Is there a garment more simultaneously demure and salacious than a pair of tights? Presently at Gucci , legs are stained with strawberries, lacey pull-ups turned chroma-key green. Fendi plasters tights with its iconic logo, for all those who need announce a very expensive upper thigh. Marc Jacobs re-introduced two-tone tights, one leg periwinkle, the other ballet pink. At NYFW, rococo-absurdists Puppets and Puppets presented models wearing no skirts or pants, only tights hand-dyed with fermented vegetables, swirls of blue and bark, made in collaboration with Emily Dawn Long.
A n art exhibition about tights? In Margate? It sounds very end-of-the-pier, all saucy postcards and mother-in-law jokes. There is something a bit icky about hosiery in the day-to-day.
When I think of pantyhose, I think of grandmothers wearing their church clothes, the misguided fashion sense present in most corporate office parks and how weird it is that you can buy packages of them at drugstores. Earlier this year, she launched Nylons4K , a pantyhose and lingerie-themed adult site. Her inspiration was a simple case of supply-and-demand. A lot of guys also ask me to wear the dark tan, shiny pantyhose worn by the waitresses at Hooters. Some guys just think pantyhose are sexy and want to see my ass in them.
Stockings also known as hose , especially in a historical context are close-fitting, variously elastic garments covering the leg from the foot up to the knee or possibly part or all of the thigh. Stockings vary in color, design, and transparency. Today, stockings are primarily worn for fashion and aesthetics , usually in association with mid-length or short skirts.