![]() Meet Holly Katz (Owner of Holly Katz Styling and Host of Fashion Crimes Podcast), Ginger Burr (Founder of Total Image Consultant, and author of That's So You!), Diana Moore (stylist extraordinaire of Worth New York), Tricia Cromwell (Founder of Trust In Tricia), and Susan Kanoff (stylists and owner of The Midlife Fashionista). Matte stockings and peep-toe shoes are the only exceptions to this rule. While sheer stockings are typically worn during formal events (graduations, job interviews, weddings, and funerals), opaque stockings are meant for casual settings (work, weekend with the girls). Stockings can be simplified into two categories: sheer (less than 20-denier) and opaque (more than 20-denier). What are open toe shoes?Īs the name implies, open toe shoes are shoes that reveal toes, including flip flops, sandals, and peep-hole shoes. Finally, we reached out to a few fashionable stylists to share their expert opinions. To address this fashion dilemma, let us define open toe shoes, introduce the concept of sheer and matte stockings, and explain why all of this matters. For example, this rule does not apply to opaque tights. That said, for every (fashion) rule, there are exceptions. Mixing the two items sends a mixed signal to your fashionable intent – plus, it looks silly. Open toe shoes are meant for informal occasions, and sheer stockings are typically worn for formal gatherings. It’s as if we put the consumer to sleep and the only way to wake her up is with new and different products.What's the verdict on stockings with open toe shoes?Īt VienneMliano, we firmly believe that sheer tights and open toe shoes do not belong together. Holland said he’s optimistic: “We may find the product you’ll eventually try and like. “For the younger people, it might be fun if they wanted to make it funkier,” said Deborah Boria, executive director of design and merchandising for Hanes, Donna Karan and DKNY. ![]() DKNY, for example, sells bright pink and blue toeless hose in addition to the nude-colored versions. To reach young consumers, Holland said, companies have to be more innovative. He said older women are wearing pantyhose less often, and younger women are a tougher audience because they’re not in the habit of wearing pantyhose regularly. The problem is, they’re not wearing them as much. “A woman always looks more finished with pantyhose.”Ībout 70% of women ages 18 to 65 wear pantyhose, said Jed Holland, vice president and general manager of Kayser-Roth Corp., a Greensboro, N.C., hosiery manufacturer. “Girls who go without pantyhose are real losers,” Baldrige said. “There’s no sense of decorum,” Baldrige said.īaldrige, who wears stockings and closed-toe shoes even on the hottest of summer days, recommends that employers set up strict rules about appropriate clothing and grooming. Letitia Baldrige, etiquette expert and former chief of staff to first lady Jacqueline Kennedy, says the bare-legged, no-hose look is just part of a larger trend of businesspeople dressing sloppily and inappropriately at work. Isner recommends that people who wear sandals get pedicures and keep their feet presentable: “At least take as much care of your toenails as your fingernails. “The foot is probably the most unkempt part of your body.” With sandals, every unpleasant part of the foot-from crusty, dry heels to broken and too-long toenails-gets exposed, he said. ![]() “I truly believe it’s a grooming issue,” said Terry Isner, chief marketing officer at Patton Boggs, a Washington law firm. Although companies in other places, such as New York, have long considered dressy sandals OK, some fashion consultants and companies aren’t so sure. ![]() Out of 1,020 large employers across the country, 43% of companies have a casual workplace every day and 15% of employers allow casual dress on Friday only, according to a 2000 poll by Hewitt Associates, a Lincolnshire, Ill., human resources consulting firm.įreedom from hose has its price. “Workplace casual” doesn’t show any signs of letting up. ![]()
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