Oroblu Magie 20 Control Tops

by Geraden

I could not wait to try out my new Oroblu Magie 20 denier control tops. I opened the rather attractive packet and found a pair of lovely, soft and silky tights inside. They have a deep waistband, cotton lined gusset and reinforced toes. Quality is evident in the flat seams and the shape of the legs, which are fully boarded. 

I knew that these tights were not going to be stealthy, because of the darkish brown colour. By coincidence, the picture on the packet scan shows the model wearing this colour, so it gives a good idea of how the tights look on. The picture does not really show how shiny the tights are – somewhere about 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. Well I was not going to be put off by a bit of shine – in fact I thought I would try something more noticeable than the usual nude matt tights, to see if there would be any reaction. I put them on, relishing the feel of the fabric between my fingers and thumbs and soon afterwards on my legs and lower body. The waistband is at the mid height between hipster and high waisted. The XL size is long enough for my legs (36" or one yard in old money). Altogether the tights are comfortable to wear and very strokable. (All I need is someone to stroke them!)

Today I wore khaki shorts, a green long-sleeved cotton top, brown socks and shoes and my Oroblu tights for a trip up the M6. I love driving in tights! First stop was the Hilton Park Services for the Sunday papers. The services were crowded today: a lot of coach travellers were around, mainly youngish men who looked as if they were on the way to some match or other. I walked from the car into the Services as if there was nothing out of the ordinary about my clothes. I passed a lot of people of both sexes and all ages. I cannot believe that my tights were not obvious, but there was no sign of anyone taking notice of them, except for one head that turned briefly. I took my newspaper to the cash desk - two young female assistants were there, but neither of them looked at my legs.

Later in the day I was in a TKMaxx store to see whether their hosiery section was any better or worse than the one in Birmingham. The first hosiery I saw was not in the hosiery department, but on a pair of very nice, long female legs.  Looking up, I saw an attractive mini-skirted blonde in her twenties wearing a pair of matt brown opaque tights, with calf length boots. I don't think she noticed me, even though my legs were noticeable and nearly as good as hers. (OK that is a slight exaggeration, but I thought that the darker colour and the shine made my legs look better than they usually do!) Quality hosiery is always worthwhile, even if in my case the tights were only £2.99 a pair! I bet she paid a lot more for hers.

When I got to the hosiery stand, it was much the same as the one in Birmingham – the same kinds of hosiery were there too. I looked though the packets, paying special attention to the Charnos Light Fantastic, Wolford and Oroblu ones. I was squatting down to look to the back of a low shelf, so my knees and thighs were very visible, and shiny too in the shop lights. A young couple were nearby. They appeared to have noticed me looking at hosiery while wearing pretty obvious hosiery. The girl said something which I did not catch, to which the man replied "I was thinking much the same thing". Whether she was saying that men wearing tights was cool, or that it was gross, I do not know, but I am pretty sure she was talking about me. I caught them looking at my legs again when I was walking across the shop floor but they said nothing to me.

I found two pairs of Oroblu Magie 20 den CT in plage (a light sandy colour) so I decided to buy them. I don't really need any more tights, but these are nice, and I am sure to wear them sometime. There was nothing more to interest me. I might have bought some Wolford Eighties extra large mesh nets, just for fun, but my pocket was spared the £7.99 price tag because there were none large enough to fit me.  I doubt whether they are even made in XL - Wolford tights are wonderful, but their sizing is hardly male-friendly.

My plan after I left TKMaxx was to go to the Junction 11 car boot sale, usually held on Sunday afternoons. It is fun to wander round in tights and shorts, looking out for anything that catches my eye, paying special attention to boxes under tables, because that is where you will sometimes find packets of hosiery. Last year I was at a car boot sale there as late as the last Sunday in September, but today there was no car boot sale. Oh well, you can’t have everything. I did get home a little earlier than I would otherwise have done.

My wife looked at me when I got in – she was obviously not impressed with my shiny brown tights and gave me one of her disapproving looks. So I changed into nude sheers; no point in causing trouble! But I really like my Oroblu Magie – they remind me of Falke Seidenglatt and Gerbe Sunlight – all soft, silky, quality tights. 

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