hive mind: the issue of skirts

I have a few pretty skirts that I like and are flattering. I also have fairly decent legs from luck and years of fencing.

Unfortunately, I also get cold easily and my shapely legs are perpetually dinged/bruised from aforementioned fencing.

Clearly if I want to wear anything above the knee after September in this life again, I need to [flinch] reconsider tights.

I used to wear them a lot as a teenager, but in the late '80s I found them with a lot of cotton content and was usually wearing them with shorts. I have a couple of nylon pair for emergencies but I hate them because they pinch and my skirts stick to them.

However, times do change and I'm finding tights with cotton content again (I'm considering these and these).

If there's such an animal as a cling-free slip I'll consider that too - I never met a "static free" slip in my youth that didn't generate static like crazy, but if there's some wild new synthetic that actually works as advertised I'd love to know.

Any experiences, recommendations, remedies etc. appreciated.

PSA: Shakespeare Theater Company Sale 10/11

For local peeps - if I were going to be in town I'd be at this in a heartbeat:

Costume Sale
10/11/2009

Sidney Harman Hall


General Public Sale: 1pm-6pm
Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW)

Just in time for Halloween, the Shakespeare Theatre Company is holding a magnificent prop and costume sale! With something for everyone, the sale will include costumes from such productions as Edward II, The Silent Woman, The Oedipus Plays, Hamlet, King John, Peer Gynt, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth and The School for Scandal. Also included are costumes from Tony-award winning designers Martin Pakledinaz, Jane Greenwood and Jess Goldstein, and costumes worn by Kelly McGillis, Floyd King, Ted Van Griethuysen, David Sabin, Nancy Robinette, and Avery Brooks. Costume styles range from medieval, Renaissance and baroque to gothic, art nouveau and 1960s mod. Shoes, hats, masks, dresses, doublets, armor, animal headdresses, leather jackets, cloaks and jewelry will be sold. Prices begin at $1 and increase to over $200.

There will also be spectacular props for sale including a tall red throne decorated for Christmas, large sculpted acrylic wedding rings from Taming of the Shrew, wedding centerpieces from Taming of the Shrew, large children’s building blocks and much, much more! Large props and furniture will need to be picked up during the costume sale hours, and cannot be delivered or stored.