How to Buy Hosiery

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Hosiery is often a woman's favorite item in her wardrobe. When worn intelligently, hosiery can provide you with comfort, make you look more glamorous and impart you with a sense of 'style'. Read on to see what you need to keep in mind when shopping for your next pair.

Pantyhose and hosiery buying guide

Tips for buying hosiery
  1. Hosiery can be worn for a specific reason like keeping your legs warm in the winter or simply to make a great pair of legs look stunning! Decide on why you need to buy hosiery and then go out for the purchase. Hosiery meant for different uses is usually made from special materials with specific weaves.
  2. What you pay for is usually what you get. Cheaper brands may look attractive at first but will prove to be very expensive in the long term. Remember, most of the time the hosiery you wear is quite visible and also meant to be so - go for something that will not let you down when you most need it.
  3. Hosiery comes in a variety of styles and materials. Tights are usually sheer and run all the way up the legs to the waist. Knee-highs are usually just about as high as your knee. Stockings vary anywhere from mid-calf to the upper calf in length. Hold-ups and stockings are usually thigh level and can stop anywhere around the mid-thigh. You will need a suspender belt to hold the stockings up; hold-ups usually have a silicone band that does this. The suspender should be fairly strong and ideally should have metal clips to hold the stockings.
  4. You can also find hosiery that is meant to provide control and support. Control top tights are meant to provide additional support at the stomach and work to hold the tummy in. Some types of control tights also provide support to your buttocks and work to provide 'uplift' at the bottom area.
  5. Hosiery is meant to be sensual and the better variety will be almost completely sheer and nearly invisible. The quality of the hosiery is measured in 'denier'. You will find hosiery marked as '10 denier', '20 denier', all the way up to '40 denier'. As the denier number lowers, the material of the hosiery becomes finer and sheerer in appearance. '40 denier' hosiery will be opaque and you cannot see your skin tone through them.

Caution

Do remember that the material in very fine and sheer hosiery is itself very thin. This makes it prone to tears and runs. Also, the hosiery will not provide any warmth to your body. 10 to 20 denier hosiery is the most popular and comfortable since it is quite sheer, reasonably warm and also looks good.

Where to buy hosiery

You can buy hosiery from lingerie manufacturers and even fashion accessory stores online. Try these links for some good offers and deals on hosiery-

My Tights is a great place to shop for hosiery of all types. They also offer more tips and advice on buying hosiery.

Bare Necessities has a wide range of all major brands in hosiery. They also have some good deals on offer.

One Hanes Place has a large selection of low cost to premium hosiery on offer.


 


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