Weekend Wear: Peacock Tights

One day a weekend or two ago, I met up with AUH to have ice cream and chat.  We had planned to have ice cream because the week had been sunny and warm, but the day before our meet-up the temperature dropped significantly and it snowed overnight.  To be frank, this kind of fickle weather during the Midwestern spring no longer surprises me nor does it prevent me from eating ice cream.  In a way I didn't mind the colder temperatures too much because it gave me a chance to get at least one more wear out of my peacock tights before it gets too hot for tights to be in the regular rotation.¹

 1. Dress - Target (remixed)

Shirt - H&M (remixed)

Tights - ModCloth (remixed)

Boots - Steve Madden (remixed)

Beads - Blanco (remixed)

Even though I have worn bright colored tights and even my floral patterned tights to campus and to teach in, I've never quite felt right about wearing these to give a lecture or to have a committee meeting.  Do I think they're perfect for eating ice cream, shopping for wine, and looking at weird art?  Yes.  Do I think they're just right a day on campus?  No.  These tights suggest preening to me in a way that I'm just not comfortable with for classroom wear.  

 

Would you wear these tights in the classroom or would you relegate them mostly to weekend wear, as I have done?

And is it just me or does the food in this painting look more malevolent than appetizing?  The drooping and hungry flower also struck fear into my heart!