Stocking
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Stockings are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Also it can cover up to the hips. Stockings vary in color, d
A pair of nylon stockings
Examining the quality of nylon stockings, Malmö clothing factory, Sweden, 1954
Stockings on display for sale in South Korea
Kronenberg brand stocking from mid-20th century
Pantyhose
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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
Stocking
…demand. This led to a series of disturbances in American stores known as the nylon riots until DuPont was able to increase production. A precursor of pantyhose made an appearance in the 1940s and 1950s, when film and theater productions had stockings sewn to the briefs of actresses and dancers, according to…
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