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Tight Knit Situation

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Despite the unnecessary need for hosiery in L.A., I seem to accumulate a massive  collection of tights each autumn.  I have dozens of black varieties, a few punchy colors, some striped, several sheer and others made of intricate lace.  There’s simply no justification for my overabundant collection, yet I find myself compulsively feeding my indulgence time and time again.  These arrived today from Gilt Groupe (and these are on their way) and have now spurred a whole new obsession with intricate patterns and embellishments.

What’s your weakness when it comes to accessories?

87 comments

1 sophie { 11.06.09 at 1:13 am }

my weakness happens to be bags. i love bags.
i can’t even let the bags with a broken zip go. eventually i will fix them!
and shoes too. :)

2 Stephystars { 11.06.09 at 1:30 am }

books

3 katie { 11.06.09 at 1:42 am }

hair clips for sure.

4 Amanda { 11.06.09 at 1:44 am }

cocktail rings, bracelets, and ok maybe lipgloss lol~ it’s funny though I was just cleaning out my drawers earlier and found 4 tights still in the package :)-

5 shilbe { 11.06.09 at 1:57 am }

bags, cant live without em. but now i have a growing craze for shoes. boots especially. <

6 Lindsay { 11.06.09 at 2:00 am }

Of course I love the usual shoes and bags (and since I moved to CH tights have steadily become a staple in my wardrobe- especially wool and cashmere blends). But my true weakness is scarves. I have been collecting for at least 5 years now, and I can’t stop! Almost every country I visit, I wind up coming home with a new scarf (or two).

7 Jen Tarte { 11.06.09 at 2:16 am }

Oh wow, I love the ones you ordered! I definitely have a (current) weakness for statement necklaces. I can’t get enough!

8 Helen { 11.06.09 at 2:30 am }

Shoes. Especially red shoes. Infact in the last week alone I have acquired 2 pairs of red shoes, both of which are heels and highly impractical. Oh well. I love them!

9 patty { 11.06.09 at 3:04 am }

I love huge cocktail rings, yet I don’t seem to have enough of them. And would you consider nail varnish as an accessory? :)

10 Blurbage { 11.06.09 at 3:20 am }

i feel ya, emily! i’m becoming obsessed with colored tights. those Zac Posen tights are so cute! my accessories weakness would have to be a tie between shoes and handbags.

11 Corinna { 11.06.09 at 3:41 am }

mine are tights as well, okay tights, socks, thigh high socks, knee high socks…:D luckily in Germany I can wear them for at least 6 months a year

12 Dog-Eared { 11.06.09 at 3:49 am }

big necklaces.. cheap flats :)

13 Steph { 11.06.09 at 3:51 am }

Those Zac Posen tights are amazing! My weakness… big statement rings…and very bright watches…sometimes together…

xx

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14 Deborah Flanagan { 11.06.09 at 5:11 am }

Scarves! Can’t get enough. In Michigan they are a necessity in the winter but I wear them almost all year long.

15 Jessica { 11.06.09 at 5:26 am }

Beautiful tights! My weakness is vintage jewelry. I can’t visit an estate sale, flea market or antique mall without coming home with at least one bauble.

16 Bubu { 11.06.09 at 5:33 am }

I love your photos, very nice!!!!

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17 Closet Cravings { 11.06.09 at 5:37 am }

The Zac Posen tights are wild and the polka dot ones are super cute. When it comes to fashion, I feel like I have a weakness for everything. Shoes are a big one. =)

18 Lost at 11 { 11.06.09 at 5:51 am }

Mine is really shoes! I looove shoes, and almost every time I go shop, I buy shoes!

19 erin { 11.06.09 at 6:03 am }

i love the sweet dots!

20 Liv { 11.06.09 at 7:00 am }

Oddly it seems to change annually: scarves 2 years ago, belts last year, necklaces this year! I guess we’ll see what comes next!

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21 OnlyOneAce { 11.06.09 at 7:00 am }

Love your titles! Wish there was a better way to store tights. Mine always look like a kitten was rolling around in them.

22 Sally { 11.06.09 at 7:00 am }

I’m a sucker for tights, too. They are such a quick and easy way to punch up an outfit. But my real weakness is necklaces. How can you EVER have enough?

