You know you’ve done it; bought a pair of those super sexy lace topped thigh high’s to try for a night out or a to surprise your significant other during a seemingly spontaneous rendezvous only to spend 30 minutes trying to figure out how to wear them without having “muffin top” of the upper thigh. After struggling with pulling them up higher and higher, posing in different positions and even trying on different shoes with them, you take them off defeated and pull on a pair of your tried and true almost-as-sexy tights. That classically sensual seam up the back will do just the trick, after all.

Well, if you ever want to give those thigh-highs another go, take the advice of photographer Cheryl Jones. She says that most wardrobe items, including those daring thigh-highs are all about placement to make them flatter your figure. While the model on the package of your new stockings may have them pulled up sky high, they look more flattering on most women when you pull them down to mid-thigh. It will eliminate the upper thigh muffin top and still give you that ultra sexy look you were hoping for.