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1. Just read that boots thread, and I’m curious if people still feel that you should always wear boots with tights. I feel like the temperatures in New York right now (highs in the low 70s, but in the 60s when I’m going to and from work) are perfect for boots without tights. A skirt with shoes would be too cold, but tights would be too warm. Thoughts?

   1. I just wore black tights yesterday in NY (black, though with suede mary janes and not boots).

      1. That’s an option too, but I like my boots and I’d prefer to wear them (without tights) rather than tights and shoes! But now I’m worried that I’m committing a major fashion no-no. :-)

         1. I think in your personal life, it’s fine. But to work — boots w/no tights reads a bit much for me, personally. I can’t quite explain it, but boots + tights, seems warm & toasty & downright sensible; boots + bare skin, seems a bit scandalous/skanky. Sorry!

            1. Sorry to be dense, but where do boots-with-flesh-colored-pantyhose fall into this spectrum? Is that as good as “bare” and probably work-inappropriate? I have no female peers here, so I have long wondered what I can get away with boot-wise.

            2. @c2 — in my personal opinion, flesh colored stockings are better than bare legs but not as appropriate as darker tights.
               I think it’s far better than a bare leg b/c you can just see bare skin and it screams “bare skin!” anytime that its below 80 degrees out. Sheer stockings don’t quite expose goose bumps, etc., the same way & t/f seem a bit more appropriate.
               That said, I still feel like if you’re going to wear boots, tights look more fitting than stockings (flesh toned or otherwise) b/c the sheerness just makes the look a little too sexy for the 9-5, imo. Obviously, to each their own — but I have never seen the look pulled off. Also, I just don’t buy the argument that tights are too hot but boots are somehow called for. Yes — in transitional weather you can be OK w/o tights, but at work, but its not a logical look for work.

            3. Thanks AIMS, I’ve just always wondered. I actually love tights but I have a hangup about wearing them to work because they seem young to me (possibly because my youth was spent in tights and a plaid skirt school uniform) — I’m glad to hear any endorsement!

            4. I think this may depend on the skirt and the shape of the boot. I have a very plain pair of black boots, with a squared off toe and a two inch stacked heel, and I do wear them without tights or stockings in the late spring and early fall. I don’t wear them with any skirt that can be considerded in any way “short” or “tight,” although I do sometimes have knee showing when I stand up. Basically, no black pencil skirts that hit anywhere above mid-knee, and no skirt of any shape that hits above the top of the knee.

               Obviously this isn’t a look for a super-conservative office, but neither is a boot with tights, in my experience.

         2. I do no tights but only if my skirt covers all skin when standing. If a little shows w/ sitting I don’t mind. Think an a-line skirt or something. If you have a few inches of space between the skirt and the boot and no tights I think you are crossing into scandelous. I have worn it way in the past and never noticed odd looks or comments, but I did feel a bit “wild” in that outfit. Not what I go for now-a-days.

   2. I think the flash of bare leg between the boots and the skirt either looks a little awkward/out of place, or worse, looks sexy. It’s a much better look with tights that either blend with the boot or the skirt.

   3. Focusing strictly on aesthetics over temperature: tights that match your boots will make your legs look longer. Bare legs (or nude hose) with calf or mid-calf boots will make you look squatter.

2. It’d be great if you would actually repost them instead of linking to them – people may want to comment, but not on a year old post.

   1. Post here!

3. The post on pewter shoes has made me a little sad, as my favorite flats (*very* dull metallic pewter, definitely darker than the shoes featured in the posts) are about to be retired. They were surprisingly versatile and I ended up wearing them to death. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find replacements with a comparable color which aren’t overly metallic. And not ballet flats, which I don’t like to wear with skirts.

   1. Can you repair them?

      1. Sadly, I don’t think so. They have thin diagonal cross-straps across the toe which I think would make replacement of the sole impossible.

         However, now that I’ve thought about it, it’s probably worth finding out from a professional as opposed to doing the diagnosis myself!

         1. Lol, good luck with that!

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