LONG tights for LONG legs

[FluffyMummy123]

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[foofi]

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[FluffyMummy123]

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[chonky]

Must be just you cod - I'm 5'11 with 35" legs , and I don't have this problem with Marks tights.

Have you tried posho makes from the likes of House of Fraser?

[FluffyMummy123]

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[PrismManchip]

I am 174 (I am Pruni, in case you don't recognise me from my height)
I have always bought XL but ikwym about the gusset
I also wonder what genuinely XL people wear - because those waistbands dig.

[PrismManchip]

I thnk the answer btw is to buy from Germany or Denmark
German woman at ds's nursery is getting me some long-legged stripy ones from Germany

[FluffyMummy123]

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[PrismManchip]

They do pull a bit
God knows what they think they are doing with the sizing
I hate M+S at the best of times and in particular their tights (and scratchy bras)

[FluffyMummy123]

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[GeekgirlRoastingOnAnOpenFire]

I'm the same height/leg length as chonky and have no problem with M&S tights

Large fits fine. XL is apparently for size 18 upwards so wider rather than longer.

[FluffyMummy123]

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[chonky]

I get Large too - XL is far too big. Looking at the sizing guide I reckon you're only a M cod.

[Maidamess]

Wear your knickers over your tights

[PrismManchip]

I have worn M+S XL as a 10. 12 and 14
They bloody hurt round the waist after half a day
I can't see how they can fit a size 18, honestly
I am off to google Danish tights

[chonky]

M is for tallish people (up to 1.76m) and up to a size 12.

[GeekgirlRoastingOnAnOpenFire]

you do have to yank tights up as you put them on [wonders how cod wears tights?!?!]

[Countingthegreyhairs]

Have same problem Cod. Am 1,72 m with 80cm inside leg (downside is I don't have any waist at all - height comes only from pins so nothing fits)

I buy M & S Large or Ex Size or other makes XL and they are OK-ish.

I find the posher brands in large sizes(Fogal or Wolford for example) that have a proper toe and heel fit better in general.

Also see www.tightsfashion.co.uk and click on 'hosiery for longer legs' on home page. Never used site before but may have useful pointers.

[Countingthegreyhairs]

Another vote for German tights

[PrismManchip]

Chonky I have tried M but the gusset ends half way down my thighs and my toes get squished alarmingly

[Swedes2Turnips1]

How awful for you having long legs.

[SpawnChorus]

Why not wear stockings instead? Or pull ups?

[SpawnChorus]

lololol I meant hold ups not pull ups.

[Swedes2Turnips1]

Why not wear pop socks. LOL

[FluffyMummy123]

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[lalalonglegs]

Wolford - cost a fortune but I wear them for special occasions and so, apparently, do drag queens .