Hi Fashion Prom Stockings and Pantyhose

The history of pantyhose is tied to the changes in the style of women's hemlines. Before the 1920s, women covered their legs in public with their dress and skirt hemlines to the ground. In the 1920s, fashionable hemlines began to rise, exposing the legs to just below the knees. In the 1950s, pantyhose was invented as a combination of stockings and panties. It was in the 1960s that pantyhose became a necessity for many women due to the fashionable miniskirt. Sales of pantyhose peaked in the 1980s but began to decline in the 1990s due to bare legs in fashion and changes in workplace dress code.