Gio luxury stockings for a true lady, fully fashioned and knit on original Reading knitting machines.
Founded in 1975 in Alfreton Derbyshire and based in the heart of the English textile industry Derbyshire, which changed the world.
Have a look at the multi coloured world of Gio Stockings to see if they will change your world.
Gio are indeed an English Fashion Institution.
Are Stockings for the women or the man?
Contentious I know and the answers will be varied but how much is it for the lady who is wearing and how much is it for the gentleman who is paying, yes, a lot of attention.
In reality it has to make the lady feel a million dollars, but I imagine the fact that men think she looks absolutely swell, to give a 40’s phrase, probably has some benefits!
Why the big sex appeal about stockings?
The stockings give a linear focus and make the legs look so good.
The notoriety and suggestion, enacted in many films.
The feel for the wearer produces an amazing feeling, instilling confidence.
And if you are looking for a touch of English class or English ooo la la then have a look at one of the queens of the Burlesque world, a short film I made below.
Stockings are adorned by ladies that want to feel feminine and loved my men who adore feminine ladies.
In modern times many may perceive them as suggestive but regardless they add a massive statement of presence to a ladies look and wardrobe.
Perhaps the old English postcards and the Victorian notion that even a glimpse of bare leg was “enough to bring on a touch of the vapours” writes Sarah Roberts in her Stocking Book.
The 20’s, 40’s, Marilyn Monroe, Parisian couture and yes English society all had need for that stocking look and ladies in the war tried to create fake stockings by painting nylon seems, that was their power.
Today Sex and Stockings are synonymous and are very much part of the Burlesque scene.
The Classical Stocking Look
As the Lady Magazine describes “As the late Victor Arwas wrote: When a woman takes all her clothes off, she can be depicted as a pure, Classical nude. If, however, she can be depicted as a pure, Classical nude. If, however she keeps her stockings on, she suddenly becomes naked, an erotic creation capable of arousing the viewer’s libido”
Whether a lady wants to look chic and beautiful or seductive and erotic is of course her choice completely but from a man’s perspective I can say hand on heart I am a fan for the very simple reason I think they look extremely elegant.
We are wishing to inspire people to dress up so create your own stocking look for a Glamorous Night Out, Business Chic or Pretty Summer Party.
Ladies can obviously buy for themselves or preferably make a subtle or maybe not so subtle comment to your gentleman that he can buy for you or better still surprise her.
You might have gathered that “gentlemen like a lady in stockings”!
The rest is up to you.