Quite a number of people have left comments on some of my Flickr images saying “Love the sexy pantyhose!” or something similar.
While it’s always nice to be appreciated, even by someone of maybe… specialised tastes, I should just point out that this is incorrect. I do not wear “pantyhose”. I don’t even wear tights for that matter. I wear stockings.
Maybe it’s the vestigial HPW in me, maybe it’s the way that “pantyhose” is so determinedly unappealing a word, maybe it’s just that I find them more comfortable.
OK, it’s the vestigial HPW, if I’m going to be completely honest. But I think we should all make friends with our inner HPW.
Of course, I’m not really expecting that this post will get read by the people in question, but I’m hoping that writing it it will make me feel better…
April 29, 2008 at 3:27 pm
A good reason to make sure that your stocking tops are showing!
April 30, 2008 at 10:35 am
Hi there, i know what you mean about people not being able to tell the different, i love my stockings but i do also wear tights at times as they are some times easielr and finding a good suspender belt can be hard at times
Kerry
May 5, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Hi Lauren & Kerry
I thought it was just me!
I totally agree that finding a good suspender belt is hard, but finding anyone who makes or stocks them in the first place is the really hard bit. M&S’s online store only has one to pick from and although it is very pretty I need the set and the bras are not at all what I need. Ah well, this path was never signposted as an easy walk.
Katie
May 5, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Katie: I can’t recommend Stockings HQ enough! They have lots of belts that are designed for wearing all day rather than for five minutes in the bedroom…
May 30, 2008 at 9:30 am
Ah, well, you can never win with flickr. I almost always wear tights rather than stockings – so, of course, I get comments about my “nylons”. Nylons!!! I thought they went out with Betty Grable….
September 11, 2008 at 7:37 am
I love those stockings and garter belt they look so sexy.