| Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sat, 02 February 2008 21:45  |
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I have noticed that young women these days hate tights or pantyhose and I'm sure that is why the drop in hosiery sales. But on the other hand fashions are more feminine again and people are starting to dress better - I personally am pleased that there are many more feminine styles available these days, and even retro ones that are more romantic. My own daughter wants to wear more skirts and dresses and when she goes out she prefers stockings as like other young women today she hates pantyhose. Do any other mothers here have the same experience - or perhaps some of the younger women? I have seen some that are 23 and my daughter is 21. Will stockings soon make a resurgence as pantyhose dies a death, a leftover of the 20th Century?
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 03 February 2008 19:29  |
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Unlikely, since jeans seem to be the order of the day whatever the occasion.
And with skirts so short, I think the stockings are unlikely to make a big comeback just yet.
A lot depends on how fashion designers have reacted to the move towards retro/vintage styles and how clothes have sold.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 03 February 2008 21:11 |
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Mich, you haven't heard of Levante Vanessas for short skirts - these stockings are long and have real stretch. David at StockingsHQ will tell you. I have worn skirts "up to there" with no probelms with a Wolford suspender belt with short straps and Levante stockings. It works, believe me!
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 03 February 2008 21:12 |
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I work in a shop with plenty of younger ladies (I'm talking 18/19/20 ish). Since I shared my love of stockings there's a quiet revolution going on - they are all buying good suspender belts and throwing away their tights!
I've noticed a 50s vibe in the younger shops too - New Look currently loads of cute, kitsch stuff and some rather sexy lingerie too - yes, its cheap and not very well made but its what the kids want 
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 03 February 2008 21:33 |
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It's a bit like asking if black n' white photography will ever make a comeback and rival colour. It won't happen. It's a niche market ( and has been for the last 30 years or more ) and whilst there will be small surges in popularity ..... on a UK, US or even a global scale, the wearing of stockings will always have only a tiny, tiny minority following - most of which will be to satisfy fetishistic leanings, rather than for any practical clothing reasons
Still .... we all love 'em here  ... that's why we gather together and discuss 'em in such depth on SHQ ! 
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 03 February 2008 21:39 |
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Dirk, but you miss the whole romance of dressing well and looking and feeling good. I don't wear stockings because I'm a fetishist, I wear them because I like them and if any of you men out there try to touch me, well! I respect myself and maybe men should respect women too.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 03 February 2008 22:21 |
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| UK Gent and Lady wrote on Sun, 03 February 2008 21:39 |
Dirk, but you miss the whole romance of dressing well and looking and feeling good.
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I don't miss your point at all, UK Lady, and of course, I'm certainly not going to argue against the wearing of stockings ... but I think the vast majority of people outside this website who dress well and look / feel good, do so without wearing stockings and suspenders - ever ...
Remember - you're preaching to the converted on a stockings forum, UK Lady ...but in the ' Real World ' outside these forums, we here are but one very small needle, in a whole estate of haystacks ... 
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 00:15 |
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| Mich wrote on Sun, 03 February 2008 14:29 |
jeans seem to be the order of the day whatever the occasion.
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Mich,
I agree. I went to an "outlet" store yesterday, shopping for a skirt and in the whole of the "womens" area, there was NOT ONE skirt to be found, only rack upon rack of jeans. Sighhh.
Jeannie
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 13:28 |
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| JeanMarie wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 00:15 |
I went to an "outlet" store yesterday, shopping for a skirt and in the whole of the "womens" area, there was NOT ONE skirt to be found, only rack upon rack of jeans.
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You are joking? None?! I'll admit that I wear trousers most of the time for work, but I love wearing skirts.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 15:05 |
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I didn't think Will Young liked women!?!? LOL
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 17:59 |
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| Marie wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 08:28 |
| JeanMarie wrote on Mon, 04 February 2008 00:15 |
I went to an "outlet" store yesterday, shopping for a skirt and in the whole of the "womens" area, there was NOT ONE skirt to be found, only rack upon rack of jeans.
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You are joking? None?! I'll admit that I wear trousers most of the time for work, but I love wearing skirts.
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Oh no, Marie - not joking at all! Believe me, I was sorely disappointed. But, there are other stores around - I just stopped at an Outlet store because I figured I'd find a good selection. So much for logic, eh?
Blessings,
Jeannie
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 19:13 |
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It's a wonderful idea and a great thing to hope for, but to be honest, I just can't see it happening.
In the shops these days, it is becoming harder and harder to see hosiery that comes in two pieces and I think that we'll never see stockings in the mainstream again.
Before I bring down a load of opprobrium on myself, I will say that the lovely ladies who write to the Forums and send in their pictures are unlikely ever to turn away from the loveliness of stockings, for whatever reasons they wear them - it's just that when there is something we feel passionately about, it's hard to understand why others don't; this is not only true of stockings, but everything else, too.
