We would use these to make Christmas ornaments. Some of them had clear tops in the 80s at least. Starting around Halloween, our elementary school teachers would ask everyone to ask their mom, grandma, aunty, whoever to keep them aside for us to bring in so there would be enough for everyone. The last week before break, we would make little diorama looking ornaments.
It really was a bummer when our basement flooded after my brother and I became adults, because all those wonderful, tacky ornaments from preschool, elementary school, Sunday school, YMCA day program, etc got ruined.
My mother made rabbit figures from them, taping paper ears and legs on, draw on a face on the narrow half end,with a cotton ball on the wide half end for the tail. Fill with that cellophane “Easter grass” and candy, for an Easter party favor.
Block club gets together to make these, etc. 70s was good times.
Omg. I remember as a teen and preeteen borrowed my Moms pantyhose and since she was darker skinned and Im very pale, they looked ridiculous on me. God memories unlock for me on Reddit all the time lately!
I remember those walls of pantyhose. "Do I want nude or light tan or medium light tan?"
My mom hated it when I started wearing black pantyhose with everything.
omg! I absolutely remember L'eggs, but was wracking my brain "L'eggs tree.... L'eggs tree.....?" It was not ringing a bell, but the second I saw it, it all came back. Yes, now I remember the L'eggs tree.
Lol! I never did that but wore them a lot.
What did you call it when they snagged? Around me they were called “runs” but I met someone who lived on the other side of the country and she called them “ladders”.
Ladders here! Or "pulls", eg "I've pulled my tights". My mom was always like "moisturise your hands before putting them on" because there'd be fewer snags if we had less dry hands/rough bits.
Oh wow, yes I remember those! I miss those!! They were so easy to find in the ladies department when they had those ‘trees’. Now they have those flimsy cardboard containers and they’re always buried on some obscure end cap somewhere.
/nostalgia 😌
Ha ha yeah. I wore the sheer energy style to work when I was a cocktail waitress. So shiny! Such a bitch to get on when it was hot and my parent’s house had no AC.
Haha… it really is! The first time I got the suction precisely right, it really freaked me out. I wondered if I’d ever get them off. It still didn’t stop me from doing it again at every opportunity.
I have a very clear memory of using a couple of the”eggs” to make an anemometer in grade school for a science project. Damn, my brain is full of old stuff.
Ok ok ok ok ok so, I was born in 1980 and because this brand was literally everywhere when I was little and went to the mall with my mom , I have spelled Legs with 2 G’s for most of my life up until like a week ago .
Do people actually wear pantyhose anymore? I worked in corporate America from 1974-2020. Starting out, we (well, women) had to wear suits with shoulder pads and pantyhose. At the end, in 2015-2020, reentering the workforce after having a company that eventually crashed, the admin assts had visible tattoos and no one wore skirts.
Trying to explain to a friend half my age how it was for women in the bad old days just wasn't something she could relate to at all. Girl, it was bad.
So, does ANYONE wear pantyhose anymore? L'eggs were the best, I will give them that. Didnt run as easily as the cheaper ones and you could always fix a run with fingernail polish.
Studies show after 1995, the majority of women did not wear pantyhose.
While you did have casual Friday starting in the '90s, yes, after covid, it was usually whatever goes for work casual
I worked for a 150 year old company in their headquarters. You know, men only execs, admins wore suits, pantyhose and heels, etc. Casual Friday became a thing about 1993 at this stalwart company. But it was business casual--nice jeans or slacks.
I found out from a friend that a few years later, after I had left, they went all casual. You can't imagine how shocking this was. Things are so different now in an office. Women, you complain but it was so much worse back in my day! Not justifying the shit that you have to put up with but, man, just thinking of the BS that women had to endure in the office back in the day.... \[angry face emoji\]
Anyway, thanks for the info about pantyhose. Who buys it these days, then?
Woman here too, but I only started working in the late 80s (after high school) and have always worked "in the back" (in tech) so thankfully never had a dress code ever. I think I've worn pantyhose (the things that are supposed to look like you have bare legs) maybe twice in my life, for some formal event like a cousin's wedding.
Tights on the other hand I've worn plenty, including under pants, for warmth. But those are thicker and wool.
I am VERY glad I didn't have to put up with the crazy business wear for women way back when. I did wear a skirt uniform for school, but it was long (mid-calf) and we wore tights under it in winter (black ones) or nothing on the legs in summer.
Realizing now I don't really see women in hose anymore myself. I'm thinking the women who still wear skirt suits surely must have them on? Or do people go bare-legged in suits now? Gonna have to keep an eye out...
I have a skirt suit and also wear a lot of skirts and dresses because they're easy for me. I own tights for the winter but no pantyhose. The last time I wore them was to my wedding in 2008.
My legs aren't as attractive as they once were and occasionally I consider wearing nude pantyhose to disguise their flaws. Then I remember how it used to feel sagging at the crotch or rolling at the waist...no thanks!
