Nylons And Garter Belts

Many people particularly young girls may not be aware but at this time all women's stockings were worn with garter belts or suspenders. There was no such thing as pantihose or tights. It was either a full corset or suspender belts to hold the stockings up.

Pantihose or tights didn't come into existence in Australia until 1968. The first improvement to holding up stockings was the thigh-high glue-elasticised top which cut off circulation and caused many allergic reactions. Weeks later, the first pantihose were in the shops.

Now that time has moved on and garter belts and nylon stockings are a discarded thing of my past life, I can look back and still vividly remember the joy in being given my first pair of nylon stockings and the dreams and hopes I had with them. I cherished them immensely and took great care not to snag or ladder them because I knew it would be some time before I got another pair.

Nylons And Garter Belts