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
Tights
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Tights are a kind of cloth garment, most often sheathing the body from the waist to the toe tips with a tight fit, hence the name. They come in absolute opaque, opaque, sheer and fishnet styles — or a
Stocking
…part of the body, and by analogy the word was used to refer to the one-piece covering of the lower trunk and limbs of the 15th century—essentially tights consisting of the upper-stocks (later to be worn separately as knee breeches) and nether-stocks (later to be worn separately as stockings). (See Hose…
Drawing of tights with reinforced crotch and toes. Actual most similar item can be with seams on the sides of the legs or seamless
A woman wearing tights under a skirt
Renaissance-era costume
Henry VIII of England in tights