Genuine question and just to clarify I’m talking about stockings rather than active wear or yoga pants

But I’ve just never really thought about it I guess…

  • chrizbie@lemmy.nzOP
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    10 months ago

    Well the truth is I recently started a job at a high school and the female students mostly wear skirts, of them about half of them wear dark stockings and I just ¯_ (ツ) _/¯ I dunno I just wondered what they do but looking through the comments it totally makes sense that they’d add a layer of comfort particularly in colder months, when I realized I also wear a tight pair of thermal pants sometimes then it became clearer as well

    Not that anyone has to justify wearing what they wear I was just slightly curious is all

    • chrizbie@lemmy.nzOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      I suppose also, there was likely a time before modern textiles when wearing a skirt that was durable enough for every day use could have been pretty uncomfortable

    • angrystego@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      When in comes to combination of leggings and skirts, I think many women also feel safer and less exposed with legging under their skirts. Active girls and women don’t have to think of their movements wearing leggings under a mini-skirt or a lightweight fabric skirt.