When you see a woman wearing hosiery what do you think? It's a nice sheen, it's a good
colour, or are they stockings or tights? Our research into hosiery and perception has shown some interesting
results, although no research provides an definitive answer.
The question as to whether a woman in the street, office, pub etc. is wearing stockings has a lot to do with
colour. Males tended to ask the stocking/tights question when the hosiery colour was darker. The darker the
hosiery the more males looked for other signs, such as suspender or garter clips pushing against outer clothing.
High-heels also seemed to suggest the lady in question was wearing stockings. One thing above all else posted
the strongest sign of a stocking wearer and this was if the hosiery had a back seam. All the aforementioned
are no actual indicator and unless you can flesh above a stocking top.
It's a fantasy of many males that the woman they see as attractive does wear stockings. The chance of glimpsing
thigh above stocking top occupies many a mans mind. Does this mean women who wear stockings always have a sexual
motive in so doing? No! Research suggests the stocking wearing woman does so for a variety of reasons from
sensuality to perceptions of health. From having always worn them to knowing that pantyhose cannot compete in
their preference for a particular appearance to compliment their mode of dress.
Quite honestly it is impossible to tell whether a woman is wearing stockings or pantyhose, unless she wears
fully-fashioned. Even then you need to be a true devotee of the marque to know the real thing. The best thing
for men to do is leave the thoughts to fantasy and enjoy legs covered in nylon whether they are stockings or not. |
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| Stockings are coming back to the fore of legwear such that manufacturers cannot afford to
remove them totally from their catalogue. Stockings are wanted and the suggestion by manufacturers that they
are a limited consumer product is rubbish. If few are available what else will be worn? That of which there is
plenty which happens to be tights. The backlash against tights is growing day by day with good reasons to believe
it will continue for a long time to come. |
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Fully Fashioned stockings suggest sensuality irrespective of the reason they are worn. The plus
of FF are the optical illusion the seam creates when centred on the calf muscle. It effectively causes the eye to
see the calf as two separate pieces and as each side is slimmer than a full calf the calf appears slimmer too. The
same is true of the thigh, although we don't suggest a very heavy leg will show massive reduction in width. The
heel reinforcement has a similar slimming effect. What drawers the eye is the slimmest part of that reinforcement
whatever heel style is chosen. The heel separates the ankle thus slims it's width. |
Why an interest in stocking tops? There is a fascination with the contrast of light and dark
which has surfaced through research. Any stocking contrasting with the leg seems to suggest a line between that
which one can have and that which one cannot. It may sound strange but that's the finite answer of those
researched. The stocking colour at the thigh can be seen at the calf and can generally be viewed by anyone. The
darkening welt and then full contrast of skintone thigh suggests the point past which a man cannot venture without
intimacy. Seeing a skirt ride up in the wind pulls eyes to that area like nothing else.
Should these facts tell ladies not to show their legs in Fully Fashioned? Absolutely not. There are few women who
like to know they are attractive, however much they also like knowing they are seen as intelligent, confident,
equal and any other word used to state women are not objects. |
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Neither women nor men can be seen solely as objects. To know someone, even slightly is to
formulate an opinion of their mind. This can never fully override initial attraction. Attraction is about
performance. How a person dresses, moves and generally conducts themselves before others. Whether we like it
or not our basic instincts are procreation but accepted social convention ensures we resist the desire to act
like animals. That said animals in all forms display their worth in an effort to secure a mate and humans are
little different in their 'display' techniques but their desired outcome of such display may be a variety of
reasons.
Many awake to a routine of cleansing and preparing for display. Many say it is for themselves. If no one else
were to ever see the effort taken would there be any point? When pressed the answer becomes their desire to be
seen as different to others. To be noticed in an acceptable way. To believe someone whose path they cross is
left with a positive impression. Displaying is for the purposes of acceptance and acknowledgment gives
justification of existence. So why do some women wear Fully Fashioned stockings.
It's the 'feel good' factor. Feel good and you will look good. The shape of clothes may be important for
outergarments, but the feel of undergarments next to the skin can create an amazing change in personal attitude.
We have found many women tried Fully Fashioned stockings at their partners request. A few decided the hosiery was
too difficult to wear when tights or lycra stockings fitted them with ease. Many women felt the actual texture was
so different to anything else they'd worn it was no longer their partners desires that were of primary importance
in such choice. Fully Fashioned would thereafter be worn when available and suitable for an occasion. |
Many awake to a routine of cleansing and preparing for display. Many say it is for themselves. If
no one else were to ever see the effort taken would there be any point? When pressed the answer becomes their
desire to be seen as different to others. To be noticed in an acceptable way. To believe someone whose path they
cross is left with a positive impression. Displaying is for the purposes of acceptance and acknowledgment gives
justification of existence. So why do some women wear Fully Fashioned stockings.
It's the 'feel good' factor. Feel good and you will look good. The shape of clothes may be important for
outergarments, but the feel of undergarments next to the skin can create an amazing change in personal attitude.
We have found many women tried Fully Fashioned stockings at their partners request. A few decided the hosiery was
too difficult to wear when tights or lycra stockings fitted them with ease. Many women felt the actual texture was
so different to anything else they'd worn it was no longer their partners desires that were of primary importance
in such choice. Fully Fashioned would thereafter be worn when available and suitable for an occasion.
Yes, there are many occasions when a woman will wear Fully-Fashioned stockings for sensual motives and quite
frankly 'Why not?'. Thos who do so know they will get attention when out and about. Mens heads spin round to
take a long lingering look. Many women comment on the stockings too. The most interesting point we found was of
those women who felt the wearer had sexual intent everyone one either would never wear FF or admitted not to
having the courage but sometimes the inclination. |
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| What can we glean from this? That women who wear Fully Fashioned stockings have a confidence
in themselves others understand, admire or fear. The fact that VIP's and celebrities have worn Fully Fashioned
on TV and at major engagements certainly can't suggest sexual intent. It must follow they are confident and
dress how they wish to display without wanting to jump on the first man they see. |
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Another interesting point about those who see Fully Fashioned wearers as having low morals is
a point of fact - 'Whatever your eroticism, it is someone elses pornography'. Thus it is the viewers mind that
has a problem of perception and not the reality of what they see. Fully Fashioned stockings make a statement,
but one should be careful as to what you decide that statement is. Look to how low your own morals really are
before passing judgement. There will be someone out there who believes your innocent pleasures are really
forbidden fruits.
Long gone are the days of 'burning your bra' in liberation of womens rights as equals. There's little need to
continue making the equality point by sacrificing feminine dress. Inequality will never truly dissappear, but
the dark ages of sexism are starting to move further back in time every day. Within the last 50 years changes
in attitude to women have changed in a way the past millions could not. To be equal means to feel equal. To
show your equality means showing your individuality. Fully Fashioned stockings show confidence in equality and
nowadays a style many ladies prefer to the mainstream fashions.
The expression 'What goes around, comes around' is true in many ways, but none more so than fashion. 1999 saw
platform shoes re-emerge from the 1970's. The 1980's saw waist nip suits and wide shoulders from the 1950's.
Think of a 20th Century fashion and it will have been seen twice. 1980's and 90's models looked like the flat
chested sylph like figures of the 1930's era. Be assured Fully Fashioned stockings have never dissappeared from
many ladies closets since the 1940's and the backlash at limited new hosiery designs means looking back to the
future for new legwear. |
| Women love Fully Fashioned stockings because they offer confidence, style, fashion
and sensuality in one piece of clothing. Men love women in Fully Fashioned stockings for exactly the same
reasons. |
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