What could be more feminine than a pair of silky smooth pantyhose?
While many women opt for the bare-legged look these days, pantyhose (and tights) give a much more polished appearance.
The secret is to choose hosiery that makes you look sexy and stylish – not like you stepped out of a time warp from the 80s.
Follow these 5 transgender / crossdresser / femboy pantyhose style rules and I guarantee you can’t go wrong!
A Quick Note About Pantyhose vs. Tights vs. Stockings
Before we jump into the rules, let’s quickly discuss terms:
- Pantyhose – This is a term used in the U.S. to describe sheer hosiery with a denier (a measure of thickness in tights) of 8 to 30.
- Tights – Tights are thicker than pantyhose, with a denier of 40 to 100. (That said, most other English-speaking countries use the term “tights” for all hosiery, from sheer to thick.)
- Stockings – Stockings differ from tights in that they only extend to the upper thighs. They stay up with elastic or are secured with a garter belt.
Rule #1: Only Wear Nude Or Black Pantyhose
For the most sophisticated look, I recommend sticking to the basics and only wearing nude or black pantyhose. (Colored tights are a different story. See Rule #5.)
If you wear black hose, make sure that they’re jet black – not gray-black or brown-black.
Rule #2: Go For Sheer Nude Hose That Matches Your Skin Tone
The #1 rule for nude hose is to match your skin tone as closely as possible.
High-end hose brands (like Donna Karan and Calvin Klein) offer lots of nude shades to choose from, so you should be able to find a perfect match.
The #2 rule for nude hose is to buy the sheerest hosiery you can find. Nude pantyhose should be like the foundation you wear on your face: invisible, but enhancing.
Rule #3: Buy The Best Quality Pantyhose You Can Afford
Most trans women, crossdressers, and femboys have great legs, so it pays to show them off with nice pantyhose. There’s a big difference between drug store brands and department store brands.
My favorite high quality hosiery brands include:
- Wolford
- Spanx
- Donna Karan
- Calvin Klein
- Nordstrom
Rule #4: Coordinate Your Pantyhose With Your Shoes
If you wear black pantyhose, wear black shoes for the most streamlined look.
Nude hose gives you the most options: You can pair them with any color of shoes. For the most leg-lengthening look, try wearing nude hose with nude shoes.
Just remember: NO pantyhose with sandals or open toed shoes! (A small peep toe is fine.)
Rule #5: Try Tights
Semi-sheer and opaque tights are a great alternative to transgender / crossdresser pantyhose – especially when it’s cold out.
Tights are less formal, but they tend to look more modern and youthful than pantyhose.
The pantyhose rules DON’T apply to tights, so experiment with different colors, styles, and textures. Funky tights can totally make an outfit!
Let’s continue the conversation…
Do you love to wear pantyhose, tights, and/or stockings? If so, what are your favorite styles and brands?
Please share your comments below!
Love,
Lucille
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I love to wear all things Sex, including pantyhose. I now have my 36C breasts that stay.
I always wear Tan Or Nude But Tan Is the best for me …..
Wearing pantyhose kind of depends on my outfit. When the weather is colder and I want to sport my open toe shoes I’ll put on a pair of my toeless hose, keeps the legs warm.
allie
Hello Allie….My name is Regina and I wanted to tell you that I like your dress and the way you look in your photo on lucille Sorena’s website about panyhose. I am looking to make new friends with other crossdressers and wanted to say hello to ya. Feel free to get back with me and let me know more about you!
I cant live without my pantyhose. I don’t dress full enfeme very often but Bra and pantyhose are a daily must under my work cloths. I just love how they hug my legs. But stocking and garter or thigh highs are great also.
I am not sure about funky tights. They can make a woman beyond her teenage years look goofy.
Hi Lucille,
I’m feel happy all your informations, step by step, how a male can itself expose the female into him.I love you and I’ll be your customer. I agree with you about top 5 pantyhose rulle: charming, lovely!… I intend to buy some of your products, but not now, because I don’t start my transition male to female. I’m not a CD. I wanna be a female. So I must start a treatment with hormones, and so on.I have a lot of family problem to solve. Anybody knows who am I and it’s possible that I must move faraway maybe USA,UK or Europe. People here are so much cruel, unlearned and I’m a public person.
Love,
Rafaela
Lucille,
Don’t know how to say this really but I disagree on almost all your tips this time (a rarity I don’t usually)
1) Even though I am more a stockings girl these days, and I agree on the basic principle, nude or black (coloured ones look so tacky), I wear tan tights sometimes and my particular favorite is barely black, ie a very light shade of black. So you can look classy beyond nude or jet black I think.
2) The sheerest hose you can find? What are we talking here 10 denier or even 5 denier? I don’t think so, that sheer they only last about 2 mins and don’t always cover up the blemishes on your legs. I wear classy pantyhose in the range 10 to 20 denier, it works.
3) The best quality hose you can afford, I emphatically agree and would go further, “Never wear cheap supermarket pantyhose!”, it looks exactly what it is, cheap.
4) Co-ordination, have to disagree with you here, black shoes and nude hose looks very sexy, and black with almost any colour shoes except white works.
Open toed shoes and no pantyhose? you have to be kidding! That means no stoickinged toes for the admirers to look at! come on!
5) Not fond of colored tights though I have worn patterned ones on occasion.
Rachel
xxx
Well done Rachel.Spot on,i agree with everything you say and must highlight the fact that nearly black has class and are so so much more sexier.Strappy sandals look better with stockings also.You certainly would not get into ascot on ladies day without hose.PS you look great too x nici
I love different coloured stockings. Hold ups or suspenders. different colours just make me feel so sexy and fem.
Pauline xx