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- From: whitehea@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Lady in Red)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.big-folks
- Subject: Tights- Wheeeeeee! (long)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.150322.46299@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 15:03:22 CST
- Organization: Alfaro Vive, Carajo!
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- I meant to post this earlier, but I didn't get around to it.
-
- I've been doing some frantic research about this tights thing ever
- since I saw the barely-tights-like objects that they want $18 for at
- LB. So here's a synopsis of my findings:
-
- Danskins: First of all, they are $15 a pair. Second, they are lycra
- and nylon and they itch in a nasty way(and in a nasty place too).
-
- Making it Big has tights, I don't know how much they cost, but I have
- had great luck with them in the past. I know the tights will be
- costly (as much as $15), but I like their quality.
-
- I don't know if anyone besides me has a Jones Store, Co. but if you
- do, their tights are made Laura Gayle. Laura Gayle tights have the
- same heavy feel as the old LB tights. Maybe other stores carry them,
- too.
-
- The Avenue: Cheaply made, but they are opaque and they fit even the
- fattest Venus of Willendorf figure on my block (me). They only cost
- $6, too. The only hang-up is that since they are nothing more than
- glorified hose, they run easily. The nice thing about these tights as
- compared to the LB tights this year is that while the LB tights fit
- poorly and as a result are not opaque (particularly the black ones),
- the Avenue tights are solid black.
-
- The Lane Bryant catalog: These cost somewhere in the range of the LB
- store variety, and I have some on order, so I'll post when I know more
- about how they wear.
-
-
- The only tights I would implore you not to wear are the Danskins.
- They cost a bit too, too much for me and they are too long for my
- short leggies. And that manmade fiber itches! Ick.
-
- There are lycra tights in Women's sizes at the Target near here and I
- have not tried them (can you guess why?), but they are cheaper than
- the brandname ones.
-
- One last note: The LB hereabouts had a surplus of the last-year's
- tights and when I asked about them, the store manager (who is a sexy
- babe if ever I saw one-his name is Calvin) brought me a shopping bag
- full of the last year's tights. I bought them at the end-of-the-year
- sale price ($1.99). The moral of this is that you might want to ask.
- Also, here is the address of the LB home office, so you can write them
- and tell them what you think of the cheapo legwear they are trying to
- pass off on us:
-
- Lane Bryant Home Office
- 5 Limited Parkway East
- Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
-
-
- Amy
-