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She's tight
Jan. 27th, 2011 10:11 amI am waiting on one teeny piece of information before I can do my job this morning (isn't that how it always goes?), so I'm trawling eBay for cheap tights. I want some more funky colored tights and haven't had any luck finding them locally. Even Target's racks are distressingly neutral-toned.
Of course, what I'm going to share with you are all the things I found that are not what I was looking for.
Japanese calorie-burning tights. I would say "only in Japan," but really, it's everywhere.
Fleece lined pleather leggings. I would buy these if they weren't one-size-fits-all from Korea (which translates to "too big for American butts").
Half-pleather-half-matte jersey leggings. Ditto above, only these state size small. No way, buddy.
Etro paisley leggings. These are gorgeous. I would never wear them.
Velvet leggings. These seem like a fantastic idea until you realize that the thighs of the girls modeling them don't touch for a reason.
Shredded back tights. I might take advantage of the 80s resurgence and make myself a pair of these from from some old leggings. I think they'd look smashing with a pair of contrast tights underneath.
Double pothole back seam pantyhose. I love these. A lot. There's no way these would wear well as stockings, but they would be worth wearing pantyhose for.
Zipper mini-skirt with attached leggings. Attaching a skirt to leggings for daily wear (as opposed to the skirted yoga/dance pants things) is just silly. Who wants to disrobe so completely every time s/he goes to the toilet? I do like the look of zippered-front skirts like that, though. I must improve my separating zipper-insertion skills.
Striped tights with horizontal break at the ankle. More good 80s-esque throwback fashion. Again with the Korean one-size thing, though. Dang.
Fair-Isle-esque reindeer leggings. Reindeer. On your legs.
Black and neon paint splash tights. Because the shitty parts of the 80s need representation, too.
I don't know how to describe these. I can only say that they deserve to be worn by someone with longer legs than mine, who wears shorter skirts than I do. These things are beautiful. Beautiful.
A similar design as those above. But with skulls. Adorable.
And now the mail is here, so I'm going to go help with that, since my needed email has yet to arrive. Oh, wait. Um. Oh. Oh great. Looks like KU's email servers are down. Nice.
Of course, what I'm going to share with you are all the things I found that are not what I was looking for.
Japanese calorie-burning tights. I would say "only in Japan," but really, it's everywhere.
Fleece lined pleather leggings. I would buy these if they weren't one-size-fits-all from Korea (which translates to "too big for American butts").
Half-pleather-half-matte jersey leggings. Ditto above, only these state size small. No way, buddy.
Etro paisley leggings. These are gorgeous. I would never wear them.
Velvet leggings. These seem like a fantastic idea until you realize that the thighs of the girls modeling them don't touch for a reason.
Shredded back tights. I might take advantage of the 80s resurgence and make myself a pair of these from from some old leggings. I think they'd look smashing with a pair of contrast tights underneath.
Double pothole back seam pantyhose. I love these. A lot. There's no way these would wear well as stockings, but they would be worth wearing pantyhose for.
Zipper mini-skirt with attached leggings. Attaching a skirt to leggings for daily wear (as opposed to the skirted yoga/dance pants things) is just silly. Who wants to disrobe so completely every time s/he goes to the toilet? I do like the look of zippered-front skirts like that, though. I must improve my separating zipper-insertion skills.
Striped tights with horizontal break at the ankle. More good 80s-esque throwback fashion. Again with the Korean one-size thing, though. Dang.
Fair-Isle-esque reindeer leggings. Reindeer. On your legs.
Black and neon paint splash tights. Because the shitty parts of the 80s need representation, too.
I don't know how to describe these. I can only say that they deserve to be worn by someone with longer legs than mine, who wears shorter skirts than I do. These things are beautiful. Beautiful.
A similar design as those above. But with skulls. Adorable.
And now the mail is here, so I'm going to go help with that, since my needed email has yet to arrive. Oh, wait. Um. Oh. Oh great. Looks like KU's email servers are down. Nice.