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Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker Bringing Tan 'Cosmetic Hosiery' Back

by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts)
Posted Aug 6th 2010 at 4:20PM

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Beyoncé shimmies in shimmery, faux-glow hose. Photo: Getty Images

Hold on to your tiaras -- tan tights are the latest celebrity trend!

Best associated with beauty pageants and figure skating, tinted stockings are being worn by stars like Sarah Jessica Parker, Beyoncé, and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the Daily Express reports.

And according to a new poll of 1,750 British women by Charnos hosiery, 81 percent preferred to wear tan tights rather than expose their bare legs in summer, according to the paper.

"In this hot weather women want the instant sun-kissed, polished effect," Charnos brand manager Alison Baines told the paper.

"They don't need to worry about 'faking it' or streaky pins, they can just pull on a pair of tights and go."

"Cosmetic hosiery" is also reportedly flying off the shelves.

Charnos told the Daily Express that they've seen a 20 percent sales increase in tan tights, while Marks & Spencer has reported a 28 percent increase in sheer toe-less styles.

Yikes. We're all for a faux glow, but if we start seeing figure skater tights paired with Daisy Dukes, heads are gonna roll.

And see how "Mad Men" is inspiring women to wear big, high-waist undies.

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Filed under: Accessories, Fashion, Beauty, Celebrity, News, Skin & Body, Celebrity Style, Shopping
Tags: beyonce, carla bruni-sarkozy, charnos, cosmetic hosiery, hosiery, legwear, Marks Spencer, nude, pantyhose, sarah jessica parker, tan, tights

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John Billingsley, 8-09-2010, 9:04AM

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Yoummie.

klee, 8-10-2010, 8:59PM

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This is for the runway only. Or stage in this case. I gag to think of people wearing these on the street. You'd look like a freakin' mannequin.

webkitty, 8-09-2010, 10:30AM

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All that is old becomes new again. Women of certain ages have always known that wearing a good pair of tights or panty hose makes your entire lower torso look better and hides a myriad of flaws. So now as our starlets age, they recognize that going bare legged is not all that attractive. Personally, I have seen women wearing very nice and expensive ensembles with no panty hose or tights. It ruined the entire look.

DeniseM, 8-09-2010, 10:57AM

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This article is really about panty hose (not tights, as you think of them in the US). Tights are the name of pantyhose in the UK…this article was written by a writer in England. They call all hosiery by the same name (tights) but differentiate based on dernier (thinner being like sheer panty hose and thicker being like our version of tights).

The article is kind of confusing because it shows Beyonce in stage tights. This is not what the article is about. Obviously Sarah Jessica Parker is not running around NY in the hot summer heat wearing tights! They are simply saying that sheer, nude panty hose are making a comeback versus bare legs. I think this is a good thing for those of us who are sick of baring it all just because panty hose has been out of fashion. Unless you're in a sun dress, bare legs look a little too bare for my taste.

JoJo, 8-09-2010, 11:22AM

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LOL to me, "tights" aka pantyhose never went out of fashion. To the person that said women would look like mannequins, looking at pasty white veiny legs on other women is enough to make ME gag.

Hosiery is ALWAYS flattering to a women's legs.

lee, 8-09-2010, 11:19AM

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'Bout damn time! I look at all the fashion mags and photos and it always strikes me how a woman can be glammed to the max EXCEPT for her bare legs. How can they feel dressed up with their scarred, bony legs just hanging there under a beautiful dress. GET DRESSED ladies. We know what it took to get your legs to be passable-looking in a photo....it's a joke. One word - pantyhose!

sergio, 8-09-2010, 11:50AM

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Beyonce has a huge azz and thighs and is very slutty.

MEANDA, 8-09-2010, 12:31PM

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Hey Sergio----------You are such a hater, I think Beyonce is beautiful!! I bet you have a FLAT Wide AZZ.

