Stuff I Would Invent If I Had Time
by Zooey Deschanel
Tights for Skinny Ankles: I am a year round tights girl. I will wear tights even if it’s 100 degrees outside. Tights are my safety blanket. In them, I know that I can do a sweet row of cartwheels anytime, anywhere without anyone catching a glimpse of my knickers. My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself. I spoke with Hello Giggles BFF and designer Kate Harmer – a fellow tights lover and skinny ankle-haver – about this recently. We are tired of being judged for having bunchy tights. We don’t want to be held accountable for our lazy stockings. Wolford (who make my favorite tights), if you’re listening, hear our skinny ankle pleas, and make some tights with a little more snap around our well turned heels, please.
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06.21.2011 |
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grrrroar…i have the same issue
This article will totally do the trick:
A, everyone adores you (they do!) so they’re more likely to do what you ask.
B, your sketch is really good so they already have something to work with..
Can’t wait to see what other inventions you come up with
i too, wear tights all year round and have skinny ankles! i was just noticing the burgundy tights i wore yesterday were extra unfortunate with bagginess in the ankle area.
someone surely can fix it. somebody, make it happen!
YES! I Hate bunchy tights
If they can make them super hole resistant and self massaging(honestly don’t know what is up with that) than they SHOULD be able to add a little more Spandex-trousity(hehe pun) to the ankle area!
I also need the non-bunchy tights! And I really want that dress you drew, too.
I need tights that fit my tights.
I would like to add to the list of specialty tights tights for tall people. It doesn’t seem like either would be that hard. I find that being tall and having tiny ankles has lead to something equally crappy to bunchy tights-the over stretched tight where from heel to the lower calf the tights only actually touch the very farthest bit of the ankle bone and the rest is pulled taught away from the ankle trying to make it the full height. Extra snap in the ankles would definitely help with this problem too
Yes, please! And also: tights for tall people with skinny ankles.
I loved!! I have this issue. Zooey u could be a designer! haha Btw did u draw this? Its cute
Thanks for sharing ur idea.
Yey! One for the skinny ankles!
DO it!
I hate bunch tights, I’m this close to cutting them and making them into leggings. >.< (which means ruining some awesome tights)
I’m small (like 5’0″ small…) and noticed this morning how my legs look silly in tights (I wore them anyway). so, YES PLEASE.
I first fell in love with Wolford about 4 years ago, and now I won’t buy any other tights. Their opaque winter tights? Yeah. Wear them in the spring, summer, fall, whenever. LOVE.
Tights for cankles!
And slightly thicker weaves for the bottom area so when we bend over we don’t show everyone what undies we’re wearing!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE tights, my major problem with them is that they’re never long enough so I get the stretched out version of what’s supposed to be cute patterns and bright colors.
They never look right. Stupid 37″ inseam! lol
I’ve made some adjustments to my favorite tights around the ankles with thin black ribbons. It’s nearly invisible and it does the trick. Though I’m too lazy to do the same with my other tights. So yes please, someone massproduct this already!
I have the same problem…chicken legs 4 lyfe :/
Oh gosh I completely agree!! This made me laugh cause I too posses skinny ankles in need of tights that accomodate!! Make a petition! I’ll sign on!!
I have average ankles so I haven’t encountered this problem but I love that you wear tights year round in case the urge to cartwheel pops up. Spontaneous cartwheel urges is a problem I have
Have you considered bulking up your ankles? Maybe you could apply some muscle milk directly to them…
The basic problems with tights is that they are built for the generic leg shape. We need a way to make ones that are custom to the wearers leg, the way cobblers can make custom shoes. Why isn’t science working on this? Perhaps it is time for a career change to materials science and fabrication…
Living in Tucson, I get many sideways glances when I wear my tights (coupled with my all black dress code) in the 110 degree heat. People just don’t get how comforting they are! Total security blanket. I, too, have a very high calf to ankle ratio.
I have cankles, but I feel your pain.
In this day & age with abrupt technology, I’m sure that this idea will probably be put into action soon enough. But I feel ya. Tights don’t tend to like the people with the skinny ankle sort (which I am as well) and it can become a bother when it likes to hang over your ankle like some unwanted guest. Now, I’m sure that someone in this world will read this and decide that this is the most ingenious idea and make it happen. Therefore, thank you Zooey for putting the idea out there!
I support the tall tights for skinny ankles.
I think most importantly we need to invent tights that don’t run! I can’t count the amount of times I’ve been sitting down at class, at a party, in a restaurant, and I look down and there is a run in my tights. Ugh!
