Tights are not pants!
So, how do you know if what you are wearing is actually a pair of tights and not a pair of pants? Well, while it should be plainly obvious, let’s review. Here are my top ten ways to tell if you’re wearing tights, not pants.
- If your pants have feet attached to them, they’re tights, not pants.
- If your pants have a control top, they’re tights, not pants.
- If your underwear is visible through your pants, they’re tights, not pants.
- If you can easily snag or get a runner in them, they’re tights, not pants.
- If you have to do that “gather the legs up and then work them over your your feet in legs to get them on” (similar to putting on a pair of pantyhose) then, duh, they’re tights, not pants.
- If your pants are sold in the tights and socks section, they’re tights, not pants.
- If your pants have that cotton gusset in the crotch, they’re tights, not pants
- If you can see your skin through your pants, they’re tights, not pants
- If you wash your pants by hand and then hang them over the shower curtain rod to dry with all your other delicates, they’re tights, not pants.
- If your pants say this:
Finally, if you’re still confused, check out this flowchart (courtesy of Buzzfeed)