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countrigal
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These are my favorite items any more during the summer. I can wear my sandals, have my nice pedicured toes shining through, but still have the benefit of the rest of my foot and legs in hosiery. Just like a thong shoe, it has a "neck" that wraps around your big toe and holds the foot in place, so you have to be picky about the shoe you wear them with, but most all of my sandals cover that and the line between hose and foot, so that it looks seemless. And then I can wear a toe ring (put on after work, for after work socializing) while looking pretty. Serously though, the toe-less nylon really makes wearing a skirt or dress in the summer a bit more fun, as you can wear those pretty sandals without a seem showing across your toes, or worse yet -- the re-inforced area over the toes.
I don't know what it is about those flip-flop, slappy sandals that everyone thinks is so great to wear. I think it's bad enough that I make as much noise as I do wearing heels in our hallways without the additional slapping that's heard in those shoes. And now they're making tennies and loafers with the same slip-on, slappy affect. I understand the desire for ease, but I'm not sure that a nurse should be wearing a slide-on shoe when she might have to move quick in response to a patient. Just doesn't seem like the thing to wear in a professional setting. I mean, it would be one thing if you didn't work with patients or wouldn't have to make quick or rapid movements that could result in your losing a shoe, but we are a hospital and patients are our customers. We can't escape them. To me, that's like a construction worker wearing a backless work boot... kind of defeats the purpose of the shoe.
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supergirl
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Working in a back-to-nature environment, with minimum heat in the winter and maximum heat in the summer, I dress for the weather while still maintaining a professional look. I wear stockings or heavyweight tights in winter, and go bare legged as soon as the weather turns. But I do mostly wear long skirts and dresses. During my short, unhappy sojourn at the OTHER office, I wore stockings every day. My natural look did not fit in there. I guess it all depends on where you work.
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jaynine
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I live in the South and yes, it is quite hot. But the office is air-condition. I, too, have worn pantyhose for so long, I cannot imagine going to work without them. I tried it because sooo many women do that here, but I agree, skirts do not look right without stockings, I don't care how tanned your legs are. It looks just plain sloppy, unprofessional and far too casual. Today is Friday and though my top and slacks are casual, I am wearing slip-on leather wedge sandals, that are very attractive; my legs are tanned, my toe nails polished, feet clean and pampered, but I still wear stockings. I love the new toeless ones, too.
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