Normally, I greet seasonal fashion announcements with barely a flicker of interest. I could care less, for instance, if Sixties-style op-art prints are back for the umpteenth time. However, I have happily rejoiced in the news that, for Fall 2007, opaque tights are once again a fashionable item. (Along with the colour grey, tweed, and hats - all of which I approve, but that's another topic altogether.)
What woman, living in a northern climate, wouldn't be pleased? Opaque tights are our friends. They keep us warm, are inherently slimming, and disguise a multitude of sins. Which makes it all the more ridiculous that they were off the fashion radar for the better part of a decade. Remember how, for most of the Noughties, nobody was wearing pantyhose of any kind? Not only did we freeze for ten months a year, but legs that were better kept under wraps went on display for all to see. The bare-legged look is fine for those with long, tanned, unblemished pins, groomed to perfection and sporting a soupçon of shine. But for the rest of us? Argh.
I've not owned a decent pair of woolly tights in years; they've been impossible to find in any but the most specialised shops (which, invariably, cater to ladies of a certain age). I bet they'll be everywhere now, though. Time to stock up!
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