The Probert Encyclopaedia of Costume

STOCKINGS

Stockings are a close-fitting knitted covering for the legs and foot. Formerly stockings were made of cloth, then later silk and man-made fabric such as nylon. Queen Elizabeth I was presented by Mistress Montague with a pair of black knit silk stockings, which so pleased her that afterwards she refused to wear cloth stockings ever again.
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