Low-rise is a style of clothing designed to sit low on, or below, the hips. The style can also be called lowcut, hipster, or hip-hugger. and can apply to garments worn by males or females. The term can be applied to all garments that cover the wearer's crotch area, including trousers, jeans, shorts, skirts, panties, briefs, bikinis, pantyhose, and tights.
Porn star Damien Crosse in low-rise clothing at Folsom Street Fair 2010
Porn star Raven Riley in low-rise clothing at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
Pantyhose, sometimes also called sheer tights, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 for the advertisement of new design panties as a convenient alternative to stockings and/or control panties which, in turn, replaced girdles.
High-gloss, sheer-to-waist pantyhose
Pantyhose brief styles (top to bottom, left to right): control-top, sheer-to-waist and simple-panty sections
The Macarte Sisters wearing tights under their leotard-based costumes in 1910
Sheer tights with a control-top