Why Is It??

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joannapiano

I was at a bus stop getting a bus to see my boyfriend ( now DH) in the late 60’s. Suddenly I felt my suspender belt break and my stockings went baggy. It was about a mile home, so I went into the nearest phone box, took my knickers off and then took off the broken underwear and stockings.Put pants back on and ran for bus. And it was daylight.

Oh sympathies, nobody likes a saggy baggy knickerless oldie.

Can you break underwear?

lafergar

joannapiano

I was at a bus stop getting a bus to see my boyfriend ( now DH) in the late 60’s. Suddenly I felt my suspender belt break and my stockings went baggy. It was about a mile home, so I went into the nearest phone box, took my knickers off and then took off the broken underwear and stockings.Put pants back on and ran for bus. And it was daylight.

Oh sympathies, nobody likes a saggy baggy knickerless oldie.

Can you break underwear?

I don’t think joannapiano was an “oldie” at the time of the aforementioned “broken-underwear-in-the-phone box” incident lafergar 😂 as she meant it was the late 1960s.

…although I’d have thought you’d just unclip the suspenders from the stocking tops and your good to go. No actual need to remove the knicker but hey-ho 🤔

I'm glad tights had arrived when I had to start wearing them - I used to get so tangled up trying to put them on, & then they never stayed up & the gusset would show beneath the hem of my school skirt, & even with "run-resist" mine were always laddered - I dread to think how I would've fared with suspenders. Probably wouldve been the only girl in the 5th form still wearing ankle socks!

It was wonderful when tights arrived and we could stop the continual battle with mini skirts and stocking tops. Nowadays my legs and feet swell so much that I wear trousers or maxi skirts. I doubt if I could even fight my way into a pair of tights now.

I liked tights to be honest (but was very picky and very precious with them). I only liked Wolford and Falke so they had to be Christmas presents and so on.
I found suspenders a nuisance but the best hold ups were good.

I would maybe wear these or tights for (say) a winter wedding - but honestly am more likely to wear leggings under a dress these days if doing something formal in the winter months.

Why be uncomfortable MickyT?

Does no one feel the cold? I wear tights almost continuously, no, not at the moment, simply because my legs get so cold. In winter I will sometimes wear thick tights and long johns under my trousers

Stockings and tights make my legs itch, so it's trousers or long skirts for me .

Monica I do well remember wearing tights under trousers when it was cold, or just because the feet looked better in sandals especially in the 70s era of the Oxford Bags/flairs ‘n’ platform shoe phase.
And will no one consider the humble pop sock in all this!
🧦
But…in defence of this sartorial folly I was outdoors more often then and most places seemed to be much colder too.
Perhaps I was “nesh” but my internal thermostat has changed along with global warming.

Yes. Thick tights in winter when only coal fires.
And thick tights for the children (boys too).
Long johns for older boys and my husband.

So, MickyT, what do you think about the responses so far?

Well Dickens it's certainly not a positive for stockings and suspenders, but I do understand all the reasons why they're not worn anymore, except maybe for a very few women, and why do they still wear them? if the majority are so not liking them

As I said, I wear tights of some kind most of the year. Socks do not keep your calves and thighs warm.

Come to that in winter I wear fingerless gloves indoors as well as I have Reynauds Syndrome in my fingers.

Very understandable MOnica you do need to keep warm

My wife showed me this thread, we are both genuinely surprised by the responses.

Three of our female friends often wear stockings and suspenders and always when dressing up, as does my wife. They all hate tights, find that hold-ups fall down or give them a rash, and prefer to look feminine rather than wear trousers all the time so they choose to wear stockings. They have all said that with a proper suspender belt they are perfectly comfortable and each of them wears them because they like them and feel good in them, not just to please their other halves.

I'm sure you're thinking that I'm just some guy fantasising but I assure you this is true (all are or have been members of StockingsHQ and have the confidence to admit to their preference) so Mickey, keep looking, they are out there.

Trousers or shorts. I never wear stockings or tights, haven’t done so for decades.

SimonP

My wife showed me this thread, we are both genuinely surprised by the responses.

Three of our female friends often wear stockings and suspenders and always when dressing up, as does my wife. They all hate tights, find that hold-ups fall down or give them a rash, and prefer to look feminine rather than wear trousers all the time so they choose to wear stockings. They have all said that with a proper suspender belt they are perfectly comfortable and each of them wears them because they like them and feel good in them, not just to please their other halves.

I'm sure you're thinking that I'm just some guy fantasising but I assure you this is true (all are or have been members of StockingsHQ and have the confidence to admit to their preference) so Mickey, keep looking, they are out there.

No you are right I have female friends and relatives who live in skirts and dresses and in the winter will wear tights, or stockings if dressing up to go somewhere.

Coincidentally, this morning I have put tights on. I am wearing a dark coloured dress so can’t really wear my posh white trainers with them. My feet are not comfortable without socks or tights and, except in a heatwave, they are always cold. So today, it’s tights.
Like most Grans, I haven’t worn stockings since tights were invented, thankfully.

(Oops, sorry for misspelling your name MickyT)

I really cannot believe that anyone contributed to this thread.

Did nobody think that a man on a predominately female forum asking about stockings and suspenders was a little suspect?

Last year when this post was active and MickyT started to post on other dodgy matters I called him out and he retreated thankfully.

SimonP your wife must have been digging deep to find this thread, she showed it to you and you then joined the forum to comment.

Please think ladies before you leap in.

Oh SimonT you sound so old fashioned, trousers can be just as feminine as a skirt, we re not talking about ‘men style’ trousers, but lovely flowing wide legged, fantastic pattern, floaty trousers for summer and dungies or jeans or flares for the winter. Patterns, colours, different weights, different materials. Oh dear meet us in the C21st

my husband assures me he loves to wear suspenders on our evenings out too

JaneJudge

my husband assures me he loves to wear suspenders on our evenings out too

Brilliant.

I will wear suspenders when my husband wears shirt stays.

Where is my photo?