>>>Hi, Soulman! As I wrote before, the Ellen Tracys I bought had this ribbed panty that sort of offsets the softness of the rest of the tights. Arrr, control tops, avast ye! However, I did get these at a Marshall's, so they're probably a discontinued style. Maybe they've solved the whole scratchy panty problem by now. I say try a pair and see (or rather, feel) what happens. You're right, the colors are awesome-but remember, there's a lot of brightly colored hose on the racks right now, even if NONE of it is showing up on girl's legs at the same time! -D (In: White Charters-just found a lost pair! Hooray for me!)

>>>P.S. Remember the "Big deal, I'm in tights" woman I wrote about a while back? Showed up again yesterday in beige semiopaques. Didn't get too close to her, but her feet spent most of their time out of her pumps and wriggling. Sigh. (Dea's got the painters in, can you tell?) And at one point, she's leaning over a desk, exposing her tan-hosed danger sticks all the way to the bottom seam. EEEyikes!