Shoes & Accessories

A word of warning, don’t throw away those old red tights from your youth, that are still lurking in the back of your closet. It’s official, according to Style.com (and who am I to question this dependable source?), the in-thing in the tight department for fall 2008, is red-hot hosiery, in all shapes and forms.

To prove its point, Style.com currently features a picture of the model of the moment, Agyness Deyn, sporting a pair of red opaques, in it’s Style Hunter article, “Seeing Red.”

Personally I am not too keen on having legs the same color as a chicken, but I’ll dig out my pair of red opaques that I bought by mistake, here in Thailand, last year. Instead of picking up black ones, I couldn’t understand the information on the labelling (I can’t read Thai) and just went by the image on the packet. I got quite a shock when I opened up the pack, and thought I’d never have the opportunity to wear them. (Or at least, without looking like a left–over from a fancy dress party). Seems I was wrong!

If you, like Agyness, want to get ahead with the trend, then add a splash of color to your morning by wearing a pair of Jonathan Aston scarlet tights from Tightsplease. They also do a similar, denser pair of 60-denier red opaques from Charnos.

Wear red-blooded hoisery with a short solid color-block skirt or dress in complementary colors. This year your hosiery is supposed to match your outfits and not your shoes!