Today I had a somewhat-formal-business-wear-type-event, so yesterday I went to the drugstore and bought some knee-his. Does that phrase not send you careening right back to the ’70s? Say it with me: KNEE-HI. I can almost feel<\/i> the polyester strawberry-print flares I sported as a wee tot.<\/p>\n
But I digress.<\/p>\n
At my old job folks dressed anywhere from jeans + sneakers to suits + stockings. I tended to hew to the middle — shirts with collars, mostly skirts in the summer, standard business casual pants in the winter. So it’s not that I don’t have any formal business type clothes. <\/p>\n
Right now it’s the shoes<\/i> that are tripping me up (har). I have a few pairs of nice flats that I wear in the summer, when things are all warm and sock-free. But in the winter I favor wing-tip Doc Martens. Just dressy enough for work, and so very cushiony, plus they go with everything.<\/p>\n
Everything, that is, except when you are trying for just a smidge more formal than usual. Yesterday I realized that I probably didn’t want to wear the Docs today. It’s currently in the mid-40s here — brrr! — hence the trip to the drugstore. Those knee-his should give my feet and ankles a modicum of protection from the wind as I dress it up a little with my flats, right?<\/p>\n
Technically, the answer is yes. But only if you weren’t hoping to wear the knee-his for the ENTIRE day. Reader, I had a run in those knee-his by lunchtime. Luckily it was on the heel, thus more or less invisible unless you really knew where to look for it. Who knew knee-his were single use items? BOO on them and their fragility.<\/p>\n
Stockings, meh. What I need is the equivalent of knee-hi tights. Do these exist? For some reason the words “trouser socks” are popping into my head. A quick google search returns retailers named Therawear, Silkies (!), and Hue.<\/p>\n
Hue! OMG! How very high school. They always had tights in the most excellent colors. I think I still have some lime green ones from the early 90s. Xmas is coming, off to make my list!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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