OOTD: A not-dress!

[_feckless]

FATS! I wore a not-dress today. AND TIGHTS. It's like a festival of things-I-don't-usually-wear!

I felt super cute so I wanted to share:

Comments

[intotheclear]

Love this outfit! Those tights are great- are they current?

[_feckless]

They are... kind of :). I got them in a clearance basket, but they look very similar to a pair that Avenue currently has - brown chevron patterned and all.

I haven't been pleased with the quality of Avenue's tights though - I bought three pairs, and all three ripped the first time I put them on. And I was careful. So, buyer beware? But where else can one find such great patterned tights, especially at a brick&mortar store and not online?

It's a dilemma.

[astryid]

The microfiber tights wear like iron. Though the plum/light grey are a lighter fabric this year. The patterned ones rip easily and most of them run really small.

[trizydlux]

Big second about the lacy patterned ones ripping before you can get them on and also running very small. I DO NOT recommend them AT ALL.

While I'm here, are the microfiber ones the same size that they were last year? I have not bought any this season, and after a disastrous experience with a pair of lacy patterned ones that ripped *immediately* and then were too small to wear, I've been afraid to buy the solids now too!

[_feckless]

I don't have any of the microfiber ones. I bought the patterned ones 2 sizes too big on purpose since I HATE tights to be too tight, and also because it's been my experience that tights size charts don't take into account how pear shaped I really am. Or butternut squash shaped. :)