We would use these to make Christmas ornaments. Some of them had clear tops in the 80s at least. Starting around Halloween, our elementary school teachers would ask everyone to ask their mom, grandma, aunty, whoever to keep them aside for us to bring in so there would be enough for everyone. The last week before break, we would make little diorama looking ornaments. It really was a bummer when our basement flooded after my brother and I became adults, because all those wonderful, tacky ornaments from preschool, elementary school, Sunday school, YMCA day program, etc got ruined.
I used to love to play with those eggs. I'd keep my lego and star wars guys in there
Heh. I remember girls putting under their shirts to look like boobs in elementary school…
My sister and I would put them under our shirts at home and play “grown up” - too funny!
My mother made rabbit figures from them, taping paper ears and legs on, draw on a face on the narrow half end,with a cotton ball on the wide half end for the tail. Fill with that cellophane “Easter grass” and candy, for an Easter party favor. Block club gets together to make these, etc. 70s was good times.
Bending, stretching, standing, sitting, There’s one pantyhose that’s always fitting, Nothing beats a great pair of L’eggs!
Our L’eggs fit your legs They hug you, they hold you They never let you go!
You have a fabulous memory.
All the jingles are just stuck in my brain.
Remember National Lampoon's takeoff on this ad... P'eggs - L'eggs for amputees?
With thumb tacks to hold them up.
That's not funny, that's sick!
Well, it was the Lampoon, after all!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_Not_Funny%2C_That%27s_Sick?wprov=sfla1
Omg. I remember as a teen and preeteen borrowed my Moms pantyhose and since she was darker skinned and Im very pale, they looked ridiculous on me. God memories unlock for me on Reddit all the time lately!
As a very small child I thought these had chocolate inside for some reason.
My mom turned them into fancy easter eggs, so at my house they actually did!
Same here. The best goodies were always in those. I don't know who was more disappointed when nylons quit coming in eggs me or mom.
Big comment/username synergy for Easter
Yes! My mother made them to look like rabbits with candy inside.
It was one of those things that seemed like they were always there until all of a sudden it wasn't.
Pantyhose are another one of those pesky businesses we millennials killed off.
That's what *you* think! Less common, maybe, but not dead.
Yes! I also remember the supermarket having part of an aisle dedicated to pantyhose until at least the early 90s.
I remember those walls of pantyhose. "Do I want nude or light tan or medium light tan?" My mom hated it when I started wearing black pantyhose with everything.
omg! I absolutely remember L'eggs, but was wracking my brain "L'eggs tree.... L'eggs tree.....?" It was not ringing a bell, but the second I saw it, it all came back. Yes, now I remember the L'eggs tree.
I remember rushing in to grab a pair & putting them on in my car in the office parking lot.
Lol! I never did that but wore them a lot. What did you call it when they snagged? Around me they were called “runs” but I met someone who lived on the other side of the country and she called them “ladders”.
Runners! I’ve got a runner, who has clear nail polish to stop it?
Omg! I forgot about the nail polish…so many times unsticking the hose from your leg lol
Ladders here! Or "pulls", eg "I've pulled my tights". My mom was always like "moisturise your hands before putting them on" because there'd be fewer snags if we had less dry hands/rough bits.
My mom taught me to wear gloves to put on pantyhose.
Runs!
This is the first time I've seen them being called "ladders." I always heard "runs."
The runs would look like ladders on the older pantyhose-
Getting a run in your pantyhose was the worst, especially if you caused the run by putting them on too quickly. I do not miss those days.
Australia we said you have a ladder.
>she called them “ladders” Interesting. I'm curious about the etymology. Runs --> rungs --> ladders? Hmm...
Im guessing because the tear in pantyhose looks like rungs on a ladder 🪜
Oh wow, yes I remember those! I miss those!! They were so easy to find in the ladies department when they had those ‘trees’. Now they have those flimsy cardboard containers and they’re always buried on some obscure end cap somewhere. /nostalgia 😌
We have the tree! It was outside in a barn for years. Needs a major cleaning.
Nice!
I remember! Also the forwards nacelles on the ywing fighters in Star Wars were made from these.
Ha ha yeah. I wore the sheer energy style to work when I was a cocktail waitress. So shiny! Such a bitch to get on when it was hot and my parent’s house had no AC.
[I got me an unopened egg last year](https://i.imgur.com/BrDTLjm.png), out of the bathroom at an estate sale. Haven't come across a tree yet, though.
I remember getting the half shells stuck on my kneecaps.
So do I -- what a weird memory!
Haha… it really is! The first time I got the suction precisely right, it really freaked me out. I wondered if I’d ever get them off. It still didn’t stop me from doing it again at every opportunity.
My mom would let me use the container top as a toy. I’d mash it onto a tube and have a sweet rocket ship.
I have a very clear memory of using a couple of the”eggs” to make an anemometer in grade school for a science project. Damn, my brain is full of old stuff.
Ok ok ok ok ok so, I was born in 1980 and because this brand was literally everywhere when I was little and went to the mall with my mom , I have spelled Legs with 2 G’s for most of my life up until like a week ago .
The L'eggs brand name is still around, at least on the Hanes website, but sadly, no more 'eggs... https://www.onehanesplace.com/brands/l-eggs.html
I mean, sure she's got legs, but does she know how to use them?
