Tights are not pants. That does not mean that people do not wear them in place of pants, nor that it necessarily looks bad. (I think it looks 80s, and kind of sloppy.) If Andy was asking for advice, there probably would have been a question mark in there somewhere, or a statement like "tell me what you think!", ok?
Also, today I am wearing a pair of Seven jeans that cost me $4 and a bangin sweater that was $2. I am pretty sure my trainers no longer count as costing anything because they are 6 or 7 years old. I am eating my sister's birthday cake and about to go get free food from the grocery, as paid for by my mother. wooooo