Secrets In Lace - lingerie for pin-up girls

To celebrate their 30th Year in business, Secrets In Lace bring you their latest design in fully fashioned stockings ... just in time for Valentine's Day!

The gift of glamour!

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Secrets In Lace - lingerie for pin-up girls

Secrets In Lace brings you their newest, exclusive design in stockings.

The Banbury French Heel Fully Fashioned Stocking has a bold pink welt, a double black line in the underwelt and a fine black Picot line at the top of the welt combined with a 15 denier black french heel. We think this is a very glamorous and sophisticated design!

These are the finest quality stockings, created for you by Secrets In Lace! As with all their ff nylons, they include the hand sewn backseam and the finishing hole in the welt. 

The gift of glamour!

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Stockings

The model is Mosh and the photography and artwork is by Elis Berg ... a fantastic recreation of a 1950s gentleman's magazine.

PHOTOGRAPHER :: Elis Berg
MODEL :: Mosh
Copyright © Elis Berg

Stockings :: a glossary of terms

Fully fashioned (FF)

This refers to stockings that are knitted flat on vintage machinery, and then sewn up the back with a genuine seam and finishing loop. Genuine fully fashioned stockings are now very rare but much sought after (see fig 1 & fig 2).

Contrast heal and seam

Many would say the ultimate in hosiery, striking, sophisticated and very daring, this type of stocking features a contrast colour foot, seam and welt. Sometime bright colours may be used as the "contrast", but often it wil be a black seam, heel, toe and welt featuring as part of a "nude" stocking (see fig 1).

Cuban heel

Type of heel on a fully fashioned stocking whereby the reinforced part is squared off above the back of the ankle, rather than tapering to a point (see fig 1).

fig 1
Fully fashioned stockings with a combination of "cuban heel" and "contrast heel and seam"
1951
Copyright © Nebel Knitwear Company

French heel

Also known as a point heel, it's the type of heel on a fully fashioned stocking whereby the reinforced part tapers off to a point, helping to accentuate the length and shape of the leg (see fig 2).

Reinforced heel and toe (RHT)

Stockings that have a reinforced heel and toe. Classic RHTs are generally made from 100% non-stretch nylon, and along with fully fashioned stockings, are the most reminiscent of the golden era of the 1950s. RHT stockings do not have a seam.

Sandal toe

Sheer, invisible toe - ideal for wearing with strappy sandals or open toe shoes. May come with or without reinforced heel.

Welt

As a term specific to stockings it describes the double thickness at the stocking top. Fully fashioned stockings have a finishing loop at the back of the stocking welt (see fig 2).

fig 2
Fully fashioned stockings with a "French heel" and "finishing loop" in the welt
Copyright © Hidden Assets

Denier

This is a guide to whether the hosiery is sheer (see through) or opaque. Low deniers are sheer. High deniers are opaque. Technically it's defined as the weight in grams of 9000 meters of yarn. Standard sheer hosiery tends to be in the 10-20 denier range. Anything less than 10 denier is considered ultra sheer. Higher deniers tend to be semi-opaque (around 30 denier) or fully opaque (45-50 and above).

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Vintage lingerie

Another in our series of vintage lingerie advertisements...

This beautiful advertisement comes from classic brand "Perma-lift" and was published in 1951 - a pink bullet bra and girdle set.

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Stockings :: fashion heels

Our collection of vintage Sears catalogues provide a fascinating glimpse into everyday Americana of the 1950s. This scan from the 1955 midwinter edition shows everyday nylons for sale at everyday prices. The sheer variety in vision heel design is a little surprising and very seriously glamorous from today's perspective!

Three different types of "Fashion Heels" from 1955 - and look at the prices!
Copyright © Sears

French Nylons - Envoile :: stockings

This is a real find for lovers of stockings and we recommend you take a look at French Nylons - Envoile. Founded in 2002, they sell authentic, fully-fashioned stockings made from 100% Nylon. The English language version of the site has recently had a makeover.

"Our mission is to share our passion for real nylon stockings - we want to convince everyone that yes, YOU CAN WEAR REAL NYLON STOCKINGS in complete comfort ...and to convince those who have never tried of course..."

Stockings for pin-up girls from French Nylons - Envoile