Full Fashion Seamed Stockings Nylon Backseam Thigh High

For technical reasons the seam is not 'closed' in one of the folds in the welt. This forms the typical circle or 'keyhole' at the back of the top of the thigh.

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The most distinctive characteristic of a full fashion seamed stocking is the reinforced heel, which reaches up the Achilles heel.

Some seamed pantyhose, as well as some stockings imitating full fashion stockings by the means of a mock seam also imitate the reinforced heel. But all doubt is removed by a simple examination of the calf. Full fashion stockings are knitted flat, and the two sides are united afterwards by a seam up the back.

The 2 lines of individual stitches resulting from the full fashion knitting technique are visible to the naked eye on the calf as well as the thigh above.

The teeny-tiny pleats of the ankle and knee are the proof of the gossamer sheerness and sparkling transparency of the Crystal Nylon knit.

For each pair of stockings you will find two numbers. One indicates the sheerness of the thread expressed in Deniers (the lower is the number the thinner is the thread) the other the tightness of the weave in Gauge (the higher is the number the tighter the weave is).

There remain only a few mills in the world which still make fully-fashioned stockings. Full hashion stockings are very rare due the complex stocking machinery required (the same as the ones used in the 50's).

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