end zone [Reply]
