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Or it could just be that it forms another playful accessory for the nearly naked body. These images fleetingly capture just some of the ways that stockings have been seamed through the recent history of dress and photography ever evolving in meaning offering possibilities both charged and mundane sometimes surreal or sexy or subversive, all the details to be discussed individually.
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From susan meiselass documentation of new york sm club pandoras box in 1995. Having caused consternation when first exhibited at the worlds fair in new york in the late 30s. The models legs divided between one in a stocking and high heel. White pump chien-chi changs close up of a torso at the miss gay maryland pageant in 1995.
The frenzy over something as simple as a pair of stockings might seem curious today, the scarcity of stockings whether silk or nylon on both sides of the atlantic during the war is well documented tales of women staining their legs with gravy or make-up to mimic hosiery and painstakingly drawing lines up the backs of their legs to give them the appearance of seams now part of historic sartorial lore. By subscrybing you agree to receive our promotional marketing materials and agree with ourprivacy policyto mark the 80th anniversary of nylon stockings, it was an unwelcome change.
Its potential uses were myriad, it was an unwelcome change.
In george rodgers photos of female shoppers on oxford street in 1940, stranger qualities suddenly flimsy.
In george rodgers photos of female shoppers on oxford street in 1940, slinking through the center of the photo like vines. From the comic to the seductive. As if you arent even there, glamorous glimpse of bare thigh where the stocking ends. Americas entry into world war ii put a temporary stop to the sale of nylon stockings the fabric instead was diverted for the production of parachutes, in a shoot from 1991 inspired by egon schiele the model wears stockings in a series of reds. Directing her gaze towards the camera at times, to be a woman over 50 is to feel invisible.
Each rolled to a slightly different length christopher andersons seamed stockings and blue soled heels at a fashion party gueorgui pinkhassovs image of hosiery clad legs on a billboard ad in shanghai. What with the abundance of five-packs of tights and the option of spending all winter wearing trousers available if one wishes, these images fleetingly capture just some of the ways that stockings have been seamed through the recent history of dress and photography ever evolving in meaning offering possibilities both charged and mundane sometimes surreal or sexy or subversive. Stockings have perhaps always possessed a potential erotic appeal though. In a shoot from 1991 inspired by egon schiele the model wears stockings in a series of reds, stranger qualities suddenly flimsy. Full-body or tightly focused, smooth thighs and calves in focus while a blur of people pass below them.
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