Is it bad manners to attend a funeral bare-legged in hot weather?

Be glad you have good legs , go for it .
It would be trousers for me !!

Lucca - it was tongue in cheek that's why I put an exclamation mark and here's another !

Perhaps you could ask ?!

Who ? The grieving family? I’m. Sure they’d be interested…..

I've done it - but with a fairly long, dark skirt on.

I can't really see what difference it makes, as people dress in all sorts nowadays.

Dress code is all bit old fashioned now.

your legs !

I hate wearing tights .
I'd rather wear stockings !

Your outfit sounds very nice and respectful .

Are trousers a compromise ?

I went to a funeral last year on a boiling hot day and felt that I should dress formerly and wore tights !
There was no " wake " afterwards so it was a
relatively short occasion .

Perhaps you could ask ?!
I'd be inclined to wear them and take them off discreetly in the loo if needs be - too uncomfortable/no one else wearing them !

My other fall back -wonderful Sally Hansen spray on leg
make up
Or fake tan you legs !

Where I live people are usually very formal and do wear black at funerals even on hot days. Not been to a funeral for over four years now so who knows attitudes may well have changed.

No I wouldn't say it was bad manner not to wear tights

Personally I would wear tights at a funeral , although I can't see a problem if people didn't wear them, I certainly wouldn't comment, possibly after the funeral go to the loo & take them off ... saying that whatever you feel comfortable

I personally like to wear tights funeral or anywhere formal to look as smart as I could. I wouldn't wear them because I felt my legs didn't come up to scratch to meet some sort of approval and that they must be hidden.

The last funeral I attended was about a year ago. It was quite a smart occasion. The men wore suits with black or dark ties and the women were dressed in sober colours. I wore a navy midi dress with court shoes. No tights. As others have said your legs will hardly be visible.

Like Nanna8 the funerals I've been to recently it was suggested that we wear smart casual clothes - or in some cases something bright! Which is far more my thing. I've never liked wearing black. For me funerals are to celebrate life and I want my family and friends to wear bright clothes of their own choice

The royal family ladies are almost always wearing court shoes, sandals seem to be only for evening. Bare feet in court shoes, are uncomfortable and smelly.

If men wore frocks and skirts they would not wear hosiery on a hot day, even at a funeral.
It is a ridiculous and sexist stipulation (like insisting on high healed shoes) when it is a work uniform as well as a lot of faff and expense, but to voluntarily subject oneself to this level of discomfort is archaic and unnecessary and belongs in the past along with corsets and girdles imo.? ps. If you do wear makeup foundation on your face why not slap on a bit of good quality leg makeup ( pretty polly had one in a tube or roll on, it smelled gorgeous) just on the the bits of leg that are on view. This could go better with dark/formal wear

Of course not! People here rarely wear black,either. Just smart casual clothes to show respect.

I admit I tutted when Megan Markle showed up at Royal events with no hosiery

Why ? Who decided wearing stockings/tights was de rigueur ??
Isn’t it 2022 ?
I only wear them if I need to keep my legs warm.

No, it doesn’t matter what the RF wear MOnica.

I was just pointing out how times have changed, even with them, and what the older generation like to wear is completely different to the younger ones.

Years ago, ‘ordinary’ older women would have worn tights or stockings to a funeral without a second thought, even on a really hot day. Totally different now.

That’s what bothered the OP, what her mother would think.

Some tights are so near to skin colour that you can hardly tell if they're being worn or not. You say you're wearing a midi-length dress so actually there won't be much 'leg'showing' will there. It's not as if you were wearing a mini skirt.
Alternatively, could you cope with wearing pop socks? I know they're not the nicest hosiery - but just a suggestion as they might be a bit cooler.

What does it matter what the women in the royal family do? The live lives totally different from other people and are always on show in a quite artificial way and constantly under scrutiny for every thing they wear. A million miles from how we go about our lives, where everything we wear is not constantly under scrutiny.

Go to the funeral wearing whatever you feel comfortable in. Lets face it the funeral is all about the deceased, not the mourners.

As for the Royals and hosiery. Well, Diana often went bare legged in the summer.

She had lovely long, slim, tanned legs, as I’m sure Catherine and Meghan also have.

Different to say the Queen, Princess Alexandra, Princess Michael et al, elderly ladies with all the problems that age might bring, veins, poor circulation, thick ankles.

Not surprising they probably prefer to wear a quality pair of tights, even on a hot day.

Despite what the OP says, really, who is going to notice? Do people spend all their time at funerals eying the legs of every woman in a skirt to check whether they are wearing tights or not? Yes, clearly the OP and her mother would, but anyone else?

A couple of months ago we attended the funeral of a very dear friend. It was on one of the first really hot days. I can remember little or nothing of what anyone was wearing, least of all whether they were wearing tights or not. We were all united in our grief at the sudden death of a remarkable, loving and lovely lady.

Yes it’s fine. I’ve done it, I can’t put tights on.

I would always wear tights to a funeral or other formal occasion - as my DD1 once said, I’m never knowingly underdressed - but I certainly wouldn’t judge, or probably even notice, someone who didn’t. You do you, as they always say on Mumsnet.

Personally I wouldn’t wear bare legs as my legs are a spider veined mess, but if you have nice pins why on Earth not!

Unless asked to wear bright clothes - which we were asked to recently - I think I would wear quiet dark clothes to not draw attention to myself.
I was at a funeral on a very hot day when young work colleagues wore shiny black suits, shirts and ties. They looked very hot and uncomfortable. But really, does it matter?