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Most tights have a cotton crotch which replaces the need to wear underwear with tights. Most of the preschool age children in my studio wear panties, it does take some getting used to. We ask at recital, that no one wears them so there are no panty lines or showing panties while onstage with their costume.
Men wore tights in Europe before they became fashionable for women to wear. Lycra tights add pizzaz to a nice set of smooth shapely legs. I like tights on women and I know some women like tights on men. So women get out and wear your tights with honor. ---- Then they should shave their legs first. If you wear tights with hairy legs all the hairs poke out of the tiny holes in the tights.
Ballerinas wear tights so that they simply all look the same. They all get the same color tights. So the imperfections of their legs don't show. Tights have a classical look to them. Something has to absorb the perspiration from the lower half of their body and make their legs look good. Socks and long underwear are too thick and not as fashionable. Besides, it's not just ballerinas. The male dancers wear them, too.
The same reason why ballerina may wear tights is so everyone looks the same along with the teacher being able to make sure all muscles are engaged. It also creates an easier way of movement.
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