This photo shows two walking billboards during the 1920s for "run-free stockings." I initially intended to just post this photo and be done with it, but then I started thinking about stockings.There have been rules around stockings for a long time. A tell-tale sign of a woman who doesn't have it together are is runs in the tights. I definitely could have used these "Durasil" stockings this week. In one day, I got runs in my stockings, went to CVS for new ones, and proceeded to get runs in those stockings while putting them on. Not exactly my day. Luckily I was able to hide the second run under my skirt. I'm not entirely sure why, but I just consider people with runs "trashy."
Another stocking "rules" occurs in the winter. You must always have something covering your legs, even if you go with the sheerest of nude stockings. My boyfriend will always say to me, "That's crazy, I know plenty of girls who don't where stockings in the winter." My response? "They are floozys then."
I'm not entirely sure what that says about me, but I do find it interesting that these stocking "rules" actually define the type of woman we're perceived to be. What are your thoughts on this?
