Jezebel: Stockings

L'eggs Attempts Kate Middleton-Inspired Pantyhose Comeback

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:30:00 EST

Kate Middleton's penchant for pantyhose has sparked international debate over women's leg wear (or lack thereof). Despite the fact that most Americans don't appear to be changing their pantyhose habits, L'eggs is hoping the royals will make more women go for the shiny-legged look. This new ad attempts to sell modern women on the Spanx-like properties of hose, but we still have no urge to wear these because (spoiler alert) L'eggs don't come in an egg anymore. We can't even get a nostalgic kick out of these if there's no egg! More »

Fashion Icon Pippa Middleton Commits Ultimate Pantyhose Sin

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:55:00 EDT

[In Paris, no less. May 30. Image via Bauer-Griffin.] More »

Stockings & Trade

Anna Holmes — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:10:00 EST

[Edinburgh, February 24. Image via Getty]

TIGHTS ARE NOT PANTS Knows No Sex

Sadie Stein — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:20:00 EDT

Selfridges rep on mantyhose: "We expect men to be wearing them, not only as a way to give legs an extra boost of warmth on the chilliest nights, but as a true style statement." [Telegraph] More »

L'eggs

Sadie Stein — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:40:00 EDT

Allen Gant invented pantyhose because his pregnant wife didn't feel like bothering with garterbelts. "It was wonderful. Most people my age loved them from the very beginning and couldn't wait to get a hold of them," she says. [Smithsonian] More »

Gross Anatomy

Sadie Stein — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:30:00 EDT

For those of you eager to simulate the effect of varicose veins, you're in luck! And it'll only run you 41,00€ ! [BoingBoing] More »

To Hose, Or Not To Hose? That Is The Question

Megan Carpentier — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:30:00 EDT

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The Wall Street Journal today weighed in on the generational battle that is pantyhose. For many women, pantyhose are akin to the girdles and corsets of old, which is to say something your mom or grandmother had to do, an unmourned victim of the feminist movement. For others, they're a way to camouflage supposedly unsightly legs or to decorate them, to keep warm or hold in a bulge-y area, or just something you feel you have to do. And, for some poor women (including, rumor has it, the female employees of a certain female Senator) they are required work attire. While a hosiery requirement makes me seethe and long to rebel, I go back and forth about hose themselves. More »

Oldies But Goodies

dodai — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:45:00 EST

Did you know that PERSPIRATION IS ACID? Yes, it RUINS STOCKINGS. This is why you need to bathe. Preferably with Ivory Snow, according to this old advertisment. Man, alarmist soap ads are the best. Also her nails are probably the problem. Click the picture to see at full-size! [Vintage Ads] More »