OT - What were they thinking?

I'm old enough to have breathed more than one sigh of relief when
pantyhose first appeared freeing us from girdles and garter belts.

BUT

when hemlines crept upwards, did the pantyhose makers adapt their design
so that the 'panty' part didn't extend almost to the knee?

Of course they didn't !!!! At least not for awhile.

Insert your musings he

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another anne, add ingers to reply

On Jun 2, 3:07*pm, anne wrote:
I'm old enough to have breathed more than one sigh of relief when
pantyhose first appeared freeing us from girdles and garter belts.

BUT

when hemlines crept upwards, did the pantyhose makers adapt their design
so that the 'panty' part didn't extend almost to the knee?

Of course they didn't !!!! At least not for awhile.

Insert your musings he

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another anne, add ingers to reply

Since i wear mostly skirts , not pants, i preffer the pantyhose that
stays up. Many pantyhoses are now so short that they barely stay up on
one`s legs , and by this they loose that wonderful `Free of girdle`
feeling we got when they were invented ...
mirjam

I personally hate pantyhose, I can get one leg on but I end up going into
all kinds of contortions to get the second leg on. I will take thigh highs
with the elastic or rubber or whatever it is that they put in them to keep
them up over pantyhose any day.

Beverly B

"anne" wrote in message
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I'm old enough to have breathed more than one sigh of relief when
pantyhose first appeared freeing us from girdles and garter belts.

BUT

when hemlines crept upwards, did the pantyhose makers adapt their design
so that the 'panty' part didn't extend almost to the knee?

Of course they didn't !!!! At least not for awhile.

Insert your musings he

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another anne, add ingers to reply

"lucretia borgia" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:20:26 -0400, "BeverlyB"
opined:

I personally hate pantyhose, I can get one leg on but I end up going into
all kinds of contortions to get the second leg on. I will take thigh
highs
with the elastic or rubber or whatever it is that they put in them to keep
them up over pantyhose any day.

Beverly B

They are better for you - gynaes do not like the airlessness of
pantyhose - breeds all sorts of female ailments like yeast infections.
I remember passing the sex shop section in Selfridges with a doctor
friend who said she wished her patients would wear the panty hose on
display there with the crotches cut out lol


But I always picture my mother's face and hear her whispering: "What if you
get in an accident and your dress flies up?"

For me that just doesn't paint a pretty picture.