23 Sara { 11.06.09 at 7:02 am }

My weakness is scarves and necklaces when it comes to accessories. I love how a colorful scarf or chunky necklace can completely transform any look!

24 Corks & Caftans { 11.06.09 at 7:25 am }

scarves that double as blankets for a small family. the bigger the better.

25 Gabrielle { 11.06.09 at 7:36 am }

definitely tights too. they are a necessity in new york city. and knit berets! i dont even know how many i own.

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26 Carolann { 11.06.09 at 7:41 am }

Purses. I have a serious problem with them. I have so many I hide old ones in new ones in the storage closet so my husband doesn’t actually figure out how many I have.

27 Snapshot Fashion { 11.06.09 at 7:58 am }

love legwear. love gilt.

28 Jacqueline { 11.06.09 at 8:05 am }

love tights and scarves!

check out all my designer shoes at http://www.fashionsnag.com!

29 L { 11.06.09 at 8:08 am }

Necklaces for sure! They give a much-needed punch to an otherwise plain outfit.

30 Karen { 11.06.09 at 8:16 am }

Urm. Shoes? ; -)

I too have a TON of tights. An entire draw full of various takes on fishnet in different hues plus lace ones, cobweb ones, opaque ones, wool knit ones. The list goes on!

I got similar polka dot tights from Topshop. Plus a 2nd pair that is tiny black stars instead of dots. LOVE both so much.

There’s one pair I’m desparately looking for: Its one pattern up to the thigh and above that it’s vertical stripes. So its like built in stockings. (LOVE the built in stocking tights look ALOT).

Karen x

31 Jessica (Haute Teapot) { 11.06.09 at 8:16 am }

scarves, socks, & tights too. and lately, necklaces & rings. : )

32 The Lil Bee { 11.06.09 at 8:24 am }

Definitely tights…I am the same way. I actually just went through my “collection” about a month ago and threw out all the ones with snags and pulls. I had kept them because sometimes I can still wear them under boots or dresses, depending on where the pull is, but my dresser drawer was overflowing with them!

33 Emily { 11.06.09 at 9:10 am }

Tights are my weakness as well! And coats - just love them!

34 Felicia Lieto { 11.06.09 at 9:21 am }

So obsessed with tights too especially the polka dot ones!!! I want a pair soooo bad, thinking about ordering them now lol.

35 Talk Pretty To Me { 11.06.09 at 9:34 am }

I have accumulated plenty of tights this season and last season. I think my biggest accessory weakness has to be tights and headbands. Those dot tights are fab!

xoxo
J

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36 cupcake.trash { 11.06.09 at 9:40 am }

shoes and rings are my weakness. but I looooove tights too.

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37 mart and lu { 11.06.09 at 10:19 am }

love this! i needed some ideas because i will be wearing tights for my sisters wedding and i didn’t have any ideas for patterns…thank you!

38 CL { 11.06.09 at 10:22 am }

Nail polish, for sure! But definitely cocktail rings. Daytime or evening, I HAVE to have them on.

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39 Twisted Blondie { 11.06.09 at 10:30 am }

SHOES!!!!!! can not get enough shoes,i’m too scared to count ,lol.
I believe that my weakness as its one of the few things i can not make for my self.

40 Decadent Luxe { 11.06.09 at 11:07 am }

Tights are so fun. I just received similar dotted ones from Urban Outfitters. http://bit.ly/ZCCyF
http://stockingirl.com/ has quite a collection to choose from.

41 lauren { 11.06.09 at 11:20 am }

i LOVE those sheet dot tights! my fashion weakness has to be earrings. such a little thing that makes me feel so much more pulled together. i never leave the house without a pair and own about a million.

42 Alicia { 11.06.09 at 11:24 am }

Shoes, they always fit and they spice up any outfit!!

Question: what’s a great way to store your tights? Mine always go missing or end up in a messy tangle…

43 Rachel (heart of light) { 11.06.09 at 11:29 am }

I do love tights, but I think my weakness is probably cardigans. Yes, I know they aren’t technically accessories, but that’s how I think of them. And I just never seem to be able to get enough different ones.