It is rare to see a lady wearing skirts or dresses on 'ordinary' occasions these days and the wearing of stockings, and even tights, has taken a severe battering. Although only my opinion, the cost, difficulty of getting hold of, and the perception of the unsuitability of wearing stockings with modern clothes make it most unlikely that they will ever again be anything but a niche market for elegant and classy ladies such as those who write in SHQ Forums.
To those wonderful ladies, I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks and appreciation !
lacewing.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 20:14 |
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Not such a daft question.
My wife (62) rarely wore fully fashioned stockings when she was in her early teens.She then ditched seamlees stockings for t****s in her twenties.
In her later teens, she was probably too old for fully fashioned stockings now (looking at the forums) she is probably too old.
Any comments from over 60's who still wear fully fashioned stockings.
On Vivian Merchant (Oitfits/sightings)a comment was made that RHT stockings were hardly worn in 1963. Not so, these stockings were on the go until about 1964/65 and became less popular only when sling-back shoes became fashionable
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 04 February 2008 20:31 |
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Thank you, Fan - a good bit of history there. "And the beat goes on........"
Jeannie
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Tue, 05 February 2008 17:11 |
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Mich, you haven't heard of Levante Vanessas for short skirts - these stockings are long and have real stretch. David at StockingsHQ will tell you. I have worn skirts "up to there" with no probelms with a Wolford suspender belt with short straps and Levante stockings. It works, believe me!
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I've done that but not with Levante Vanessas as there's lycra in them and for me, lycra tends to have a memory effect in that, despite all the stretch you give it, it will always pull back to its original shape!
I don't wear short skirts now, as I love wearing stockings and my legs aren't the best any longer. I leave the short stuff to the younger generation (20 somethings).
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Tue, 05 February 2008 18:16 |
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Hi Mich, the point I was trying to make was that you can still wear stockings with short skirts - the Levante Vanessas I buy for example are the extra-longs - even if I am only 5'4" - that way you can trick their "memory."
But I wear longer skirts too and I love them - they can be very fashionable. One of my favourites is a pencil skirt with over-the shoulder straps - the Americans might call these "suspender skirts" but you know what I mean.
Anyway, I admire you for wearing stockings because that is what being a woman is all about.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Tue, 05 February 2008 19:59 |
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Meant to say that my wife was too YOUNG for fully fashioned stockings in her teens.
Now she is too old. So sad!!
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Wed, 06 February 2008 18:21 |
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I think that for young ladies to wear stockings now is as much a matter of choice for the individual girl as it has been for the last three decades.Some will some will not. I suspect, however,that there are deeper rooted reasons in modern fashion than when I was younger, being a man in his 40s.
I have two step daughters one of 23 and one of 19. Last Sunday evening I got home from work to find She Who Is To Be Obeyed and number 1 step daughter watching a Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell film. The scene that was showing had both ladies in evening dresses and done up to the nines.
Step daughter said she would love to get dressed up like that for an evening out, but there are no opportunities to do so now days. Even when she goes out for an evening with the girls she would feel over dressed wearing a skirt as most of the time smart casual is deriguer. Jeans boots tops and the like.
I think the point I am trying to make is that until it becomes more usual for people to dress more formally for evenings out again then the more feminine lingerie, in this I include hosiery will never be as common place as when I was younger.I think that feminine outer clothing will lead to more feminine lingerie as young ladies enjoy feeling more 'special'.
It seems that step daughters friends feel the same. The only way I think that younger people will be encouraged to dress more smartly in the evenings is for pubs and clubs to enforce dress codes. Although i doubt this will happen.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Thu, 07 February 2008 21:18 |
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You have a point, Radar. Last November a friend wanted to have a night out for her birthday. Us two couples were going out for a meal and drinks after. We thought it would be fun to get dressed up - the men in suits and us in posh frocks and a bit of glamour. We felt ok in the restaurant as we were sitting down, but in the pub after, we felt completely overdressed. We felt like we were refugees from a wedding!
We thought maybe going to the opera would suit us better!
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Thu, 07 February 2008 22:45 |
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We live in hope don't we ?? if they do the world would be a better place well for some with the exception of DIRK 
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Thu, 07 February 2008 23:58 |
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| No trousers please wrote on Thu, 07 February 2008 22:45 |
We live in hope don't we ?? if they do the world would be a better place well for some with the exception of DIRK
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Y'know NT ...I'd love to have a battle of wits with you ... but I never fight with an unarmed man .... 
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sat, 09 February 2008 11:41 |
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Well I think I may have had a small breakthrough with the girls in the office I work in. They know of my love of stockings and my dislike for the feel of t***ts and I have encouraged them to try wearing stockings for a change. One of the girls has now even admitted that she also dislikes t***ts and has asked me where I purchase my stockings from. I showed her this website and she has worn hold ups to work for two days in a row now. All three of us are in our 30's so I hope that we still qualify as "young women", although I am convinced I was only 21 yesterday and that I must have just slipped through a worm hole into my 30's!!!
