Nothing but Seamed Stockings

[Annalai]

Hi all,

I am petite and I have problems to find stockings the ones I have recently bought from this company in Germany http://www.branchesonline.org/?n=10&...ucts/stockings was way too long for my short legs even if I ordered the XS ones and according to the measurements chart they should fit. Do anyone know of a company selling short stockings? The stockings from this company is made the old ways but made longer for modern people and for me they do not work.

Annalai

[birdiepie]

Hi Annalai,

Some french made stockings tend to be sized towards the shorter range. You might want to try stockings made by Cervin, their hosiery is quite lovely. Where I normally take a Mediumnin other brands, with Cervin stockings I take a Large so that they come up high enough.

If you're looking for everyday stretchy stockings www.shopnational.com carries stockings in a wide range of sizes too.

[Clara Rose]

Here is where I buy almost all my stockings:

http://www.stockingshq.com/sheertemptation/index.htm

They have great products, with and without seams. Also, there is a discussion board for people that are interested in stockings, either vintage or modern.

[Camille]

I also have a tendency to murder my stockings, but since I started buying silk stockings instead of the modern lycra type, at least they hold for five to ten wears before dying.

Nylons, however, hold a heck lot better than silks.

[Miss Dottie]

I also have a tendency to murder my stockings, but since I started buying silk stockings instead of the modern lycra type, at least they hold for five to ten wears before dying.

Nylons, however, hold a heck lot better than silks.

Where do you even buy silk stockings. Those sound so luxurious. Perhaps I'll get a pair for my wedding.

[Shimmy Sally]

Most any department store has back seam stockings. If you want to be accurate to the times, try Secrets in Lace.

[mysterygal]

I still manage to usually damage a pair of silk stockings in only one use! I agree, secrets in lace has a lot of great stuff.

[Camille]

Where do you even buy silk stockings. Those sound so luxurious. Perhaps I'll get a pair for my wedding.

I buy my silk stockings vintage. There are some really good stores in Sweden that's bunked up a stock of unused pairs, so I go there a couple of times a year to buy half of their stock out.

New silk stockings are sort of expensive, though, and really, I would never pay 40$ for a pair of stockings that only holds a couple of times, silk or not.

There's a wonderful store in Copenhagen that sells nylons and silks produced on an old knittingmachine from the 40's.

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Unfortunately, the site is completely in danish. (I can't even read it properly, and at least I'm Scandinavian. :O)

[mysterygal]

cuban heels: I own a pair and love the look of them, the only thing I had difficulty was learning to get the seam perfectly centered at the back of my legs But with wearing them, I have gotten a lot of compliments on them, and not just from men! I find with the right dress and shoes, they look spectacular.
I found out the hard way why not to buy thigh highs without wearing any girdle straps with them....the stockings stayed up most of the night, but towards the end they started inching their way down, which of course is NOT good!
I tend to wear seam stocking with 'dressier' dresses, but can you also get away with wearing them, with something more on the simple side also?

[LizzieMaine]

I wear full-fashioned seamed hose every day when I'm working at the theatre, as the finishing touch to 40s-era day dresses. I have a number of vintage pairs picked up from thrift stores, eBay, and such, but most of what I wear is plain old Style 3975 from Magnolia -- I replenish my supply in three-pair lots every couple of months or so, and can generally get 5-7 wears per pair if I'm careful. One thing that's important is to rinse them out thoroughly with gentle soap right after wearing -- it really does seem to extend the wear.

The longest wearing seamed stockings I've ever found are mesh-knit "no run" Phoenix brand from the mid-fifties. I got a full NOS box of these last year, and have yet to lose a single pair to runs or snags. They aren't easy to find, but they're well worth the search.