From the Archives: Tights, Stockings and Their Evolution
An early 20th century advertisement for a corset features a sketch of a Gibson-type Girl wearing a corset and stockings.
An early 20th century advertisement for a corset features a sketch of a Gibson-type Girl wearing a corset and stockings.
A 1940s photograph shows a woman wearing a girdle and bullet bra.
American glamour model and pin-up girl Bettie Page wears fishnet tights in 1955.
A model wears a belted white dress with a matching coat and stockings from the James Galanos Couture fall 1968 collection.
Details of stockings with embroidery from James Galanos’ spring 1968 couture show.
A model wears a long-sleeved turtleneck dress, dark stockings and a head-scarf in the Pierre Cardin fall 1972 show.
A model on the runway of the Stephen Sprouse spring 1984 show wears patterned stockings with a sparkly dress.
A model wears a red and white striped, sequined strapless top, a black perforated leather miniskirt and fishnet stockings in the Givenchy Spring/Summer 1999 Couture show in Paris.
A model wears a Dior fall 2010 collection dress with ruffled knee-high stockings on the runway.
A model on the runway for the fall 2009 Couture show in Paris for Christian Dior designed by John Galliano wears a black and white patterned jacket, slim black belt, large black hat with tulle, nude long line girdle with stockings and high heels.
A model wears a patterned dress and matching stockings at the Versus fall 2012 show in Milan.
A model wears a floral dress and stockings on the runway at the Tory Burch fall 2012 show.
A model wears a minidress, sparkly tights and boots at the Chanel fall ’17 runway show.
An attendee at Tokyo Fashion Week for fall ’17 wears a multicolored outfit, including bright pink tights.
A model wears the ’80s powersuit trend in 2017. She sports Carmen March’s wool and elastane jacket and Casely-Hayford’s camel moleskine with wool jacquard skirt with Wolford tights.