Do you wear leggings?

You must be rich Tegan ..TWO pairs of Uggs?

They're from a catalogue that was offering 20% off;not actual Ugg boots [I've heard that they're not very waterproof]. I spent a lot of last winter with freezing cold feet . Something that gracesmum mentioned a while back stuck in my mind; I said I was stocking up on things to wear because I wouldn't be able to afford them when I retired, and she said she had a friend that did that who then put on a lot of weight. So I decided to buy things that any weight gain wouldn't affect [effect?]. Hence the boots. The catalogue is called celtic and co [I've asked people for money instead of Christmas pressies to ease my guilt]. They aren't guaranteed totally waterproof, but are more waterproof than Uggs.

I have had my Celtic Aqualamb boots for ten years. I wear them in rain and snow and they are still totally waterproof. One of the best buys ever.

Chuffed to hear that, Mamie; it did say they can be resoled as well if they wear out. It's the Aqualamb ones I bought [having read that you get wet toes with Ugg boots] but then they had some 'Toggle Boots' in distressed brown on the back page. Not being able to decide which ones to get I bought both. Also, the sole is so deep I shall look an inch taller ! They smell very much of Scotchguard at the moment; I assume that will wear off?

gillybob and glass You kept quiet while I was pontificating or could you just not get a word in edgeways? .

I don't think it matters what age you are as long as the bum is covered by something else such as a tunic as many have mentioned. However, it's really not a good look on those who carry quite a lot of extra weight, whether they're 17 or 70 – reminiscent of black pudding, I'm afraid.

absent

Tegan I'm sitting here in my gorgeous cosy purple Celtic boot-slippers.
Just a thought for what you could spend your Christmas money on

The clothes are gorgeous too...

Ha ha you caught us absent !

"Does my bum look big in this?"

Too right it does!

cazthebookworm you mention having cold feet all winter - well last year I found some Emu short boots at a reasonable price in TKMaxx - they are half a size too big and lilac in colur! But I wear them as slippers in winter and have never had such warm soft feet. I just love them I don't wear socks, just the thick sheepskin keeps my feet warm, and maybe it's th oils but the hard skin has almost gone too.

A big no from me.
(a)My legs are not very long.
(b)My legs are Not very shapely.
The only thing I can say is I do have a reasonably compact hips.

When tights first came out they were too long for me and I also did a Max Wall impression.

I wear leggings, usually M&S, with a variety of long jumpers / tops. I love jeggings too. (I always think they look ok, but Mr H did make an Olive Oil comment last week!) I don't have feet, just blocks of ice, so I bought some furry slipper socks from Primark just to try - they work! I've never gone down the Ugg route - I think they look ugg-ly!

Thanks Sunflower for your tip, I will have to look out for some in the sales. I guess it's the real sheep skin that does the trick and keeps your feet warm. I did have some M and S fur boots a couple of years ago but they only lasted 2 winters before the soles came apart. They weren't bad though for the money.

My sheepskin boots for indoors do look a bit big and maybe ugly - but I tuck my jammies in, and I am so warm I really don't care how it looks They do have to be real sheepskin. I think I paid about £35 in TKs, which I thought was a lot for slippers. Wish I'd bought 2 pairs now.

I would like some waterproof ones for outdoors now the Celtic Aqualamb look good, but are they anti slip in the ice? After falling and breaking my wist badly, I'm always worried I'll do it again.

Now that I don't know,but I understand why you're worried. My knees are so bad I'm terrified of slipping when it's icy. The only shoes I feel safe in are my Doc Martens which are made for people that work in slippy environments. By far the worst things to wear when it's icy are wellingtons. Mind you, my new boots have lots of 'grooves' on the sole, but then so do wellies. Probably no good asking the company because they'd have to say they aren't in case someone sued them. I'll have to test them out .

I certainly wear mine in snow and ice and they are pretty good. About the same as my walking boots I would say. As my Aqualamb are still waterproof I shall carry on wearing them in the Normandy snow and mud, but succumbed to a fab pair of furry Croc boots for best, today at Bluewater.
Has anyone seen that Biba is back, in House of Fraser? Fantastic stuff, very much in the Biba sprit. Brought back happy memories of Saturday mornings in the Kensington Church Street shop, circa 1967.
On topic, I also bought some denim jeggings from M and S.

I had a Biba dress that I loved so much I'm thinking of asking someone to make an identical one for me [I wore it out before I was twenty] I know it would still suit me now. Black ankle length jersey with buttons going all the way down the front, a belt and a peplum. I loved it. I wore it with brown leather boots.

I had a sort of military style coat in a sludge green and they had almost the same one in today!
Very twenties style clothes, feather boa type neck thingies, lovely dresses, nightwear, jackets, bags and purses. Oh and a cloche hat. All lovely, my DD was beside herself....

ah - memories of Biba - had a lovely dress and feathery type thing from there and it was so lovely to go there at the weekend back in the day. would get about one arm and one leg in now remembering the small size they were (I was a sylphlike size 6 then)
but somehow Biba and House of Fraser can never evoke the same nostalgia (Hof F is for old folk!)
I seem to remember most of Kensington High st was a glory hole of wonderful clothes - and wasn't there a market as well.
back on topic - have tried jeggings and find the elastic goes in the waist and you can't replace it because it is sown into the waist band ! at least on the ones I bought so I switched to skinny jeans where a belt keeps them up quite well.

On the subject of Biba, mollie65, an old school friend,who lives in Brighton got tickets for us both to visit a Biba Exhibition at the Royal Pavilion earlier this year, Barbara Hulanicki studied art and design in Brighton. It evoked special memories of the time we spent at the big store that opened in I think what was the old Derry and Toms in Kensington High Street in the '70s when we were mere teenagers. I wish I still had my dusky pink Biba boots!

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In cold weather I prefer thick tights. 80 denier, black, chocolate brown or aubergine. I like the sound of your Biba dress, Tegan

I think it started in Abingdon Road, then Church Street, then Kensington High Street. I always thought it got too big then and lost a lot of the atmosphere.

I'm with you Soop thick tights. W
When I wanted to buy a dress 2 or 3 years ago, not a dress to be found, now they are everywhere BUT I want to buy a skirt, long and flared.... not avalable ( Bags was looking for one too, I wonder whether she found one?)
Anyway I succumbed to a bargain yesterday. Very fine wool, lined, and almost floor length on me, plain dark grey, Toast, reduced from £145 to just over £40, I can see it becoming a favourite when it has been shortened a wee bit! Fits into the waist and flares out into a full skirt too, so has just the skirt I wanted!
Sadly Biba never reached Anglesey!!!!!

I never shopped in Biba, being a deprived northern lass, but some years ago did go up to the Roof Gardens on the old Derry &Toms building after I read a newspaper article about them.
By then they were owned by Sir Richard Branson, and the day we went (me, a friend and our 13 year-old DD's in tow), they were supposed to be closed for a private function.
But the doorman said no-one would be there for at least an hour and let us go up anyway! It was beautiful and unbelievably quiet, only six or seven floors up from the noisy street.
A little act of kindness that I've never forgotten