Braids & Legs: Things You Thought Were Gone...Aren't

Zac Posen's catwalkers turned up in nude and suntan pantyhose at Fashion Week a few months ago. Only then, it was easier to dismiss the whole thing with, "Not unless you're on the clock at Hooters and are accessorizing with a plate of hot wings!"

It's scads harder to dismiss pantyhose when they start showing up at big retailers like American Apparel. And if that weren't twisted-reality enough, trendcentral reports that now French braids are making a comeback, too (if you can't remember how-to, bone up here before this fad reaches critical mass in summer).

I personally did a brief stint in suntan pantyhose (L'Eggs, filched from mom's dresser, from a stash of L'Eggs still packaged in plastic eggs) - before realizing that my source for fashion shouldn't be my mom's underwear drawer.

I think I'd have less trouble getting in line with the "sun hose" trend if there weren't so many bronzing options out there. When your choices are jeans or blinding white legs, suntan hose look like a great idea. When your options are 30 different bronzers in 57 shades of gold shimmer, suddenly the only thing golden about tan pantyhose are the Golden Girls still wearing them.

As for the French braids....if I'm going to copy anything this summer, it's going to be this.



Photos courtesy of eBay and trendcentral