44 Beth B. { 11.06.09 at 11:32 am }

Weakness = shoes. They always fit no matter how big my waistline is. :-)

45 janis { 11.06.09 at 11:37 am }

this isn’t really an accessory - but i recently realized that i am quite addicted to the colour grey. i have an UNBELIEVABLE amount of grey cardigans, sweaters, tees, and shirts. oh dear!

i love tights too. they are pure perfection with a sweater dress & boots! i am on the look out for some fun coloured ones - love those polka dot ones from urban outfitters!

xo

46 Brandi { 11.06.09 at 11:57 am }

Yum.. I am a tight/shoes/sock obsessee myself. I live in a warm climate but I can’t resist. I own probably 80 pair of tights and around 70 pair of socks and nearing 100 pair of shoes/boots. LBD + Tights + Great shoes = Fast and awesome outfit.

47 Amanda { 11.06.09 at 12:00 pm }

i forgot to mention the tights you are ordering look super cute! I love tights!

48 Nicole { 11.06.09 at 1:11 pm }

watches, it comes from my mom though…

49 Lexy { 11.06.09 at 1:42 pm }

necklaces! I can’t stop

50 Kim { 11.06.09 at 1:58 pm }

I’m just ending a weird ink pen obession, which was preceded by an expensive fascination with large earrings. Now it’s winter dresses — even more expensive. Ack!

51 Wanderlusting { 11.06.09 at 2:06 pm }

It used to be bags but I got past that a few years ago. Now I would have to say earrings - I always feel like I dont have enough! And yet I know that’s very much not true!

52 Melissa { 11.06.09 at 2:13 pm }

Rings for me right now. I’m really into vintage ones for some reason! :)

53 Erin { 11.06.09 at 3:48 pm }

hands down pashmina and silk scarves. I just added a vintage lanvin to my collection… I don’t think I took it off for a week after i got it!

54 Kaylyn { 11.06.09 at 4:00 pm }

My weakness is definitely shoes, but for some reason I dont consider them an accessory. They are too important for me. So my real weakness is HUGE jewelry. The bigger the better. Well….sometimes.

55 Taylor { 11.06.09 at 4:04 pm }

I am trying to become more of a shoe girl. I need to expand my collection. However, I still tend to buy a great handbag over a pair of shoes. I can’t get enough of them. :)

56 Helena { 11.06.09 at 4:31 pm }

uh, bangles. hands down, bangles.

My bangle problem keeps getting worse because my friends have noticed that I love them, and so i keep getting more as gifts. I consequently have them shoved allover my bedroom.

57 Julie { 11.06.09 at 5:00 pm }

Girlfran, I am right there with ya with the tights. Earrings are a veryclose second.

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59 elena { 11.06.09 at 5:24 pm }

I just recently started getting into different patterned and colored tights myself. I can’t wait to see how you style the ones you received from Guilt Groupe (love that website!). ;)

60 Erin { 11.06.09 at 5:49 pm }

I’d have to say underwear [if that can count as an accessory]. I have to control myself every time I go out because I want more, more, more. I have over 80 pairs right now, I think.

61 andhari { 11.06.09 at 6:24 pm }

I love tights!:)

62 veronika { 11.06.09 at 6:46 pm }

I love tights. I live in Houston and it never really gets too cold here- but cold enough to wear tights. I definitely buy a lot of pearl necklaces, that’s a weakness of mine!

63 Meegan { 11.06.09 at 7:31 pm }

The Shedd Aquarium ad keeps interrupting my reading of your blog! Dernit. It pops up right in the middle of my screen. Yesterday I couldn’t get a good look of your awesome sequin jacket. Today, I can’t read about tights! I love tights! What to do? Help.

64 georgina { 11.06.09 at 10:10 pm }

i also seem to acquire a lot of tights every year.
my weakness is jewellery, chunky cocktail rings, statement necklaces, turquoise and stacking bangles and bracelets.

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65 Maxine { 11.06.09 at 10:16 pm }

Earrings: they can spice up your outfits, yet are cheap enough to buy frequently.

