Information about Hosiery
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Hosiery describes tight-fitting garments worn directly on the feet and legs. Most are made by knitting methods. Modern hosiery is usually tight-fitting by virtue of stretchy fabrics and meshes. Older forms include binding to achieve a tight fit. Due to its close fit, most hosiery can be worn as an undergarment, but it is more commonly worn as a combined under/outer garment.[1]
Types of hosiery
- Hold-ups (British English) or Thigh-high stockings (American English)
- Leggings
- Socks
- Stockings, held by a suspender belt, also known as "sussies"
- Tights (British English) or Pantyhose (American English)
- Toe socks
See also
- Gerbe (French manufacturer of e.g. stockings)
- Hosiery Association
- Oztas (Turkish manufacturer of e.g. socks)
- Pantyhose for men
- Undergarment
External links
- http://www.renaissancedancewear.com/hosiery.htmlHistory of hosiery
- http://www.eberkshire.com/terms.htmlHosiery terms and definitions
References
1. ^ Definitions from Google do not necessarily limit Hosiery to undergarments. For the purposes of this category, it can include under and outer garments, eg. leggings, legwarmers.
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Lower leg: Bobby socks · Bootee · Knee highs · Leg warmers · Loose socks · Socks · Tabi · Toe socks Full leg: Fully fashioned stockings · Hold-ups · Leggings · Legskin · Pantyhose · Stocking · Tights Historical: Boothose · Hose Brands: Aristoc · Gerbe · Hanes · Jockey International · L’eggs · Levante · No nonsense · Victoria's Secret · Wolford |
Foot may refer to:
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- The foot of humans and other animals
- Foot (unit of length)
- Foot (prosody), a term used to define meter in poetry
- Foot (sewing), part of a sewing machine
- Foot (sailing), the lower edge of a sail
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A leg is the part of an animal's body that supports the rest of the animal above the ground between the ankle and the hip and is used for locomotion. The end of the leg furthest from the animal's body is often either modified or attached to another structure that is
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Knitting is a craft by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth. Similar to crochet, knitting consists of loops called stitches pulled through each other. Knitting differs from crochet in that multiple stitches are 'active', or in use, at the same time, and crochet uses a
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Hold-ups or Stay-ups (also referred to as Thigh Highs) are stockings with a band of silicone and elastic sewn to the top. This ensures that the stockings stay in place when worn. With hold-ups the wearer doesn't need a garter belt.
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Hold-ups or Stay-ups (also referred to as Thigh Highs) are stockings with a band of silicone and elastic sewn to the top. This ensures that the stockings stay in place when worn. With hold-ups the wearer doesn't need a garter belt.
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Leggings are any of several sorts of fitted clothing to cover the legs. Originally leggings were two separate garments, one for each leg.
In contemporary usage, leggings
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In contemporary usage, leggings
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sock is a knitted hosiery garment for enclosing the human foot. Socks are designed to:
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- ease chafing between the foot and footwear,
- keep the feet warm
- absorb moisture
- prevent verrucas
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stocking is a close-fitting, variously elastic garment covering the foot and lower part of the leg. By analogy, the term is also used to describe a type of horse marking in which the white coloring extends from the horse's hoof to just above the knee.
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Garter belt is a woman's undergarment consisting of an elastic piece of cloth worn around the waist to which garters are attached to hold up stockings. In the United Kingdom they are also known as suspender belts[1].
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Tights are a type of fabric leg covering, usually extending from the waist to feet, and fitting as tightly as possible to the body (from which the name derives).
Wearing of tights has a long history going back several centuries, when they were worn by men.
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Wearing of tights has a long history going back several centuries, when they were worn by men.
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Pantyhose (also called tights) are sheer, close fitting coverings of the body from the waist to the feet, most frequently worn by women. Like stockings they are usually made of nylon.
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Toe socks are socks that have been knitted so that each toe is individually encased[1] the same way that fingers are individually encased in a glove.
