Thermal Underwear

Gillian · Post by **Gillian** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:31 pm

It might be just me, but I find that tights do not help at all. I have worn quality tights under my pants, that I have seen being worn by women in dresses, and they did nothing for keeping me warm. I don't know how these girls could wear a dress and have just tights on their legs and have any assemblence of warmth in their legs. Maybe it is the cold Canadian winters, but I have seen it here too. Is fashion a stronger drive than warmth, or to women have a different cold to warm threshold?

CJ · Post by CJ » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:19 pm

Hi all,

Gillian,

Do you shave your legs? Tights or heavy pantyhose feel warmer on smooth-skinned legs than they do over hairy ones. Word.

Love,
CJ

Absaroka · Post by **Absaroka** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:16 am

Gillian I agree with you. If I am outdoors in the winter, tights and pantyhose are not enough to keep me warm even under my jeans, let alone a skirt. And I also think you are right about the whole slave to fashion thing. I do find that leggings work almost as well as long underwear.

My aunt told me one time that growing up in northern Minnesota what the girls did back in the day was wear wool stockings in the winter, held up by industrial strength garter belts and under layered long skirts. I guess that would work. And I remember back in the late 60's when the HS dress code prohibited pants on girls that this was successfully challenged in January, with the point being made by a large number of girls that it was just too cold to stand and wait for the bus or walk to school in a skirt. The rule was changed to allow pants if the temperature was below 32 F The next year pants were okay all year. Of course now my daughter wears miniskirts in the winter. Yes fashion trumps comfort and even physical well being.

GGs do have more body fat than men, and it's distributed subcutaneously, so they can stay warmer than a man of the same body mass. This is why women tend to be better channel swimmers than men.

Paula G · Post by **Paula G** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:17 pm

Or of course many younger GGs in the North East of ENgland can stand sub zero temperatures almost naked

Kittie · Post by **Kittie** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:59 pm

Paula G wrote:Or of course many younger GGs in the North East of ENgland can stand sub zero temperatures almost naked

YES THE REAL GIRLS WHO CLUB IN WIGAN CAN!
They were pelmets and a bare midriff even in the depth of Winter. i can't

Susan · Post by **Susan** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:08 pm

Ditto with the girls in Liverpool and Sheffield. Must have antifreeze in their veins.

Kittie · Post by **Kittie** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:50 am

Kittie wrote:
Paula G wrote:Or of course many younger GGs in the North East of ENgland can stand sub zero temperatures almost naked
YES THE REAL GIRLS WHO CLUB IN WIGAN CAN!
They wear pelmets and a bare midriff even in the depth of Winter. i can't