https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 30 May 2026 21:57:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683832 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:08:40 +0000 ironkurtin 683832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>CCiele... you have given me a brand new thing to worry about. Moire effect via leg hair. Wonderful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683757 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:57:59 +0000 Anonymous 683757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear! Let's hope someone close to her mentions something. :/ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683638 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:31:21 +0000 DonnaF 683638@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow! Thanks for the hosiery heads-up! I will mention this to DD who is more apt to wear more adventurous patterned hose. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683629 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:17:06 +0000 JR 683629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am not the greatest fan of patterned hosiery. They can be lovely when done right, but so often they look more faddish than flattering, even without the unfortunate effects you guys are talking about. So I personally avoid them like the plague. However, I am certainly open to being wowed by somebody who pulls it off well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683574 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:13:03 +0000 cciele 683574@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Then again, I had the opposite but similar experience. A woman was wearing red hose with an interesting pattern that I was going to comment on -- until I realized it was her dark leg hair that was making the pattern! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683562 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:48:18 +0000 Mamapicklejuice 683562@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It isn't just nude patterned hose, though...I have seen the "hairy leg" effect with black hosiery as well...it is why I stick to graphic hosiery like diamonds, etc than trailing floral designs. Exceptions to every rule, of course! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683552 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:40:10 +0000 cciele 683552@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooo, ouch. If you were that woman, would you appreciate a stranger pointing this out to you? Trying to figure out what to do if I come across this (which I have before). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683546 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:36:55 +0000 rae 683546@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ditto Diana. I hope this woman realizes the problem, since the rest of the outfit sounds very fab! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683540 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:30:07 +0000 Jonesy 683540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's too bad...It does seem like certain patterns of tights/hose just don't translate well once they are on one's legs! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683452 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:00:27 +0000 MsMary 683452@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, no! That's a darned shame! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683442 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:42:34 +0000 rachylou 683442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh. I'll have to remember this next time I buy stockings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683346 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:34:52 +0000 Aziraphale 683346@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha! I had that happen once. I bought a pair of taupe lace tights with a very open weave....when I put them on, I realized they made me look like I had very, very hairy legs. Like, man hairy. Needless to say, they got tossed out.</p> <p>Better than burn victim, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683337 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:26:05 +0000 Anonymous 683337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The poor woman. I'm sure she didn't realize how her legs looked. I don't own any nude patterned stockings and, based on what you said, think I will never wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683329 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:19:08 +0000 Diana 683329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes. This is why I don't own any patterned nude tights. (I prefer black or an obvious color). I've never found one that matches my non-caucasian skin tone well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683323 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:14:38 +0000 Transcona Shannon 683323@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh dear...that's unfortunate... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683319 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:13:03 +0000 Heather 683319@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Perhaps her home has poor lighting and it looked fine there, but in the light of day notsomuch? This happens with make up, also. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683315 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:11:42 +0000 K. Period. 683315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've seen something similar too. The color of nude hosiery has to be just right. I returned several pairs of nude fishnets before I found one that looked natural. I've even looked at nude dot hosiery and found the color off enough that it looked like pimples. Really a place to tread carefully. Such a bummer that the gal's beautiful outfit was ruined by a bad color match. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683310 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:08:27 +0000 Claudia 683310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna, I've seen what you are talking about, where it looks like somebody has a skin condition, bruising or something wrong with their legs and it was patterned stockings along with a color issue. It is something to be aware of when choosing one's hosiery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683292 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:54:54 +0000 Anonymous 683292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683286 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:50:15 +0000 ironkurtin 683286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yikes. And what do you even say?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/when-a-look-fails-badly#post-683284 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:49:18 +0000 annagybe 683284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This I was following a well dressed woman getting off the bus at my work. She was wearing a interesting back pleated trench carrying a checked Louis Vitton bag and nude Tory Burch flats. I did a triple take on her legs though. She looked like a burn victim. Which I wouldn't think anything of it given my hospital is a major burn center and she may be here for treatment. Upon closer inspection it turned out she was wearing nude lace tights. The nude was a shade darker and redder than her skin, so it really did look like scar tissue. </p>