Sightings of women in stockings - three

(Edited from contributions to the Stockings HQ discussion forum)

"On Friday I was in London at a presentation and one of the girls there (early twenties) was wearing nude coloured hold ups with a grey suit - could see the welts and the lace top through the material of her skirt. And then on my way back at Euston station there was a girl purchasing two pairs of stockings at sock shop - observed from outside and she was wearing opaques with knee high boots - for day use I guess."

"About ten years ago, there was one particularly interesting traffic warden in the town where I then lived. She was in her late forties and when bending over placing a parking ticket on a windscreen, her suspender bumps could clearly be seen through the black material of her skirt. She caught me gawping once, and, seeing my embarrassment, gave me a knowing smile. She ceased working as a traffic warden in about 1993, and I have not seen her since."

"My most recent experience was during a visit to well known chain of opticians for an eye test and new glasses fitting. The lady in her early forties who dealt with my frame selection and fitting caught my eye as telltale suspender bumps were clearly visible through her close fitting skirt. My suspicions were truly confirmed as she moved across on her chair to get a cloth from a nearby desk. I was treated to the most wonderful close up glimpse of stocking top and suspender clasp. It only lasted a couple of seconds but it was enough to send my head spinning. It certainly brightened up a dull afternoon"

"On my way to play squash today the new receptionist at the sports centre was wearing her uniform of dark skirt with a sports centre top. I assumed she was also wearing black tights, however when she bent down to get a squash ball I was buying the bumps her suspenders were clearly visible through her skirt. What a way to start a Sunday morning... didn't do much for my game though."

"I just got back from a week of business in Melbourne. That city is the southern most city of Australia and quite conservative. I was working in town and travelled each day to work on the tram. What a stocking paradise! I reckon I saw about five or six girls all wearing stockings, and most others were wearing nylon."

"This afternoon, back in San Francisco, I had an interesting sighting driving down Clement Street - it was raining out, and I saw a young woman crossing the street, left hand holding up her umbrella... and as she crossed, her above-the-knee-length grey skirt rode up a bit, revealing a black stocking top and some bare thigh. However, it looks like she was wearing over-the-knee socks and not necessarily thigh highs or stockings, as the 'stocking tops' could be plainly seen, and her calves were covered with black opaque colored cotton (I think! Remember, I was in a car!) and not nylon... still, it was the closest thing to a stocking sighting that I have seen in the streets of San Francisco in years! Literally years!"

"A couple of years ago whilst attending a large gathering of Scout Leaders for a skills day, I was delighted to see a Cub Leader walking in front of me hitching up a wayward stocking (I think they were hold ups). Australian Scouting is fairly strict when it comes to uniforms and is still one of the few Scout Associations in the world to still wear a uniform basically unchanged since Baden-Powell's time. I wondered whether stockings were in the rule book, and when I checked, sure enough under socks and hosiery it stated "flesh coloured stockings - female Venturers, Rovers and Leaders".

"On Saturday, I attended a private party associated with the National Home Builders Association meeting in Atlanta. Southern food, spirits, and entertainment were featured - with Southern recording artists, Alabama, performing. Around 2,500 guests attended the party at the Atlanta Merchandise Mart, a building with a large courtyard surrounded by 14 stories of mezzanine showrooms. I retreated to the fifth floor to get a clear view of the show. The show I saw was the best of my life! Just after Alabama took the stage, a lovely, long-legged daughter of the South in her late 20s sat to my left with her boyfriend. She raised her legs on to the mezzanine ledge just to my left, and stretched out to enjoy the show. Her beautiful legs were clad in sheer black hosiery I assumed were pantyhose.

"After Alabama performed The South Shall Rise Again, this lovely Daughter of the South took her shoes off less than five feet from me. When she stretched out, I thought I saw a stocking welt out of the corner of my eye. As I took a closer look, I got a glimpse of not just the stocking welt, but her garter button and strap. I turned red in the face when she caught me looking.

"Instead of moving her dress to hide the welt from my view, she smiled at me. During the next two hours, she caught me looking at least a dozen times. Each time she offered a smile that let me know she was celebrating the almost-lost Southern Tradition of teasing - and enjoying my reaction as much as I enjoyed the show.

"As I looked above and around, many, many Sons of the South were just as fixed on her spectacular stockings-clad legs as I. She wore very sheer stockings that appeared to be 100 percent nylon by the 'swish' I heard each time she moved her legs."