Who knew simple winter dressing could be so contentious? Over the past week, there’s been an unusual amount of debate surrounding the season’s traditional linchpin: hosiery. To wear or not to wear tights appears to be the decision dividing the fashion nation. Bare-leg fans have been ‘stocking- shaming’ those who like a substantial denier; while hardcore tights tribes have responded with odes to their annual comfort blanket. So are tights fashionable right now? The answer is yes they are – and there’s a tight-fit out there for everyone...
Alexa Chung: Brazen Bare Legged
In some parts of the UK, this isn’t a style statement (as made by Alexa Chung), it’s just completely normal. You pride yourself on your bravery and ability to out-weather the weather, and want everyone to know you have cracking pins.
Carine Roitfeld: Fierce Fishnet Tights
Kate Moss and Carine Roitfeld (above) are your kind of icons.You aren’t wearing fishnets because it’s cold; you’re wearing them because fishnets are sexy, rock’n’roll and maybe verging on trashy – a good thing.
Alice Dellal: Artfully Laddered Tights
If you thought fishnets were rock’n’roll, how about the purposefully ripped stems of girls such as Alice Dellal? The discomfort would bring lesser mortals to tears, but for this lot it is just one of the standard anarchic signs of being a punk
Fifi Newberry: 10 Denier Tights
You are fashion (like model Fifi Newberry). You are probably in an Uber.You know it’s best to keep such hosiery in the freezer before rolling them on. You wish you had been in Robert Palmer’s Addicted To Love video.
Gwen Stefani: Mid-Level Denier Tights
The standard option for those who don’t relish tights season but do succumb to it, probably stocking up at lunchtime in the M&S queue.We wonder what snacks Gwen Stefani picks up with her tights...
Oliva Palermo: 60+ Tights
For those who embrace the PolarVortex, nothing is better – unless they have thermal qualities, too
– than the matte effect that these ultra-warm tights provide. Olivia Palermo likes a super-thick stocking.
Julia Sarr Jamois: Woolen and Ribbed Tights
Geek chic is your modus operandi. Even when encased in something Nora Batty would deem too frumpy you still look as attractive/annoyingly cool as ultra-stylish Julia Sarr Jamois.
