Spanx, tights — just don’t call them …
Posted on 06 November 2009 by Shannon
Today I was accused of being too young to have ever worn pantyhose. I cannot remember how we got on this topic but my answer was “yes, I have worn pantyhose. Still buy them in a shade of nude, but I avoid wearing them when possible.” Pantyhose is not a word I like using. Can’t the company think of a better name? Spanx sound like a way of saying pantyhose. What about the word “tights” – I think we should call them tights for now. Which reminds me of this Six Feet Under episode. I am so glad I’m not required to where pantyhose. Where was I? Oh yes.
Remember Leggs Eggs? That whole conversation got us on the topic of Leggs Eggs. My mom used to wear suits to work everyday (she was a network analyst at one of the largest banks in Omaha) which meant she was always buying pantyhose. I’d get so excited because I like to play with the Leggs Eggs containers. One year she tried to tell us the Easter Bunny hid messages in the Leggs Eggs to help us find our Easter Baskets.
“Mom, you and the Easter Bunny have the same handwriting,” I said.
“Well, he’s a bunny, he doesn’t know how to write,” she said.
“Does he also wear pantyhose?”
I can’t remember how she answered that one. That Easter “the bunny” wrote messages in her Leggs Easters and led my brothers and I (I think I was 10) all over the house looking for the pot of gold in our Easter Baskets. I was quite fond of Peeps and malted milk balls and needed that sugar fix before we left for Mass and the mass gathering of cousins, aunts and uncles at my grandparent’s house.
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I realize I’m late in commenting here, but just had to relate this story. My office was headed to a major event in Portland and we needed pantyhose. I went to the local Macy’s and looked around, couldn’t find them and asked a guy working the floor. He pointed me to the socks and tights racks. No. I then asked another male salesperson who guessed they were near the shoes. Wrong. I finally asked a young woman working there and she looked at me like I was speaking greek. She didn’t know what I meant by nylons. I said: stockings, pantyhose, you know…? She sent me to lingerie, where there was one measly rack.
We headed to Nordstrom’s in Portland instead, where stockings take up a whole department. I guess there’s not much call for them in Bend.
LOL! I remember those L’eggs Eggs! Thanks for bringing me back to that memory. Ditto vote on the nylons for word choice. I find it interesting that you take issue with wearing them? They’ve been a staple to my wardrobe (for office jobs) since my 20′s, just cuz they helped me look more sleek by minimizing my imperfections. Then again, back then I wore much tighter outfits, chuckle. Still, unless it’s really hot out, I prefer them, altho’ now I usually go for the control tops, eeek.
Nylons! See that is a better word than pantyhose!
My mom was an accountant and mostly wore Hanes. I liked that they were leg- and foot-shaped when they came new out of the package. They also seemed more heavy duty than most nylons. I never called them pantyhose or hose, just “nylons”.