Tights

It’s winter time so that means delving into my heaving tights drawer and in amongst my many pairs of black and grey tights I spot the odd flash of colour. The bright pinks, turquoises and reds that I bought early last winter but was never quite sure about and stopped wearing completely when coloured tights appeared on the going down list in The Guardian with the caption “Too Kate Nash for words”.

However, recent photos on Facehunter and glimpses of coloured legs in the street have made me realise that I may have been too hasty. The girls in the Facehunter pictures were wearing tomato red tights and they did seem to lose their embarrassing garishness when teamed with muted beige or grey. Tartan, patterned and white tights are another conundrum because although they often look good in photo shoots, they veer dangerously close to novelty fancy dress items in the cold harsh light of day.

I think it ultimately depends on personal style and anyway at around €9 a pop you can’t go too far wrong so you may as well give coloured or patterned tights a try and dump them sans guilt if things don’t work out.

Image from Facehunter

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