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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Saturday, March 04, 2006 12:29 PM (Eastern)
So, I tried out those Vassarette stockings they sell at Target. I was disappointed. Mind you, I don't wear stockings as a novelty; I don't like wearing pantyhose. I used to buy my stockings at Woolworths back in the day, where they had a wide variety of all kinds of stockings...the crushed kind, the ones that actually look like legs (not recommended, they tend to "wrinkle" on), seamless, seamed, they had black, off-black, white, off-white, taupe, suntan, beige, yadda yadda...grumbles
The Vassarette ones, the quality just is not there. The stocking part itself is beautiful, it's sheer and doesn't run easily, but the fit is appalling (considering it's a stocking, what's to fit?), the "medium" size appears to be constructed for extremely short people...the top band is too wide (hello????? you don't want it to show), etc. Probably good as a novelty item, not good as a staple source of hosiery.
So, back to the drawing board.
I checked Victoria's Secret online, they wanted $8 for a pair of stockings. I'm sure it is a nice pair of stockings, but no way in hell am I going to pay $8 for one pair of stockings.
Checked out Macy's online...I'm sure it is my imagination...but I couldn't find any stockings at all on there.
By now I realized that it would most likely be the "old school" department stores that still carried stockings. So I checked out J.C. Penney's website.
Bingo! Finally! Some selection! Not the greatest selection...but at least, several kinds, different prices. Inexpensive enough to stock up.
I'll post back here if I find something I like.
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