Resolutions don’t have to last forever. Two summers ago, I quit drinking alcohol, mainly to see what impact it would have on my physical and mental wellbeing. It also proved a handy social and financial experiment. Although I’ve resumed enjoying the odd tipple – I’ll always be a sucker for a well-made margarita – I certainly learnt a lot about my former relationship with booze.
It’s the same with stockings, which I ditched about six years ago. At the time, I was convinced tights – especially the opaque kind – were making me a lazy dresser. I also viewed my bare-legged status as a protest, albeit a passive one, against the patriarchal history of hosiery. And this was before Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, caused an international scandal when she supposedly broke royal protocol by appearing in public sans stockings.During the pandemic, it was easy to keep up my stockings ban.
The key difference between the pantyhose of old and the 2.0 version is, today, there are fewer situations where women are absolutely required to cover their legs. Also, in 2024, stockings are no mere accessory but often an outfit’s hero. On this season’s runways, covering up was essential at Miu Miu, where tights came in shades of green, blue and orange, cementing coloured hosiery’s relevance for at least the next 12 months.
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