All sock lengths are available as toe socks, from anklet and ankle socks through to knee-high and over-knee socks.
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All sock lengths are available as toe socks, from anklet and ankle socks through to knee-high and over-knee socks.
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Gerbe
Clothing
Founded 1895
Headquarters Saint-Vallier, France
Industry Lingerie
Products Lingerie, hosiery
Website Gerbe.com
Gerbe, located in France, is a marketer and manufacturer of hosiery and lingerie. Gerbe was founded in 1895.
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Clothing
Founded 1895
Headquarters Saint-Vallier, France
Industry Lingerie
Products Lingerie, hosiery
Website Gerbe.com
Gerbe, located in France, is a marketer and manufacturer of hosiery and lingerie. Gerbe was founded in 1895.
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The Hosiery Association (THA) is an American trade organization representing hosiery manufacturers. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Hosiery Association was founded in 1905 as the National Association of Hosiery and Underwear Manufacturers.
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pantyhose for men (or male pantyhose). In contrast to women's pantyhose, pantyhose for men may or may not incorporate a "male comfort panel" and/or a fly opening designed to better accommodate male anatomy.
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Undergarments, also called "underwear", "underpants," "lingerie", or "panties" (undergarments for women), or sometimes "intimate clothing", and "pants" or "knickers" in British English, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes.
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A bobby sock is a type of sock that was especially fashionable in the 1940s and 1950s. They are characteristically ankle-length and frilly, and worn by girls often as part of a school uniform. They were popular to wear with saddle shoes, loafers or Oxfords.
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- For the foot part of a scuba diving suit, see wetsuit boot.
They are usually worn by people who do not walk (e.g. babies), as walking would soon wear holes in soft bootees.
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Knee-highs are hosiery that covers the leg up to the knee. Typically worn by women in western society, these garments have become a global staple of modern semi-formal dress. They are generally made of nylon or other pantyhose material.
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Leg Warmers are a type of clothing similar to a sock except that they are footless. Even so, leg warmers are considered socks. Leg warmers were traditionally made of pure wool, though nowadays they are typically made from a mixture of cotton and/or synthetic fibers.
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Loose socks (Japanese: ルーズソックス, rūzu sokkusu) are a type of sock that is popular among Japanese high school girls.
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sock is a knitted hosiery garment for enclosing the human foot. Socks are designed to:
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- ease chafing between the foot and footwear,
- keep the feet warm
- absorb moisture
- prevent verrucas
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Tabi (足袋) are traditional Japanese socks. Ankle high and with a separation between the big toe and other toes, they are worn by both men and women with zori, geta, and other traditional thonged footwear.
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Toe socks are socks that have been knitted so that each toe is individually encased[1] the same way that fingers are individually encased in a glove.
All sock lengths are available as toe socks, from anklet and ankle socks through to knee-high and over-knee socks.
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All sock lengths are available as toe socks, from anklet and ankle socks through to knee-high and over-knee socks.
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Fully fashioned stockings are becoming increasingly rare – only a handful of manufacturers worldwide now make them on a regular basis. They are knitted flat and then the two sides are sewn together forming what is the seam – therefore the seam is an integral part of the
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Hold-ups or Stay-ups (also referred to as Thigh Highs) are stockings with a band of silicone and elastic sewn to the top. This ensures that the stockings stay in place when worn. With hold-ups the wearer doesn't need a garter belt.
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Leggings are any of several sorts of fitted clothing to cover the legs. Originally leggings were two separate garments, one for each leg.
In contemporary usage, leggings
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In contemporary usage, leggings
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A Legskin is a type of competitive swimwear worn by male swimmers. Most legskins are made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased drag resistance in the water.
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Pantyhose (also called tights) are sheer, close fitting coverings of the body from the waist to the feet, most frequently worn by women. Like stockings they are usually made of nylon.
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stocking is a close-fitting, variously elastic garment covering the foot and lower part of the leg. By analogy, the term is also used to describe a type of horse marking in which the white coloring extends from the horse's hoof to just above the knee.
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