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The colored sock was difficult to put on with the extra white socks, so another solution came of this: A footless sock with a small arched opening at the bottom, to be called "stirrup" socks, due to their resemblance to stirrup irons used in equestrian events. The less expensive white sock could be changed more frequently.
A hand-knitted sock Argyle socks. A sock is a piece of clothing worn on the feet and often covering the ankle or some part of the calf. Some types of shoes or boots are typically worn over socks. In ancient times, socks were made from leather or matted animal hair. In the late 16th century, machine-knit socks were first produced.
Stirrup pants or stirrup leggings are a type of close-fitting pants that taper at the ankle, similar to leggings, except that the material extends to a band, or strap, that is worn under the arch of the foot to hold the pant leg in place. The band of material is often elasticized to prevent the material around the foot from tearing.
The video release by Karl Home Video and RCA Video Productions was aimed primarily at women as a way to exercise at home. The video was part of a series of exercise products: Jane Fonda's Workout Book was released in November 1981, and both Jane Fonda's Workout video tape and Jane Fonda's Workout Record, published as a double-LP vinyl album ...
A Woman wearing hold-up stockings A woman in Japan wearing white hold-ups, 2023. Hold-ups or stay-ups (in the United States also referred to as thigh-high stockings or simply thigh highs) [1] are stockings with an elasticized band at the top, designed to hold the stockings up when worn, without the use of a garter belt or garters.
Vice-president Trish McHale intended to create affordable socks primarily for men. [5] [6] [4] Although its primary market is men's dress socks, Gold Toe Brands has expanded into other areas of the sock market. [2] In 1983, it added a line of women's socks, and in 1986, it began producing boys' socks. In 1992, the brand started making women's ...
Pamela Rutledge, media psychologist and director of the Media Psychology Research Center, tells Yahoo Life, “It's really, to me, problematic when something like ‘grippy socks vacation ...
A stirrup is a metal loop supporting the foot, fastened to a saddle on a riding animal. Stirrup may also refer to: Baseball stirrups, a type of socks worn by baseball players; the braces supporting the lithotomy position utilised in medical examinations such as a pelvic exam; A clamp (tool) or support in the shape of a stirrup