Black Stockings are Elegant

Camera Club Girls

Oh I am so jealous of my friend Jim Linderman who runs the wonderful blog, Gals, Gams and Garters and who has happened into a stash of hand-painted photos by Rudolph Rossi, a member of the NYC Concorde Camera Club. In the 50's, those interested in shooting erotic photos of women (including Bettie Page, pictured above) could become members, pay $10 and gain access to models who would pose nude or bestockinged for them and were more daring because the photos were not for publication.

Mr. Rossi took his photos and then hand-tinted them to make them appear as though they were color shots. They are pretty damn cool looking if you ask me.

Jim has 100 or so of these photos and will be releasing them at his new blog, Camera Club Girls, over the ensuing months. I will be paying rapt attention. Please be advised the blog is NSFW in a 50's kind of way.

Nude Fishnets and Black Straps

Akira Lane Bondage Pic

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Megan Fox in Stockings, Pantyhose and a Trenchcoat

People come here all the time looking for shots of Megan in pantyhose or stockings, it's one of the most common searches that lead people to Stocking Vixen, but until now the site has been an MF-free Zone. I'm rectifying that right now, with these photos, mostly gathered from Fuck Yeah, Megan Fox. Let it not be said that I don't care about my lovely readers. I would commit several major crimes to get my mitts on a pair of the patterned pantyhose she's wearing in the third photo. I think they're Wolford, so my mitts will be very cold and there will be a red guy poking me with a fork before I get any, sadly.

Red Rose and Corset

So many details I love here: the rose, the velveteen top on her fishnets, the gentle curls in her hair. What a beautiful photo.

Stockings in the Boardroom. Should Someone Call HR?

I'm fairly certain that OSHA might have something to say about Darenzia in lingerie on the table doing things to the acoustical tile, but I'm glad they didn't get there before this wonderful photo was taken.

The sweetest, most adorable pinup ever, Dahlia Delis, whom I've featured in Stocking Vixen before and has started a lovely new blog about the things that inspire her, will be programming some images for us all this week. She has sent me some fantabulous ones from her personal collection. She's a big enthusiast for collecting photography and she has sent me some wonderful shots that I'm looking forward to sharing this week. Thank you Dahlia!

Seamed Stockings and Lace

This is my favorite stockings photo I've posted on my Tumblr blog for a long, long time, and I keep thinking about it, so I thought I'd share it here, too. So many photos of stockings emphasize the sexiness of them, but this picture captures the soft femininity I often feel wearing nylon. Even though her bottom is bare, there's just such a sweetness to the shot, the pose, the lace peeping from beneath her sweater. It's a very romantic shot and I don't think I'll ever tire of it. Also, I want a lacy underthingy like hers.

Nylongirl!

I would be Nylongirl were I to have super powers, though I would definitely wear a top, possibly a corset. I found the original photos for this collage on Eroticana over at Tumblr.

Red Stockings and Dahlia Delis' New Blog

Now that I have your attention, the lovely Dahlia Delis has commenced blogging. She's such an adorable girl and a true lover of stockings and vintage style (not to mention a fave pinup of many a lad and lass who reads my blog) so hop on over and take a look, won't you?

Plus-Sized Barbie in Stockings

Thanks to the Stocking Vixen Liberation Front(SVLF)I have been freed from my weeks long incarceration in a Frippery by the Vegan Nuns of Seattle and, as part of my re-introduction to normal society, I am immersing myself in as many images as humanly possible of nylon, beautiful women, beautiful men, stunning shoes, sexy socks, stockings galore-a-go-go, and of course, tightspantyhosestockingsnylonbackseamedfishnets...okay, my therapy's not perfect yet. I'm a little overwhelmed, but this wonderful curvy Barbie in stockings stood out atop the sea of nylon glory I've been surfing.

(Look, Saragirl, BOWS!)

White Fishnet Stockings?

Any regular reader of this blog knows I love fishnets in any form, be it stockings, pantyhose, or socks and lately I've even taken to looking at photos of fishnet gloves and getting a funny feeling inside. I have exactly zero idea how they would have anything to do with anything else I'm prone to wearing currently, but I still like looking at them more than I really should.

Recently while making my Tumblr blog (which is mildly not-safe-for-work) I ran across these two pairs of white stockings, which are very similar in design to each other, somewhat weblike, somewhat netted and definitely evoke my favorite "f" word (no, not that one). I'm not really what to call them. Does anyone know the official name for this type of netting? I love the combination of delicacy and texture. Would this be considered a variant on white fishnet stockings?

Blue Peter and Corsets?

This video is wrong in so many ways and I don't mean the memories it has brought back of pink trousers. Isn't Blue Peter a children's program? Why were they doing a segment on corsets and why does one of the male hosts take a photo for his "personal album," when there's an underage girl in the group of females he's photographing? It's just weird. I can't be alone in my confusion, therefore I share it with all of you.