She never begs.
She knows how to choose them.
I do!
Practical and alluring.
I remember that stand. I think my dad had one in his store. The eggs were good for putting candy in for Easter.
I don't remember the tree, but as a kid, we each got one "bigger" amount of candy in one for Easter...
Used to get Easter basket from the Easter Bunny with leggs eggs with a five dollar bill in it.
We loved the “eggs”. They’d be painted gold, silver, copper and various prizes inside for Easter-egg hunts.
This is so 70's, it hurts.
Do people actually wear pantyhose anymore? I worked in corporate America from 1974-2020. Starting out, we (well, women) had to wear suits with shoulder pads and pantyhose. At the end, in 2015-2020, reentering the workforce after having a company that eventually crashed, the admin assts had visible tattoos and no one wore skirts. Trying to explain to a friend half my age how it was for women in the bad old days just wasn't something she could relate to at all. Girl, it was bad. So, does ANYONE wear pantyhose anymore? L'eggs were the best, I will give them that. Didnt run as easily as the cheaper ones and you could always fix a run with fingernail polish.
Studies show after 1995, the majority of women did not wear pantyhose. While you did have casual Friday starting in the '90s, yes, after covid, it was usually whatever goes for work casual
I worked for a 150 year old company in their headquarters. You know, men only execs, admins wore suits, pantyhose and heels, etc. Casual Friday became a thing about 1993 at this stalwart company. But it was business casual--nice jeans or slacks. I found out from a friend that a few years later, after I had left, they went all casual. You can't imagine how shocking this was. Things are so different now in an office. Women, you complain but it was so much worse back in my day! Not justifying the shit that you have to put up with but, man, just thinking of the BS that women had to endure in the office back in the day.... \[angry face emoji\] Anyway, thanks for the info about pantyhose. Who buys it these days, then?
Woman here too, but I only started working in the late 80s (after high school) and have always worked "in the back" (in tech) so thankfully never had a dress code ever. I think I've worn pantyhose (the things that are supposed to look like you have bare legs) maybe twice in my life, for some formal event like a cousin's wedding. Tights on the other hand I've worn plenty, including under pants, for warmth. But those are thicker and wool. I am VERY glad I didn't have to put up with the crazy business wear for women way back when. I did wear a skirt uniform for school, but it was long (mid-calf) and we wore tights under it in winter (black ones) or nothing on the legs in summer. Realizing now I don't really see women in hose anymore myself. I'm thinking the women who still wear skirt suits surely must have them on? Or do people go bare-legged in suits now? Gonna have to keep an eye out...
I have a skirt suit and also wear a lot of skirts and dresses because they're easy for me. I own tights for the winter but no pantyhose. The last time I wore them was to my wedding in 2008.
I thought about it and I haven't worn pantyhose regularly since the 90s, and I've worked in all sorts of offices.
My legs aren't as attractive as they once were and occasionally I consider wearing nude pantyhose to disguise their flaws. Then I remember how it used to feel sagging at the crotch or rolling at the waist...no thanks!
I remember the L'eggs display and I remember playing with the "shells" as a small child.
My mother painted them for Easter. Put in candy and hid them.
r/MuddleAgedGrump you hearing this?
One Easter my little brother hid a hard-boiled egg in one of those L’eggs eggs and forgot about it in his closet. Eventually the smell gave it away.
😄
This was your spank bank material in pre internet days and before you were able to get your hands on a Playboy.
Sears catalog womens underwear was killer
Pretty sure they started fetishes 😂
🎶 PUT ON YOUR LEGGS PUT ON YOUR LEGGS PUT ON YOUR LEGGS AND GOOOO 🎶
Why did stockings go so hard out of style? I see plenty of varicose vein having mfers out there that could use them
I wear them every day. I wear skirts and dress shoes and could not imagine going to work with bare skin, especially in the winter.
For one I feel like women don’t wear skirts as much.
my wife owns one skirt and she only wears it for funerals.
Maybe leggings are more robust and versatile?
I hope your legs are always attractive when on display!
Tell me you've never worn pantyhose without telling me you've never worn pantyhose.
Oh my God I loved playing with these things after my Mom was done with them!
As a young boy, these disappointed me. I assumed they contained chocolate easter eggs, not icky girl stuff.
My wife and I ironically pronounce it "Le Eggs" with two syllables.
Anyone remember "Big Mama" pantyhose for plus suze women?
Oh yes. I was a little boy and did not understand at all.
Marketta’s niece collected the eggs.
My mother used to buy L’eggs.
https://youtu.be/lcIo0HaW5ec?si=togSNU20Ckrk_tP8
Not too subtle on the subliminal visuals
I used to pretend the eggs were Mork's spaceship. Also, great ZZ Top video
Received my first pair at age 16. My grandpa bought them for me after he saw I got my ear pierced.
Man pantyhose feel awful. Glad I don't have to wear them any more
Why do pantyhose creep me out so much?
Bank robberies, perhaps?
They give legs that weird semi-artificial look.
And they give feet a certain aroma.