Well I will always be a "young woman" in my head.
Sx
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sat, 09 February 2008 18:25 |
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I'm persuading my "friend" to wear them, she is a t###ts wearer (not a bad start), she doesn't like hold ups, she had a bad experiance (my fault, they were too big). She is 20 y.old. I bought her a SHQ six strap garter belt, which she received yesterday. So now she has no excuse. So far she has pruple traditional wool stockings, cheap white and nude sheer ones. We'll see if she starts buying her own ones, which would be mission accomplished!
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sat, 09 February 2008 19:56 |
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I don't think enough young women are expose to stockings. My mother had me wearing pantyhose (tights). I hated it! I preferred going bare legged. But I am finding stockings very sexy and I have started creating my own little collection. All I need now is a suspender belt...I'm 23 by the way.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sat, 09 February 2008 23:44 |
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Until about six months ago, I had stopped wearing hosiery of any kind, and to that end hardly any skirts, as every time I did, I would get a run within a couple of hours. Now I love wearing stockings, when I get a chance. Not so sure about a dress code in clubs and pubs - I wouldn't dare wear my nice clothes to go clubbing in as they'd get ruined. However, I think that would be a brilliant idea for restaurants. My friends and I were so dissappointed about the lack of oppurtunity to get dressed up that we went out for a meal completely dolled up. One friend even went to the extent of going home from uni to get his suit. We had a great evening, but were by far the smartest in the restaurant. I'd love to dress in skirts more often, but if I tried running round campus in heels I'd break my neck. And trainers or doc martens don't exactly look right. 
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 10 February 2008 01:15 |
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| rachaellm wrote on Sat, 09 February 2008 23:44 |
My friends and I were so dissappointed about the lack of oppurtunity to get dressed up that we went out for a meal completely dolled up. One friend even went to the extent of going home from uni to get his suit. We had a great evening, but were by far the smartest in the restaurant.
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That's exactly what we did. Although we felt uncomfortable in the pub, we would love to try it again.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 10 February 2008 06:05 |
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Stockings will never die out as there is universal appeal in a nice pair of legs so we girls will forever be looking for ways to dress up our pins.
Lately there has been a resurgence in tights, but i dont know if the same can be said of stockings. As far as i can tell, they are still relegated to the bedroom....
Oh, I'm 26 and i've been wearing stockings since i was 22.
Like a lot of the other ladies posting here, I dont have many opportunities to really dress up, but at least twice a week you'll find me in a skirt or a dress. I'll wear tights with my shorter dresses but often i will be wearing hold ups or stockings.
Also, i tend to like dressing up at home when i can put on higher heels than i am comfortable walking about in....I also like to take out the gowns....you'll find me doing dishes in heels and a corset....Besides, why own them if you dont wear em?
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Sun, 10 February 2008 17:20 |
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Good point, Landwhale. Why own them if you can't be bothered to wear them, indeed!
I do try to match the occasion to the stockings, though. If I'm filing in some of the colder parts of the building I work in, it has to be thicker tights or stockings. If I know I'm going to be at the desk most of the day then I can get away with thinner stockings.
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 11 February 2008 13:44 |
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It is a shame that more of the younger ladies don't wear them as often. I've pretty much worn them right through the years from being younger and never tire of them. My niece wears them now and again with a nice dress or skirt and its very encouraging to hear that a few more member's daughters are also keeping up the good work on the stockings front. Well done!
Kate C
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Mon, 11 February 2008 19:30 |
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Perhaps I live a charmed life, or I'm totally clueless, but I've always dressed femininely and let everyone else deal with it if they don't like it. I took the rule "You can never be overdressed if you feel gorgeous" to heart and to that end wear what feels good for me.
That said, I'm also largely surrounded by friends who dress like me most of the time (with a few exceptions who often say that they wish they had the confidence to do so).
EL
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Wed, 13 February 2008 20:30 |
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I absolutely love getting dressed up in a nice skirt and suspenders but find the situations when its practical few and far between.
My job is pretty heavy duty where clothing and jeans let alone stockings get ruined and then go to pubs where dressing up isn't really the thing to do, I've worn skirts out and feel totally over dressed and out of place. Its a shame they have turned into a special occasions thing only, maybe i need to get myself a posher job!
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| Re: Will Young Women Bring Stockings Back Again? |
Wed, 13 February 2008 21:43 |
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I am happy with myself and do not like to conform to what others do; I like to dress to feel good and do not care about what others think. I just feel better when I dress up - because I am worthy and I don't stoop to the basement. I have never felt overdressed in a pub. It's worth the effort and self pride. Oh, and maybe my husband takes me to nice pubs!
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