Pinups on Twitter: Dahlia Delis in a Girdle

Being on a girdle kick at the moment, I love this photo.

Bettie Page Clothing

I'm back from my week-long jaunt to Sin City and LaLa Land (also known as Las Vegas and Los Angeles to those not prone to nicknaming entire metropolitan areas) and, as a result, gained several nylon-related experiences I'll write about this week. I made a few interesting purchases before leaving on my trip, but today's post is about part of my time in Las Vegas.

For the record, the clear winner, hosiery-wise on the cocktail waitresses, shoeshine ladies and cigarette girls along The Strip is fishnet pantyhose. Other than black fishnets, I only managed to spy a few pairs of nude nylons and one pair of black fencenets (which are technically fishnets, anyway) on the ladies of Las Vegas. I was only in vogue the first night when I wore fishnets and my red platform Mary Janes to go and see Wayne Newton, who very surprisingly put on an incredible show with some help from his band and some dancers. My friend and I may have been one of the five people under 75 in the audience, but that's another story. We also chose not to enjoy the menu item, "Peanut M&M's" which I believe also enhanced our Wayne experience.

For some reason, and many of my readers will not be happy with me, I only packed nude pantyhose for the remainder of the trip. This is not a typo. I'll be waiting for the villagers with torches up at the castle. I tend to choke when it comes to dressing for warm weather and this trip seemed to think I was a frumpy 67 year old woman named Madge when I packed.

The morning after Wayne, I took a stroll along the Miracle Mile Shops in the Planet Hollywood complex and was very pleased to discover the brick-and-mortar version of Bettie Page Clothing, tucked amidst the Victoria's Secrets and American Apparels. The store wasn't huge, but it was absolutely chock-a-block with Bettie Page-inspired clothing, art, and accessories.




Me being me, I made a beeline for the stockings, which were tucked away in the back corner of the store. After a moment of terror at being faced by some Leg Avenue, I was very pleased to discover that they carried several styles each from Stockingirl and Secrets in Lace. I have to admit, I didn't espy any garter belts, but I didn't think to ask. Obviously, the mannequin in the photo above is wearing a six strap garter girdle, so my guess is that they were just in a different spot. I was on a budget while I was traveling, so I skipped picking anything up, especially since the styles they had on offer were fairly basic and I can order online, but it was fun to see those two brands on a rack in a physical store.

As, I was watching my pennies, I skipped delving too much into the merchandise in the store because I didn't want to tempt myself into being naughty, but, while my friend and a salesperson were agreeing that, "the tie makes the outfit," I couldn't resist buying a pack of playing cards with paintings of Bettie Page by Olivia on each card. I will scan some of those cards in this week and share them with you, since I can't find any decent images of them online.

Black Latex Stockings Make You Feel Like a Superhero

Black Latex Stockings - Dante Posh

Black latex stockings, black high heels, black latex gloves, black latex dress, the beautiful Dante Posh wearing them all... I love the way she makes the latex look so completely sexy, while at the same time like normal, everyday clothing. Whether it's because she's so comfortable in her own beauty, or because I've grown so used to looking at these images, I don't know, but I do know my lust for latex is growing.

Stockings and Suspender Belts - Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler in Black Stockings

I still owe my readers 30 more sexy stockings and suspender belts photos to say thank you for all the visits you have paid to Stocking Vixen, but the last few days have been a little busier than I imagined. I'm sending Liv Tyler in her suspender belt to hold down the fort until I can post the rest of her sexy friends.

So make that 29 sexy photos I owe my lovely readers. I think this one is so sexy that it might count extra. Thanks to Jack, for sending it to me.

Her First Set of Stockings

I am hoping this will be the first post in what will become a tradition here at Stocking Vixen of readers sharing their positive hosiery experiences and memories. This is an absolutely charming story, written by Eric in Ontario, telling the story of his first love, "S" and their experience buying her first pair of stockings together.
I hope you all enjoy this story as much as I did and please feel free to share any of your own similar experiences, or thoughts in general, in the comments. I'd love to read them.

Her First Set of Stockings
Introducing something new to someone you care about, even love, can be a tricky business fraught with danger. Having long appreciated the female leg clad in sheer nylon it was something that had been on my mind for sometime during my relationship with S.

S was my first love – perhaps my most intense love – as first love often must be. And as S and I both were experimenting and learning our respective roles as each others’ friend and lover we fell into this wonderful exploration with passion and an open-mindedness that young adults have and hope to never loose.

But how to broach my interest and passion in stockings? S was a farm girl more comfortable in jeans, a wool sweater and an anorak than fine lingerie and stockings. Luckily circumstances were to prevail that would conspire to help create a wedge from which I could leverage my passion for stockings in a manner that would benefit S and certainly benefit me!

