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Orange tights

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Baggs Sat 03-Jun-17 07:47:32

The question is can, no, dare I wear orange tights with this dress?

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 21:14:38

People "speak" on forums, I have no idea why links are necessary. Just say it.

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:18:42

What do you mean by "have a tinge of it", please, saak?

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:19:34

And what, exactly, hasn't gone unnoticed?

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:20:24

Oh wait! I've got that now. But not the tinge thing.

Elegran Fri 09-Jun-17 21:23:40

I think SAAK means burnt orange, not neon.

Penstemmon Fri 09-Jun-17 21:23:40

SAAK you know what when I am talking to my friends in RL we sometimes look things up in the paper/magazine/books/on line. To illustrate our conversation. Stop being so effing pompous!

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 21:25:20

I mean sheer orange would work.

Personally, I still don't like links to reaffirm anything, they're annoying.

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:27:15

Thanks, elegran. Well, if saak had bothered to look at my second photo and to read a post explaining that the orange was more like a pale terracotta than anything else, she'd already have know that neon orange never came into it. If that's what tinge meant, then tinge was well-covered way back.

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:27:41

I'm good at tinge, actually.

Elegran Fri 09-Jun-17 21:28:29

Links are shorthand, saves typing in a whole load of stuff which someone else has put better than you can yourself. Or to show a picture. A few links are OK, it is endless lists of them that get tedious.

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:29:50

I don't agree about sheer orange and anyway, sheer's suitability would still depend on tinge. Besides, if I wore sheer I'd have to shave my legs and I can't be arsed. They aren't very hairy but people are so critical of actual and natural nowadays and I wouldn't want to freak anyone out.

Baggs Fri 09-Jun-17 21:35:10

Actually, on second thoughts, maybe I would like to freak people out and that has been, is, and ever will be the whole point! Arf.

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 21:35:12

Ok, I don't agree with bright orange on legs. Ive never really seen one unless it was an over indulgence in fake tan, which in itself is pretty weird.

Bellanonna Fri 09-Jun-17 21:36:49

Go on, freak them out Baggs

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 21:43:15

Go on then Baggs, be a freak as long as you can wear it smile I personally would feel a bit of a muppet.

annsixty Fri 09-Jun-17 21:52:11

Just think Rod Hull and emu!!

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 22:08:54

If a person is confident wearing orange tights then there would be no need to ask. Go do it.

If a person comes on line and asks an opinion, be prepared for that opinion.

If the person that came on line to ask an opinion and becomes defensive about such an opinion then they really need to not wear orange tights.

ffinnochio Fri 09-Jun-17 22:14:37

It's not what you wear, but how you wear it. smile

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 22:19:26

Another myth smile

ffinnochio Fri 09-Jun-17 22:28:22

I dunno saak - kinda works for me,

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 22:33:15

So do dark glasses for me fin

rosesarered Fri 09-Jun-17 22:40:52

Burnt orange, I remember that colour well. There were some lovely names for dress colours in the past that nobody seems to use now.
Carmine, ashes of roses, teal, shocking pink, electric blue,peacock,french navy, bottle green etc.

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 22:41:56

I also like a bit of orange on the top half of my body smile

Chewbacca Fri 09-Jun-17 23:03:34

Burnt orange is a lovely warm colour isn't it Roses. Great with navy, black, dark grey, browns and beiges. Compliments most skin tones and always looks rich.

stillaliveandkicking Fri 09-Jun-17 23:04:55

Totally agree chew, very becoming, just not on legs smile