Seamed Stockings Hard to Wear

Seamed stockings may have looked very glamorous but they were hugely uncomfortable to wear and even worse trouble was in keeping the seam straight.

Why should anyone worry about keeping a seam straight? Well, for our younger readers, perhaps we had better describe what a seam actually was or is.

A seam in a stocking is where the two sides of a stocking meet and are sewn together to form a seam. Usually the stocking is comprised of one piece of nylon or silk material sewn up at the seam. This seam then becomes a slight ridge and this ridge, known as a seam, runs up the back of the stocking which runs up the back of a woman’s leg.

Yes, it does look sexy to see a seam following a woman’s leg contour up under her skirt but from the woman’s point of view, it is often problematic. Why? Read more here