<p>Thank you all for locating the Born flats for me! Unfortunately (or fortunately?) I already spent my money on a pair of Geox shoes.</p>
<p>blankmind, those were the same AGL flats I bought at the Anniversary Sale, and I discovered that the “scrunchy” style hurts my feet (the shoes curl up if I do not keep my feet on the ground when I sit, and it causes foot muscle aches). So back to Nordy’s they went.</p>
<p>Boots… OMG, has anyone considered getting a pair of the over-the-knee ones that seem to dominate the current fall catalogs? What would a lady wear them with? Jeggings and tunics :p?</p>
<p>Bunsen, I am on my feet pretty much most of the day, so the scrunchy doesn’t have much chance to curl up. I wore the AGL’s yesterday and they were amazing. Usually something on my foot has some issue with whatever shoe I’m wearing, but these were just plain comfortable. Plus thanks to the scrunchy, I could get them a half size larger than usual, which was very helpful for my wide foot.</p>
<p>I know that no one wears hose anymore, but I’ve got a dilemma. I’m going to a wedding and wearing a wrap dress (reward to myself for losing weight). Wedding is at the end of October on a Sunday evening–6:00 pm; it will be chilly in the Boston area then and even if the day is warm, the evening will be cool. What can I put on my legs?; I know I’ll be cold if I don’t wear something. Also, the bit of tan that I do have on my legs will have disappeared by the end of October. This is the dress:
[Diane</a> von Furstenberg<em>-</em>Printed Silk Jersey Wrap Dress<em>-</em>Bergdorf Goodman](<a href=“Diane von Furstenberg Printed Silk Jersey Wrap Dress”>Diane von Furstenberg Printed Silk Jersey Wrap Dress)</p>
<p>I love the dress - it’s beautiful. Have you chosen a shoe? How formal or dressy do you think the wedding will be? The description says that the dress is dark brown/camel, but it appears more black/white in the photo. A strappy sandal with a bare leg is the dressiest option. A brown suede boot would be the most casual. How about a semi-opaque dark brown tight with a high heel - a peep toe or leather pump?</p>
<p>I guess I’m hopelessly out of fashion but I still wear hose with nice dresses in the evening. I buy ones that are super sheer and the same color as my skin so my legs look the same as my arms and chest. I feel warmer and more polished. If it means I’m not dressing young, so be it.</p>
<p>I’m with you, Puzzled. I was in a conversation recently about interview dressing and it was concluded that it’s best to dress conservatively for such occasions and wear hose. I believe weddings and evening dress are similar in that regard.</p>
<p>Love the dress! I’m a hose person. At that time of year unless Indian summer reared it’s head which it can sometimes, I’d buy very sheer hose in nude or something that matched my skin tone but I don’t wear hose with open toe shoes. If it were Indian summer I’d go with a more open shoe and put some leg tanner on my legs. I wouldn’t wear boots with a silk dress because for me it would just feel too heavy on the bottom.</p>
<p>I love the self tanner by Bare Escentuals and apply it with a kabuki brush. I do it a day before the event. I leave the tanner on for about two and a half hours, then shower. At first you will think it isn’t dark enough, but the color continues to develop. The brush makes it much easier to apply lightly on your feet. </p>
<p>I also prefer how shoes feel with hose, but if I am wearing an open toed shoe or a sandal, then I bring on the BE tanner. </p>
<p>Bromfield: I think black dressy boots with a higher heel and black tights would look good with your dress. I wouldn’t have bare legs with a dress at the end of Oct. I would freeze.</p>
<p>I dunno… an evening wedding? Those tend to be more formal. I’ve never seen anyone wear boots to a formal event. It’s always high heel pumps or sandals. It won’t be an outdoor event, will it? You would probably be all right with hose and pumps.</p>
<p>My husband told me a few years ago that pantyhose “flattens out my rear end and gives me an old-lady butt.” Low-brow, I know, but he’s right. To my eye, it looks dowdy. I’d wear the dress bare-legged to a wedding, or with boots for a more casual look. The classic DVF wrap dress was always shown with sleek boots.</p>
<p>Love the dress, elegant but still somewhat festive. I’d go for nude fishnets, you get some coverage, but still the ‘appearance’ of skin. How about a dark brown glossy patent closed-toe pump with contrasting heel and maybe a tiny platform in a tortoise? No no no to peep toes with any hose, particularly dark or opaque. The point of peep toes are to show off a rocking pedi. You don’t want to see crinkled hose seams sticking out.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine going bare-legged in sandals in a knee-length dress to a formal event in New England in late October. (A long dress, okay.) Unless two rare circumstances converged: unseasonably hot weather (like over 70) and tan legs. I would also not take a chance on a new self-tanner the day before the event. What if it doesn’t agree with your skin and you turn out orange or mottled?</p>
<p>With that dress in Boston in late October I would opt for very fine nude or very subtly patterned hose and a dressy pump. It’s all very well and good to wear bare legs and strappy sandals in the winter in LA. In Boston you’d look foolish. There could be SNOW flurries!</p>
<p>Ah yes, the flat butt problem. Of the 4 females in my family, only one has a properly round butt. For my D’s birthday this summer, as a joke, I got her the following product (as seen on TV!). It was hilarious and her friends could not believe her mother gave her such a thing.</p>
<p>Consolation, I agree with you 100%: self tanner can mask imperfections such as spider veins, etc., but it will not help hide goosebumps! Nude-colored hose paired with closed toe pumps or elegant high heel boots will work great with that fabulous dress IMO.</p>
So back to Nordy’s they went.</p>