Why wear panty house/tights?

Posted: Tue, Dec 08 2009, 4:06 pm Post subject: Why wear panty house/tights?

I have heard from a friend that it is considered more tznius to wear them all of the time. I see women wearing them with no problems but I find them extremely uncomfortable to wear all of the time and it seems that every time I wear them they rip or tear in some spot. I was thinking of starting to wear them all of the time this winter and then get useto them as it gets warmer. What are the reasons you wear panty house/tights? Is there some type of halacha dealing with them?

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People wear them all the time so as to be sure that they are covered.

I wear them when I go out, but not at home - I think they're a yeast infection waiting to happen !

Gold Member Joined: Jun 16 2009 Posts: 2082

I for one cant stand them either. I wear sneakers and long sweat socks and a long skirt daily. My feet need new balance sneakers, I cant stand the shvitzy feeling in my feet, And to me its the equivalent of sitting in a bathing suit all day- it feels too tight!

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Posted: Wed, Dec 09 2009, 1:19 pm Post subject: re: Why wear panty hose/tights?

I wear pantyhose outside the house because I have seen too many women's knees when they sit down on the bus and think they are covered but you see they are wearing knee-his. I don't find them at all uncomfortable or tight--maybe your tights are too TIGHT on you--and I wear them with my sneakers as well.
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Active Poster Joined: Oct 22 2009 Posts: 56

Tights that fit are comfortable! Weekday get more cotton fiber in them and no sense in wearing control top! We only suffer for weddings!

Gold Member Joined: May 19 2006 Posts: 1682

I dont get it either. I wear tights when its cold, otherwise - I dont

Gold Member Joined: Nov 21 2006 Posts: 1942 Location: L.A.

I wear tights because of my veins.
Anything else that cuts into my legs, such as knee hi, makes my veins worse.

I wear cotton tights all the time.

Silver Member Joined: Apr 10 2008 Posts: 861

I wear tights when I go out, because I feel more dressed in them, and because I like the control that the control top gives me.

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(Every time I see this thread I laugh. The word is panty"hose" not panty"house." Laughing

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Diamond Member Joined: Nov 30 2009 Posts: 4688

I only wear tights on sabbos and to weddings. (control top) otherwise I use knee his as my tznius check. when I try on a skirt I sit down and if I can see my the top inches of the knee hi where its the elastic material then I dont buy the skirt. I cant stand the feeling of tights and take them off first thing as soon as I get home.

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Could I ask a dumb question? Whats the difference between tights and pantyhose? Between socks and knee-his? Is it cotton versus nylon?

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Tights can be cotton.

Posted: Fri, Dec 25 2009, 3:17 pm Post subject: re: Why wear panty house/tights?

no matter how you slice it, not wearing tights is much more provacative than the other way around. You gotta think like a man-- "nothing under that skirt?" I myself have a very difficult time with this because I hate that sense of contriction and the hassle of dealing with pantyhose but it is something I am working on because I feel it is more in accordance with what Hashem wants from us.

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Posted: Sat, Dec 26 2009, 1:37 pm Post subject: re: Why wear panty house/tights?

I haven't worn a pair of pantyhose in maybe 20 years and never intend to wear a pair in my life.
I wear skirts down to my shoes. Always. And I wear knee high stockings or thick black socks in the dead of winter with a long slip to keep me warm.
Nothing untznius and the only people who know that I have nothing on my thighs except skin and my panties are my dh and hashem.
I don't think it bothers either of them. I asked the first and he said so and the second hasn't exactly written anywhere that I have to wear tights...
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Gold Member Joined: Jul 22 2007 Posts: 1206

Socks can fall down, and so can thigh hi's. Tights can't. That's my reason at least.

Posted: Sun, Dec 27 2009, 2:49 am Post subject:

I love the feeling of control top. I always wear tights, even when I'm lazying around at home.