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Stockings- How to buy sexy stockings and what to look for
Stockings- How to buy sexy stockings and what to look for


Stockings,unlike pantyhose, are seeing a resurgence in popularity as they are sexier than pantyhose, more versatile and convenient to wear. Nothing quite spices up an outfit like a pair of stockings with a garter belt!


Stockings- How to buy sexy stockings and what to look for is a sexy stockings how to article. How to buy sexy stockings helps men as well as women what to look for in stockings. Sexy stockings are exotic lingerie and buying sexy stockings will help you when buying sexy stockings.

 

     Stockings , referred to as thigh highs stockings generally need garter belts to stay up. Stockings, opaque stockings and fancy stockings are all sexy lingerie for women. Stockings, unlike pantyhose are seeing a resurgence in popularity for a number of reasons. Stockings are not pantyhose as many people assume as stockings are defined thoughout the world as thigh high hosiery. Pantyhose are confining, hot and just plain ugly. When first invented pantyhose were viewed by women as an answer to women's complaints of wearing garters, garter belts as pantyhose were simply so convenient. Stockings, often referred to as thigh highs are anything but confining, and just sexy, and not plain. More and more women refuse to buy those pantyhose, and prefer to go without hosiery of any kind. Undeniably. wearing stockings with or without garters and a garter belt is more feminine, with the bare leg above the stocking top a little sexy. 

Stockings have been around for a long time as pantyhose are the more recent arrival in the hosiery world. Pantyhose almost killed the stockings as the convenience of pantyhose and not having to wear garter belts or garters was seen as an innovation, as well as more comfortable. The arrival of lycra spandex has made garter belts comfortable, and the improvements in selection, color and styles has propelled stockings back into fashion. 

The selection of stockings ranges from sheer with retro back seams, to fishnet, fence net and color ranging from the standard black to virtually every color of the rainbow. Of note is the stay up stockings which do not require garter belts or garters. The silicone bands grip the thighs, and thus the name stay ups. Women with thin thighs may have some difficulty wearing stay ups, as they simply won't stay up, or wear comfortably.

Probably the biggest complaint women have about wearing hosiery of any kind, stockings included. is that the hosiery runs, and they are ruined. One of the benefits of stockings is that if one leg runs, the other leg can be worn with one of another pair of the same style and color. Of course, once a pair of pantyhose runs, the pair are ruined and must be thrown away.



While the variety of stockings is wide and varied many women do not wear them as they are viewed as lingerie items from a day gone by. These items skew older in that young women simply don't see a place for them other than as part of a
sexy lingerie outfit combining a corset or sexy costume .

No doubt stockings are sexy lingerie but they are lingerie that can and should be worn as part of a sexy skirt or dress outfit. The silhouette of a garter belt should not prevent a woman from wearing a garter belt as they are virtually invisible. While it is a bit risky wearing a garter belt with a micro mini skirt, many occasions in the evening call for sexy stockings and the peek of a woman's thighs is sexy and not vulgar.

Sexy costumes are often worn with stockings and may be at least partially responsible for the resurgence of popularity of stockings. Since stockings come in black, white, red, purple and many other colors that can be worn to match or contrast virtually every costume. Color, combined with styles such as fish net, fence net, sheer, opaque and variations such as diamond net, vinyl top and even rubber stockings offer women almost every option they could conceive of in completing their outfits.

Stockings also come in faux pantyhose styles such as suspender stockings that are pantyhose with cutouts at the top of the stockings making the pantyhose appear to have stretch lace garter straps leaving the crotch area open.

Wildly popular are the crotchless pantyhose that beg the question who wears crotchless pantyhose? Convenient pantyhose is not how one usually hears pantyhose described. On the other hand crotchless pantyhose share some of the same benefits that crotchless panties offer and these pantyhose are available in sheer, fishnet and other styles as well as colors.






Stocking Terminology


Cuban heel - A stocking with a heel made with folded over and sewn reinforcement. Often comes in a darker color or even bright colors such as red.

• Demi-toe - Stockings which have a reinforced toe with half the coverage on top as on the bottom. This results in a reinforcement that covers only the tip of the toes as opposed to the whole toe. These can be with or without a reinforced heel.

• Denier - The lower the denier number the sheerer the garment. A 15 denier is a finer garment that a 30 denier. Stockings knitted with a higher denier tend to be less sheer but more durable. The term denier is used in many garments not just stockings.

Fishnet - Knitted stockings with a very wide open knit resembling a fish net. The open knit varies depending on the manufacturer. Compare to Fence Net, Diamond Net stockings for a variety of patterns.

Fence Net - Similar to fishnet, but with a much wider pattern. These are sometimes worn over another pair of stockings or pantyhose, such as matte or opaque, with a contrasting color for layered look that pops the color of the underlying stocking.

• Full-Fashioned - Full-fashioned stockings are knitted flat, the material is then cut and the two sides are then united by a seam up the back. Full-fashioned stockings were the most popular style until the 1960s. Also popularly known as back seam stockings that has seen a resurgence in popularity.

Stay Ups - Stockings that are held up by sewn-in elastic bands (quite often a wide lace top band). Hold ups is a term used in the U.K. while stay ups is more commonly used in the U.S. The elastic band or bands are often silicone that cling to the thighs. Used in lieu of stockings that require garter belts and garter straps to hold them up. Stay ups do not fit every women's legs depending on how thick their thighs are in circumference.

• Matte - Stockings which have a dull or non-luster finish.

• Mock seam - A false seam sewn into the back of a seamless stocking.

• Nude heel - Stockings without reinforcement in the heel area.

• Opaque - Stockings made of yarn which give them a heavier appearance (usually 40 denier or greater). Often used by dancers as well as women worn under short skirts providing modesty.

• RHT - Abbreviation of reinforced heel and toe.

Open Toe - Stockings that stop at the base of the toe with a piece that goes between the first and second toes to hold them down. They can be worn with some open-toed shoes, especially to show off pedicured toes.

• Sandal Foot - Stockings with a nude toe, meaning no heavier yarn in the toe than is in the leg.

Seamed - Stockings manufactured in the old Full-Fashioned or back seam manner with a seam running up the back of the leg. In the past they were manufactured by cutting the fabric and then sewing it together. Today stockings are generally fully knitted and a fake or mock seam is added up the back for a particular fashion look.

• Seamless - Stockings or pantyhose knit in one operation on circular machines (one continuous operation) so that no seaming is required up the back.

Sheers - Stockings generally of a 15 to 20 denier. See denier

Knee-Highs - Stockings that terminate at or just barely below the knee.

Thigh-Highs - Stockings that terminate somewhere in the mid-thigh to upper thigh.

• Ultra Sheer - A fine denier fiber which gives the ultimate in sheerness. Usually 10 denier. See denier.

• Welt - A fabric knitted separately and machine-sewn to the top of a stocking. Knit in a heavier denier yarn and folded double to give strength for supporter fastening.



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