Happy Birthday, Treacle!

Today is my friend and fellow blogger, Treacle's birthday, and having recently moved across the country, she's away from her family and friends today, so please be sure to take a trip over to Stockings Addict today to help make her day special and happy. She writes one of the best lingerie and hosiery blogs on earth, so it will be a gift you're giving yourself, as well.

Happy birthday, Treacle! Hope your day is very special.

(Thanks to the YuckyTuna blog where I found this image to doctor).

Pin Up Mobile

I had the wonderful pleasure of enjoying cupcakes and coffee today with my dear blogging friend (and now real world buddy) Treacle, who writes one of the very best nylon and lingerie blogs around, Stockings Addict.

Besides tantalizing me with tales of her gigantic stockings stash, she reminded me of the wonderful things that can be found at Etsy, a great place to find unique, beautiful handmade and vintage items of every description. She wrote here about a total score of a find on a Playtex rubber girdle.

This evening, I was perusing around and found this pin up mobile, which I thought some of you might enjoy. It sells for $30 and I think it would look very cool as they've shown it here, over a desk or perhaps a nice boudoir detail. Not so much over a crib, unless you are decorating for Dita Von Teese's baby.

For the record I love Treacle even more in person than online and she wore fabulous socks with bows on them.

Stocking Vixen Interviewed

Recently I had the privilege of being interviewed by the nice people at Club Double D as part of their "Six Questions" feature. You can take a perusal if you'd like to read the story of how I almost lost my panties at the supermarket.

In other news of me rambling around the Internet without a leash, my dear blogging friend Treacle is in the middle of a move to Seattle and has invited several of her fellow stocking-lovers, including me, to guest blog at Stockings Addict this week. I posted about my favorite garter belt (which is now on sale, btw, and a great buy) and another post about the five most important things I've learned from reading Stockings Addict. It's a very well-written, informative blog and I truly have picked up some very useful tidbits over there. I feel very confident that anyone who enjoys reading Stocking Vixen would really like Treacle's blog, as well, so please hop on over and say hi.



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Latex Stockings Lust

My name is SV and I have a problem. I can't stop thinking about latex stockings tonight because my blogger-in-arms, Treacle, at Stockings Addict posted earlier about the ad campaign for Maybelline's new Lash Stiletto Mascara which features lush, shiny black latex stockings in a pair of red-tipped heels. As I looked at the photograph, I felt myself go weak in the knees, even though I was sitting down.




I've been interested in getting some latex hose for a while, and she was kind/evil enough to pass on some links for great places to buy latex hosiery and lingerie. As I perused, I absolutely fell in love with Atsuko Kudo Couture Latex Design and needed to post the photos above in an attempt to get the lust out of my system, since I've been able to think of little else since I laid eyes on their website. I'm looking forward to thoroughly exploring my options for buying some latex hosiery (Atsuko Kudo Couture will have to remain a fantasy item at their price point until I know how I like latex) and reporting back on my adventures in latex stockings.

Fishnet Photos

Yawn...what a boring day, too bad nothing is going on and it's just a regular ordinary day. I wish something cool would hap...What? What's that you say? IT'S FISHNET FRIDAY?!?!?

Good thing I wore various types of fishnets to celebrate and took photos of myself, then.

Music Legs diamond net pantyhose over 100% non-stretch RHT (reinforced heel and toe) nylon stockings.




Nordstrom lavender fishnet knee socks with ribbons (perhaps it's a good thing the sun will be coming out soon...okay, no, we don't get sun here).




Black topless industrial net stockings over purple DKNY opaque tights.




Happy Fishnet Friday, everyone!

Fishnet Friday

Perhaps those of you who read Stocking Vixen on a regular basis may have noticed that I have been more than mildly excited by the start of Fishnet Stockings Week on March 4th over at one of my favorite blogs, Stockings Addict. I really wasn't certain what to expect, but anything that meant an entire week would be devoted to fishnets, my absolute favorite type of hosiery, I couldn't help but get in a tizzy over. I think she must have heard me hyperventilating outside the door of her blog, and Treacle took some of the suspense away on the 1st of March explaining:

Fishnet Stockings Week starts March 4th and continues through March 11th. We'll start with a brief, technical overview of what defines the fishnet and talk about some basic differences in type and style of net. Immediately afterwards, I'm going to start posting reviews. Expect to see thorough discussions of fishnet hose from brands as diverse as Wolford, Falke, Betsey Johnson, Jonathan Aston, Aristoc, and Secrets in Lace. The goal for me is to have you, my readers, not only become more acquainted with fishnet stockings in general but also to have a better idea of which fishnets would be best for you.

She did indeed post a wonderful manifesto on the beauty and versatility of fishnet, as well as a great explanation of the different sizes and shape of net and how to put together different types of looks.

Most importantly, because it leads to an excuse to wear piles of hosiery, she has declared Friday the 6th of March, Fishnet Friday and is encouraging everyone to put on their fishnets and enjoy them together. If you do, drop by and let the world know what you're wearing.


I made two special purchases for this event. Some topless industrial net stockings, which are the stockings that originally lead to my DIY thigh high experiment, and some diamond net pantyhose, which have much more awesome feet than are shown in the product illustration. I'll try to post a photo here tomorrow. My camera seems to be hiding. I also have a pair of very sweet lilac fishnet knee socks that are topped by a ribbon, that I bought after Christmas and have been saving for a special occasion. Tomorrow seems to be the perfect occasion to bring them out. I will have to change a few times during the day, but it is all worth it in the name of celebrating hosiery! Happpy Fishnet Friday, everyone.

Roller Derby Fashion Statement

I have found my sport! Anything you can do while wearing roller skates and completely awesome patterned pantyhose and fishnets, sign me UP! So, if anyone is looking for me, I'm down at the roller rink, practicing my body slams, getting ready to move to Australia so that I can join the Victorian Roller Derby League.

I actually think I may have just ordered an identical pair of black and white striped tights as the skater in the center, but the order has yet to arrive. I'm ready! The girl on the left looks like she's getting ready for Fishnet Stockings Week over at Stockings Addict.

Star Trek, Stockings Addict and Bebaroque

I was catching up on some blog reading this evening and ran across an excellent run-down of the Bebaroque Spring/Summer 2009 collection at Stockings Addict, which I feel is one of the best hosiery/lingerie blogs out there. She focuses on higher-end merchandise and is always on top of the sales, as well as filled with great advice about how to get the look for less when the high price tag may not be warranted. Never boring, one of my favorite recent finds of hers was a Star Trek corset.


Today's post on how to beat the $210 price tag on a Stella McCartney bodysuit is a good example of how one can save money on the good stuff by reading Stockings Addict.