By ELLEN LEWIS
It’s no secret that I love socks. My tenure as a hosiery buyer at Macy’s (before it was a national behemoth) was one of the most creative jobs of my career. I am always perusing sock departments just to see what’s out there. I also believe that socks, like any other accessory, can be a great statement maker, even for us New Yorkers whose apparel tends to lean towards black and black. … Read More
By MICHELLE METENS
Few garments exude sex appeal the same way stockings do. Their vintage look, distinctive fit, and slinky feel appeal to us on multiple levels of sensuality. They are both classic and exotic, romantic and saucy, with the slightest glimpse of a lacy welt enough to raise a man’s blood pressure!
The stocking’s history is almost as intriguing as the item itself. Predecessors to the modern stocking date back to the Greeks and … Read More
By Margaret Shrum
For my own pleasure and erotic creature, I’ve been wearing suspenders and stockings for the past two months as a bit of an experiment. It all began back in February, I had a midnight rendezvous with a potential lover and I decided that a gorgeous Agent Provocateur red tulle bra with matching panties with garters and red fishnet stockings were to be featured underneath my outfit. It was a New Moon, on … Read More
by Cristina Casciano-King
Tights, Hose, Stockings. People often interchange these words carelessly, or simply call everything and anything that falls in the legwear category “Stockings,” when in reality these are all different things. Before I knew any better I was one of them…
Then while discussing my “stocking” collection to the owner of a well known vintage lingerie store in Manhattan, I was corrected and … Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: Leg Dressing, Leg Art
When I was a hosiery buyer (in a past life), it was all about pantyhose: Stockings were a business to accommodate my grandmother’s generation. Not anymore. That’s why I was really pleased when, recently, I had a chance to review the StockinGirl line, a quality leg-wear brand so diverse, that the assortment can accommodate any occasion, year round. But it was the trendy variations that this … Read More
