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The thick fantasy tights are back

And I kind of like it. Time for a confession. I’ve written plenty of articles about tights. About how I hate them. Unless they’re really thick. Or they’re fishnet. But other than than, I’m not a fan. And nope, not even of the skin colored tights that everyone always brings up any time the conversation about tights is brought up. Please spare me those. I see them. And if you don’t see them, why would you even bother to wear one? Just use a proper foundation for your legs. That also helps when you want to cover up those blemishes you’d rather not share with the rest of the world.

After the skin-toned tights came the 15 denier tights in the category ‘awful’, also known as the why-even-bother-tights. That dull shade of grey that seems to be hand in hand with a knee length pencil skirt and colorless blazer. The kind that rip as soon as you go to the bathroom, the kind that really don’t do you any justice. You know the kind I’m talking about.

“And now Karl Lagerfeld has given a second life to the thick tights.”

And then there were the fantasy tights. The worst of them all. The polkadots, the line down the back of your leg… Or, the worst, the bow by your achilles heel. But nothing more changeable that humans and nothing more opportunistic than people in fashion, so when our beauty editor showed up at the office in cute shorts with polka dotted tights, I was sold.

And now Karl Lagerfeld has given a second life to the thick tights. If that alone wasn’t shocking enough, they want us to pair them with open heels. Taking a little longer to get used to, but I like it…