Next: Hairshirts October 15, 2010 Jill The J Crew catalog appears to be featuring models with really hairy legs. Interesting. Too bad they are just the world’s most unfortunate tights.
Honestly, I don’t think it looks like hair. I knew they were textured tights just from the pic on Gawker.
I have hairy legs, so I wear tights. It would be pretty funny to wear tights that make my legs look hairy. Or redundant. I saw similar tights on a woman once. I thought she had a weird skin disease until I realized they were flesh-colored lace tights. I love tights, but if they’re lace? Yeah, they need to be black. Or dark. Light ones just look odd over bare legs.
Yes, but why are they unfortunate? The comment seems to me to be saying that they are unfortunate tights because they make it look like you have hairy legs, in which case, women who actually DO have hairy legs are being put down whether that was the intention of the comment or not. Seems pretty obvious to me that hairy legs on a woman= undesirable in most people’s minds that even on a feminist blog it (unintentionally) shows up.
Yeah, basically what Cara said. I didn’t mean that they’re unfortunate because hairy legs are unfortunate (I have had hairy legs myself). They’re unfortunate because it makes it look like there’s hair drawn all over your legs, which is weird. It would be like the equivalent of a t-shirt with boobs drawn on it. Nothing against boobs, boobs are great, but that’s an unfortunate t-shirt.
Interesting indeed. I dig that hairy legs is definitely not the terrifying thing it usually is….. even a fashion statement! I’m not so sure about commercializing something that is very often about avoiding being commercialized. Or manufacturing something that is very often about nature. On the upside, now all those women who are unsure about growing out that leg hair can try it for a day.
Yeny, I can’t say what Jill meant, but I would say the tights are unfortunate not because they make you look like you have hairy legs, but because they’re lace tights, which make you look like you have hair drawn on your legs. Both of these things sound wildly unappealing to me — far more unappealing than just growing the hair on my legs out. Especially since not buying razors saves money, and the goofy tights are going to cost you $22.50. But hey, I think regular pantyhose (you know, the ones that make it look like your legs are bare and shaven, when you could just NOT wear them and have exactly that?) look really weird, too.
Bonn: I love tights, but if they’re lace? Yeah, they need to be black. Or dark. Light ones just look odd over bare legs. Unless the legs are dark.
It’s as if these tights are attempting to recreate hot footballer legs. And failing. Which is unfortunate to say the least.
I have to say, as a woman who is weirdly proud of her hairy legs, I find this post, and these tights, absolutely hilarious. Also, $22 for lace tights? They don’t even keep your legs warm!