# Pantyhose - under or over **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242 "2010-02-09T05:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/41 "2010-02-09T18:13:54Z")
Very Large Boobs, I’m guessing. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/42 "2010-02-09T18:15:51Z")
That’d be my guess as well. Mine are hardly huge, but I wear a sports bra and a tank with a built in bra when I work out. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/43 "2010-02-09T18:25:57Z")
I would never wear a regular bra to the gym either. Not near enough support. I’m a B cup too. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/44 "2010-02-09T18:30:01Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > How come you can’t? Bigger boobs don’t take kindly to bouncing. 🙂 I have to wear an Enell sports bra, which basically looks like a bullet proof vest. It’s the only one I’ve had that actually locks n loads the boobs. ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/45 "2010-02-09T19:33:27Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > The flaw in your theory is that pantyhose do not look sexy. At all. Ever. > [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Exactly. :eek: > [@Heckity](#): > > First off, pantyhose are not sexy in and of themselves. That might be true for some or even most people, but there are plenty of others who find them appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/46 "2010-02-09T19:49:19Z")
So, all these folks have posted in defense of no panties/panties over hose. But no one has answered my question about pubic hair. Doesn’t it get snagged in the mesh of hose? Do you go hairless? Cornrows? Someone explain!! ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/47 "2010-02-09T20:31:17Z")
I love the Dope sometimes, I never considered anyone would ever wear panties OVER hose. The mind boggles. I have worn hose without panties, and there was no snagging of hair at all, I have also never thought about that. When I consider the fabric of hose (legs/crotch) I can’t think of anything snagworthy. And changing one’s clothes every 6 hours - trying to figure out just how much laundry I would generate changing clothes 4 times a day: 6-12 - get up shower, get dressed 12-6 - arbitary clothes change at work - would coworkers notice? 6-12 - get home from work, change clothes 12-6 - change into jammies PS - I wear most clothes only once (underwear, socks, definitely) but get multiple wearings out of bras, jeans, sweaters and some dress pants (hate the cost of drycleaning). ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/48 "2010-02-09T20:45:20Z")
> [@](#): > > I can’t imagine a scenario in which I would wear pantyhose with that, at all. Well, sometimes I like to feel sexy just for me. A nice one-piece teddy over pantyhose for work - no one knows I feel all slinky underneath my professional suit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/49 "2010-02-09T20:47:50Z")
Wouldn’t you wear thigh-highs with that, though? ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/50 "2010-02-09T20:55:52Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > And changing one’s clothes every 6 hours - trying to figure out just how much laundry I would generate changing clothes 4 times a day: > > 6-12 - get up shower, get dressed > 12-6 - arbitary clothes change at work - would coworkers notice? > 6-12 - get home from work, change clothes > 12-6 - change into jammies > > PS - I wear most clothes only once (underwear, socks, definitely) but get multiple wearings out of bras, jeans, sweaters and some dress pants (hate the cost of drycleaning). I feel the same way! I wear the same pj nightshirt a few nights in a row too. I couldn’t imagine what my water, detergent and electricity bill would look like with that much laundry! ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/51 "2010-02-09T20:59:35Z")
> [@Pullet](#): > > So, all these folks have posted in defense of no panties/panties over hose. But no one has answered my question about pubic hair. Doesn’t it get snagged in the mesh of hose? Do you go hairless? Cornrows? Someone explain!! Why would your pubes get stuck in hose but not actual panties? Regardless, whether hairless or with hair, I’ve never noticed this problem at all. Haven’t tried cornrows yet though. Underwear with pantyhose is stupid- they are PANTYhose- panties and hose. Unless you have a leaky vagina, you ought to be cool. No, I don’t wear them multiple times between washings, but I wouldn’t do that with underwear either (I do it with bras, though). ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/52 "2010-02-09T20:59:41Z")