66 Maria { 11.06.09 at 10:44 pm }

haha that’s funny, my weakness used to be scarves, but no I am obsessed with rings & bracelets. I can’t have enough! Especially from the flea market on melrose/fairfax. ah-mazing

67 Cortnie { 11.06.09 at 10:56 pm }

I’m stuck on scarves. The ones that are light and airy…not the thick bulky ones. I have dozens of them and I’ll buy them before it’s even officially cold outside. I have a special love for ones that are 100% wool. Ugh…love them. I also own quite a few pairs of tights and the collection is always growing. I wear dresses all year around so they are definitely a must in the winter!

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68 Emily { 11.07.09 at 12:21 am }

you have inspired me to buy 5 pairs of tights at urbanoutfitters.com. thanks. and im actually really excited!

69 Emily { 11.07.09 at 12:22 am }

oh and i’d have to say my new thing is scarves

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71 dayna stephanie { 11.07.09 at 9:12 am }

i feel like stockings are completely disposable for me. they always rip after i wear them once! (probably because i go for the $2 forever 21 kinds, hehe). my accessory weakness is rings, for sure. every time i walk into a store & i can’t leave without at least one or two of them on my finger (and this happens at least one to three times a week, especially since i work at BCBG Max Azria & we get in shipments of rings every week!!!)

72 Cafe Fashionista { 11.07.09 at 9:50 am }

Tube scarves and cocktail rings. Oh, and sometimes sunglasses. I simply cannot stop purchasing all of the above! :)

73 aline { 11.07.09 at 6:40 pm }

i just could spend all day looking your blog, loved it!

74 Kate { 11.07.09 at 10:18 pm }

I am obsessed with tights. It’s funny I was checking out the Urban Outfitters dot tights just the other day. Betsey Johnson always has fun and crazy ones. I recently picked up a plaid pair, which I can’t wait to wear with a black or navy dress. You have no idea how much I love those Zac Posen tights!

75 Alya { 11.08.09 at 2:21 pm }

Most probably shoes.. I buy tights for winter, but they’re always inexpensive ones from H&M or the likes. We barely have a winter here, so I don’t splurge on things that snag or tear easily..

76 cynthia { 11.08.09 at 4:17 pm }

tights are my obsession too! i was this close to buying those monogrammed Louis Vuitton tights from SS09, but I would be devastated if they ripped after paying $400 for them (my tights always do. so sad) those UO ones are so cute. I wished I’d seen them before getting the wolford polka tights.

77 Leslie @ A Blonde Ambition { 11.08.09 at 7:50 pm }

This season I’ve been buying tons of tights, especially brightly colored ones, and also cocktail rings!

78 Jules { 11.08.09 at 8:38 pm }

Oh those are lovely tights. And my weakness are shirts. =D

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79 Chloe { 11.08.09 at 11:55 pm }

Headbands and scarves!

80 Gracelikekelly { 11.09.09 at 12:12 am }

I go through such fazes, its been hoops, shoes, right now, like you its hosiery….i just bought like 7 in the last 2 days. A while ago I bought every kind of hoop earrings…

81 Dre { 11.09.09 at 12:39 pm }

Ring! i can’t get enough of a big cocktail ring. It seems as if i am always on the hunt for the perfect one.

I was wondering, what is your favorite inexpensive brand of tights?

82 Marie { 11.09.09 at 1:32 pm }

Clutches …….do lingerie and bikinis count as well?

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83 Hannah { 11.09.09 at 1:49 pm }

My absolute favorite accessories are tights. At last count I have close to twenty, I believe. Thank goodness I live in New England where I can wear them from September - April! My favorites are black, pale pink, cream, navy ribbed, purple lace, sheer polka dots… and the list goes on. ;)

84 Michelle { 11.09.09 at 2:06 pm }

I’m all about scarves. Can’t get enough of them!

85 Mockoff { 11.11.09 at 5:20 pm }

I wish I had a larger tights collection. Here in Portland they are much more practical.
My weakness is scarves. I have every texture, color and length that you could imagine. And a confession: I haven’t worn one yet this season - but I’ve bought three!

86 Shara { 11.19.09 at 6:44 pm }

I looooove a great charm bracelet. I’ve come to find they are my new obsession :)

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