Always always happens ughhh
I invent all kinds of useful things when I am bored, but unfortunately I am not crafty enough to bring them to fruition.
Being winter in Australia now, I have been noticing how my tights bunch up and twist around my ridiculously skinny ankles and there’s no fixing them! They just stay twisted and wrinkly all the time no matter what I do. I also feel quite unlady-like trying (in vain) to fix them up at uni.
I have skinny ankles and I would very much love to be able to go out and buy these. I wear tights quite a bit because i get sudden urges to climb trees. These tights need to be real! I love you, Ms. Deschanel.
Shorter tights would be also be a godsend. Petite people don’t have legs that go on forever, unfortunately our tights seem to.
ahaha! I think that they should start making tights for the different needs women have. You say that they should be shorter, I say they should be much longer! I have the extra problem of having long legs (inside legs should be at least 1.15m) AND fat thighs (I’m not overreacting here.. I’m not very blessed), but I just love tights. In all colours. Sadly, the world around me always has to have the weird look on their faces because they’re not used to colour.
On a rainy day it’s my personal duty to bring colours to the people outside.
Right, the topic! A few years back they had to re-measure people as most clothes didn’t fit anymore with the sizes provided. So what’s going on with tights? Has there anything happened? Maybe somebody with money and influence should start their own tights business and cater to all needs. I’m also always quite annoyed by tights just slipping down (probably because they have to be stretched so much for my needs), which is why i wear an extra pair of knickers over the tights, so they keep up and won’t make me a hip-hop-tights-bunny. In the past i also had to cut some open, so they fit in lenght. Quite frustrating, if you ask me. Oooooh and if we actually found something that really works for us, it’s so expensive that we almost cry when paying for it.
Okay, don’t tell ANYone, but a friend at work and I decided to create a cross between Spanx and and ankle slimmer, and came up with SPANKLES. Basically YOUR idea. Soooo, Oh what the hell, you have more investor opportunities. Run with it!
Oh wait, your idea is the opposite of my idea. I’m a loser. Steal it anyway, I deserve it for not reading thoroughly. Blaming it on head cold. (cough)
goodness, how can one human being be such a doll?
Zooey, you are truly marvelous.
Ohhh, I’m thinking tights for skinny ankles and incredibly short people. Mine bunch around my ankles and my knees…and I wear them pretttty much 24/7 !
I am too short :3
shaping microfiber tights last 2 wears with no sagging and start out looking childsized. i use the basic Hanes ones i find at rite aid. they even have textured bottoms for all day foot massage action.
I’m thinking “ribbon & bow embellishments”!
zooey!! need your help :/
I wanna give to my best friend your autograph for her birthday, cuz’ she really loves you… please please, could you help me? her name is Adriana Cardenas. just a picture by e-mail or facebook. nothing difficult but it really means a lot to her. thanks in all ways
(this webpage is amazing!!)
I want a pair
Check it:
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/zooey-deschanel-tights-are-my-safety-blanket_1232269
Unless you actually gave this spiel verbatim in an interview, I’m going to call this the laziest reporting ever!
I would think you could just take them in….make a little dart to taylor in the ankle or do some creative work with elastic perhaps. Skinny ankles are not my issue but I know how to sew and I would think a little alteration would solve your problem
If only skinny ankles were MY issue LOL, I have cankles unfortunately, I’m not overweight by any means I’m a healthy sz 8, my dream is to rock cute dresses, skirts and/or tights and not have people notice my piano sticks LOL Ah well I can’t relate the baggy tights, try finding “Cankle” bracelet
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Your tights pleas have been heard! We are a hosiery retailer in England and we will begin looking into better fitting tights for slender ankles tomorrow morning. We hope to come up with a some news soon.
Thank you for this. My mother used to get sad for me as a baby because the tights were always so incredibly baggy on my lanky sticks-for-legs. Thankfully my legs grew . . but the sticks are still sticks and my ankles are so tiny. I can’t wear tights well enough so I instead wear socks most of the time instead. Oh, what tragedy.
I actually have a pair of these. The woman in the shop told me they are made to fit better and not tear so easily in boots. So, it already exists! Can´t find any pic to prove it but still….
Not only do i need tights that are tighter around the ankle, i need tights that have suspenders.
YES! And boot sizes with “narrow calves,” instead of “extended” & regular only! <3
oh wow zooey deschanel has extra wrinkles on the tights around her ankles it’s the end of the world