> [@Heckity](#): > > Well, sometimes I like to feel sexy just for me. A nice one-piece teddy over pantyhose for work - no one knows I feel all slinky underneath my professional suit. 😉 Whatever makes you happy. 🙂 It’s just that I’m picturing lingerie over shiny pantyhose and it seems so, so… Jamie Lee Curtis in the 80s. But pantyhose are the anti-sexy to me. I literally can’t fit the words “sexy” and “pantyhose” into the same sentence in my mind without a “NOT” in there. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/53 "2010-02-09T21:08:14Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Whatever makes you happy. 🙂 It’s just that I’m picturing lingerie over shiny pantyhose and it seems so, so… Jamie Lee Curtis in the 80s. But pantyhose are the anti-sexy to me. I literally can’t fit the words “sexy” and “pantyhose” into the same sentence in my mind without a “NOT” in there. Rude. I never feel sexier than when I have myself stuffed into my Just My Size tan control tops. Breathing is the antithesis of sexy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/54 "2010-02-09T21:23:42Z")
Wow - I think I discovered several new things in this thread. As far as I am concerned: Pantyhose/tights - worn over underwear, but going commando works better a lot of the time. Stockings are sexy, tights and pantyhose never. If your pubes get caught, you,re doing it wrong. And for extra points, stockings/pantyhose shoud not be worn with open toes shoes. Especiallly nude. You’re not fooling anyone. Panties is a word that makes me feel squicky. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/55 "2010-02-09T21:30:53Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Bigger boobs don’t take kindly to bouncing. 🙂 I have to wear an Enell sports bra, which basically looks like a bullet proof vest. It’s the only one I’ve had that actually locks n loads the boobs. Plug for Champion sports bras! Advtange 1: They make them in my size. You can’t just walk into Sports Authority and say, “Hey, I need a sports bra… oh, and make that in size bazillion,” and expect to find one. I ordered it online, but Champion does make them. Other brands do not. Advantage 2: I could do a backflip in the damn thing, and the ladies wouldn’t move. This is key. Panties under, but I don’t wear hose because they’re ugly. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/56 "2010-02-09T21:33:51Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > And for extra points, stockings/pantyhose shoud not be worn with open toes shoes. Especiallly nude. You’re not fooling anyone. For what it’s worth, it is very on trend (designer wise) to wear brightly colored, opaque tights with peep toe pumps (not fully open toe though). ---
**Author:** ![MitzeKatze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@MitzeKatze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MitzeKatze)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/57 "2010-02-09T21:37:42Z")
> [@Girl\_From\_Mars](#): > > Panties is a word that makes me feel squicky. I’m surprised by how many people feel the same way. I am just the opposite…“panties” are what girls or women wear and “underpants”, “underwear”, “briefs” or any other word for panties makes me think of what men wear and it feels just wrong to use it for women’s clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/58 "2010-02-09T21:42:09Z")
> [@HazelNutCoffee](#): > > Who wears panties OVER pantyhose? > > I do wear panties over garters (suspenders) though. The ads always show them under but sometimes you need to take your panties off before you unsnap your garters. Makes it easier. Agreed! How else do people go to the potty when wearing hose with garters??? ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/59 "2010-02-09T21:46:16Z")
> [@MitzeKatze](#): > > I’m surprised by how many people feel the same way. I am just the opposite…“panties” are what girls or women wear and “underpants”, “underwear”, “briefs” or any other word for panties makes me think of what men wear and it feels just wrong to use it for women’s clothing. These are probably just as utilitarian, but my words of choice are undies or knickers. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242/60 "2010-02-09T21:49:21Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > For what it’s worth, it is very on trend (designer wise) to wear brightly colored, opaque tights with peep toe pumps (not fully open toe though). It’s not a blanket ban! TO be honest, I did think of that trend when I wrote that, but the difference I think is that they are being worn for that effect - the contrast etc. What I was getting at was the ‘I want to wear those shoes but it’s too cold/I haven’t shaved/fake tanned’ mindset. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantyhose-under-or-over/528242.md?page=4)