The wedge, as it were, was S was to become as she put it “corporate cookie.” Though this term was meant with some derision as in her wildest dreams S never thought she would be dressing in corporate attire for any job, less a career. But as happenstance would have it she got a job as a sales manager for a marketing firm specializing in supporting the arts and she was required to upscale her wardrobe from the comfort of cotton to that of nylons, dresses and skirts and appropriate footwear.

Since this was a summer job one of her first complaints was the discomfort pantyhose created in the humidity that southern Ontario is apt to experience due to its geographic proximity to some of the largest bodies of freshwater in the world. Even with the benefit of air conditioning S hated the tactile feel of pantyhose.

This was my chance.

One weekend I gathered my courage and took her down to Rosalind’s, a fine lingerie shop in my home town. The proprietor, Rosalind, was a breath of fresh air in lingerie retailing. She had a passion for and a deep knowledge of her well selected stock and she handled each customer with understanding and enthusiasm. Knowing that S would immediately feel at ease with Rosalind I took S downtown on some other pretense and when we were about to pass the lingerie store suggested we go in to look around.

Somehow my apprehension disappeared, and for what at that time was unusual, I took the initiative and opened the conversation with Rosalind when she greeted us and asked us if she could help us with anything.

Taking the proffered bait I offered out that ‘we’ were looking for some stockings and a garter belt. Rosalind in her way and without missing a beat asked if this was for “pleasure or for every day wear.” I could have kissed her. It was obvious to me my intent and I am sure S knew what too but Rosalind’s comment, with its implied humor, broke the ice nicely and S, being the assertive woman she was, made it known it was for every day wear.

Rosalind selected some eminently practical and non-frilly garter belts and showed them to us and even mentioned about the one she was recommending that the small rosette in the center of the belt was “sexy” and suggested S try it on. S went into the change closet and then emerged after sometime with the statement that the garter belt was fine and now it was time to select some hose. Inside I was beaming and expectant for the time S would first wear them.

A selection was made. A pair of taupe and grey stockings with no adornments like reinforced toes or heels – that would come later – and we paid for our purchase. Well, I gladly paid, and off we went.

As it turned out S was a stocking convert. As long as we were together she never wore pantyhose to work or for any time she wanted to wear a dress or skirt and she knew that like Pavlov’s dog, any time she covertly revealed to me that she was wearing stockings an appropriate response could be guaranteed from me!

Rosalind was guaranteed a return customer as well. I would often drive from Toronto to buy lingerie for S and Rosalind would always preface our dealings with, “Is this for you or for S?”

---by Eric

Beautiful Britons, Spick and Span

Beautiful Britons, Spick and Span were wonderful pinup magazines published in Britain after WWII through the 1970’s. One of the best things about keeping my blog is having the chance to get to know some of the loveliest, most generous people I can ever remember meeting. One of them is a reader, Gerard, who offered to share with me scans from a personal collection of Spick, Span and Beautiful Britons he has saved since the 1960’s when he was a “naughty boy” between the ages of 16 and 24.

Spick actually began publication around the same time as Playboy in the United States. They were extraordinarily successful magazines and much-beloved for their photos of pretty girls in lingerie and nylon stockings. As time went on, the publisher’s commitment to not publish photos depicting full-frontal nudity lead to a declining readership, as they couldn’t compete against the more explicit images emerging in reaction to changes in British censorship law. By 1976, Beautiful Britons, Spick and Span magazine had, unfortunately, ceased publication, though many collectors, like Gerard, make sure the images from the magazines live on.






These three magazines, published by Town and Country Publications, or ToCo, were the most successful girly/pin-up magazines of their time in the United Kingdom, yet I found it stunningly difficult to find textual information online about Beautiful Britons, Spick or Span for this post. In some of the images preserved online, I was able to find some charming snippets of text which give a sense of the light-heartedness found inside.

 

Thank you, again, Gerard for generously sharing your photos with us and for giving me the opportunity to learn about Beautiful Britons, Spick and Span.

Since there is so little information online, I would be thrilled and grateful if people reading this who have fond memories of these magazines would post what they remember in the comments section. Really no detail is too small, because, although there are quite a few photos out there, there is a dearth of text about Beautiful Britons or Spick or Span, themselves.

(Since I first wrote this page, Gerard generously provided me with scans of an entire issue of Spick. He also sent me some magazines to scan and share with everyone. I would LOVE to get my hands on a copy of Beautiful Britons.)

Stockings HQ Has Piles of New Pantyhose and Stockings

After all the celebrity craziness the last two days, I feel the need to take a deep breath and end the week by getting back to the basics. Thankfully, Stockings HQ has made it easy for me by adding an astonishing number of new products to the site, including these black backseam nylon pantyhose by Levante. The entire site is awash with stocking and hosiery steals at the moment, but especially worth a mention is the fact that Cervin fully-fashioned, seamed and RHT stockings seconds are back in stock at spectacular discounts from the original retail price.

Sigh...I already feel calmer.