Hosiery is a term used to describe garment coverings for the legs and feet. Women’s hosiery has been in circulation for hundreds of years, with the most popular items now being ‘tights’ or ’stockings’. Hosiery tends to be...
The bodystocking is a prime example of how a very functional idea can become something entirely different when put into mass production and sold to an inventive general public. A bodystocking is an all-in-one garment that is skin tight. It tends to have...
The word “stocking” describes a close-fitting elastic garment - much like a sock but longer and (usually) made of thinner fabric. The word comes from “stock”, which in times past used to be the word used to describe the lower...
One of the most established holiday traditions in Western society, the Christmas stocking is synonymous with the anticipation of the big day. Anyone who takes a moment to picture the scene conjured up in their mind by the phrase “Christmas stocking”...
There is nothing quite so effortlessly timeless as silk stockings when it comes to lingerie. Just the description conjures images of luxury, sensuality and the body beautiful – and what UK woman doesn’t want a little of that in her life? Silk...

