My Husband Asked Me to Wear the Red Dress Eight New Year's Eves in a Row. I Finally Said Yes.

He loved that red dress. Eight New Year's Eves he asked, and eight times I said no, because of my legs. Then I found it, wrapped in a bedsheet, in a moving box marked KITCHEN.

I almost put it in the donation pile twice. My friend Ana stopped me and showed me what she wears under her skirts.

From a few steps away they read as fine sheer tights on smooth skin. Turn the waistband out and there's a thick, ultra-soft fleece lining in your own skin tone: Vanilla, Latte, Caramel or Espresso.

That's the whole trick. The light goes through the sheer layer and lands on even fleece instead of on every little vein and patch. It was never your legs. It was the light.

Restaurant lights, bathroom mirrors, the family photo. A compression waistband smooths, one single seam down the back means no saggy crotch, and they hug the ankle so nothing bunches above your boots.

I wore the red dress to the Rotary New Year's ball. I think he'd have laughed.

Toasty outside, never overheating once you're indoors. And the fabric is reinforced: they stretch, they don't run, and one pair doesn't end up in the trash after one evening like my old sheer ones.

No more choosing between the dress you love and being warm.

Pick one pair for dinners, one for every day, and the third is on us. Or share a pair with your sister, your daughter, your best friend.

You get 30 days to try them at home, and if the shade or size isn't right, they send you the right one for free. Check which shades are still in stock before you pick yours.