Ce Ce, 8-09-2010, 12:38PM

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I have been wondering for years...when is pantyhose coming back!!!!! NO one in a dress, skirt or suit looks good without pantyhose on. I see women now wearing no hose at their work places, all dressed up in their suits and their bare legs showing. AND let's face it, most of the majority of women do not have nice smooth flawless legs. The fashion industry has made it almost impossible to even find hosiery let alone be brave enough to put them on without being made fun of.
I think it is awful that in a respectable business that the women who work there are bare legged and wearing open toed shoes. Too bare, if you asked me. And to top that off, you know it's too bare when you have all the men gawking and falling over themselves trying to get a peak of a less-dressed women in a skirt.

Olive, 8-09-2010, 12:45PM

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I know I'm not the only one, but I am so sick of putting on self-tanners that streak, rub off on clothes and everything else you touch. I quit using tanning beds and exposing myself to alot of sun. It is just such a headache in the summer months for women who want their legs to look good. It used to be so much easier to just put on a tan pair of sheer hosiery. Women complain that they are too hot in them?? Well, why doesn't men feel too hot in their long pants and socks when they go to their ofc. jobs? I have grown up in an era that you wore hosiery and it didn't bother me one bit, not even on a hot summer day. I personally think women are just too bare nowadays. Ladies, let's bring back our old trustworthy hosiery and get modest again.

Dan, 8-11-2010, 1:06AM

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I'm all for women covering up their flaws (anyone who has seen a woman without makeup will attest), but at some point it begins to become a bit much. I want to know that at least some parts of a woman I see on the street are real. Some indication that there is a human being under all of those extensions, goop masks, and spray tans.

Lucy, 8-09-2010, 5:02PM

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Women who wear skirts/dresses to work should wear some sort of tights or pantyhose. As someone else said, bare legs and open-toed shoes are not professional. Women should not be that undressed at work! I think it would be really uncomfortable. I wear jeans to work because I have a physically demanding job that calls for such clothing. (I am glad I don't have to dress up.)

Tights or pantyhose under shorts would be kind of silly. Of course, shorts should not be worn to work unless you work at the beach or pool, are a gym teacher or are at a summer camp!

Incidentally, Beyonce is beautiful.

Lindsay & Erik, 10-09-2010, 9:18PM

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Great article, (although Sarah jessica parker is not a cure now, but one of the main causes YEARS ago). SJParker, Brittany s, etc.. were enforcing 'dress down', "it's too hot"/I'm lazy" & white trash for a long time. People grew brains, even the commoners & followers, and wanted beauty and simply to look good again! Zooey DesChanel, Lindsay Lohan, Rhianna, Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue and others helped re-form the glamorous outlook and surely bringing feminine & SEXY back, a'la Ann Margaret & Bettie Page style! (No ju$tin timberstink, you & your drum machine missed it by light years).
The gals and guys that have a thing for lingerie and alluring fashion and glamour are so happy to see gals not afraid to wear sexy Pantyhose again. (If you like them, wear them!)
As much as we like Beyonce, they did not choose a good photo for this article. Beyonce actually knows her Hosiery- and most always wears accordingly to her engagements.
And as happy as this article makes us, it is about a year or 3 late.
http://img18.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09807_quickcollageyoungcelebsPantyhosebyECH_122_522lo.jpg

Amy, 8-19-2010, 4:36AM

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I can't imagine living without this trend! It desperately needs to be tried before its slated, they were recommended to me buy a friend who styles a few well known celebs and I wouldn't ever look back! I also completely agree that Charno's are one of the best ones - I get Charno's Simply Bare Tights from Tightsplease! http://www.tightsplease.co.uk/tights/colours/cosmetic-tights/
A site also rec to me by my stylist friend - there quick and convenient! enjoy :) xx

Dane, 8-12-2010, 11:18PM

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That is great" I have always felt the bare leg look is terrible,there is nothing sexier than to see a lady in nice shiny suntan pantyhose,Hanes Alive maybe? mmm, sexy.

wr, 9-03-2010, 4:07PM

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Unreal I swear sometimes women are complete idiots!!Panyhose have to be the most hot annoying clothing out there only the bra is number 1.Why do women always let others tell them what is fashion??Pantyhose look good on store dummies.

Denise, 9-03-2010, 7:33PM

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Have been wondering when all the "beautiful people" would realize their knees kill the look every time! "Where have all the ladies gone,, long time passing", to paraphrase the song.

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