# Ladies what do you think when you see a woman wearing seamed stockings in public? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085 "2010-08-31T02:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/1 "2010-08-31T02:55:36Z")
Options are in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/2 "2010-08-31T02:59:23Z")
What poll? I love them. I used to wear them when I had good legs. Not all of the time, but on occasion. If I saw a woman wearing them now, I would think she liked to be a bit different and that she had a bit of sass. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/3 "2010-08-31T03:08:47Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > What poll? ? You don’t see it? ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/4 "2010-08-31T03:16:39Z")
If she was wearing long sleeves and a skirt over her knee I’d assume she was Satmar. If she wasn’t, then fashion-clueless. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/5 "2010-08-31T03:28:18Z")
Okay now I see it. For some weird reason when I first opened the thread it was nowhere in sight. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/6 "2010-08-31T03:40:47Z")
I picked several options. It’s a statement and you have to be aware that you’re making a very specific _sex_ statement, but it’s hot. ---
**Author:** ![Elret](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/7 "2010-08-31T03:46:42Z")
I realized too late that I could pick more than one option. I picked stylish, but would have liked to have added sexy. I think it’s attractive in a cool, classic, vintagy, old-fashioned way. I am completely surprised that anyone would find it slutty or “fashion-clueless”. I really wonder if I’m thinking of something different than others… ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/8 "2010-08-31T03:54:05Z")
I’m sure it would depend on the whole package what I thought of her but I automatically picked outdated because I haven’t seen a woman in seamed stockings since the eighties. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/9 "2010-08-31T04:00:01Z")
Hipster. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/10 "2010-08-31T04:15:39Z")
I think I’d hopped into the wayback machine and journey back in time a few decades. Do they still make them? ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/11 "2010-08-31T04:28:10Z")
I selected stylish. But I also think “How did she get her seams straight?” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/12 "2010-08-31T05:11:46Z")
Stylish – well, as long as they didn’t look ridiculous with what she was wearing. But I LOVE seamed stockings. I want a pair! > [@elfkin477](#): > > I think I’d hopped into the wayback machine and journey back in time a few decades. Do they still make them? [Yep](http://www.unique-vintage.com/accessories-tights-stockings-c-321_261.html?osCsid=c264b1e67a63fdaefdf941ff3e612399) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/13 "2010-08-31T07:35:43Z")
It would depend somewhat on whether she had nice legs and absolutely on what else she had one, but in any case it’s not like I’d expect her to wear them while alone 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/14 "2010-08-31T07:47:31Z")
I think my reply - exhibitionist - was unduly influenced by the only three women I know who habitually wear them. These three women are all undoubtedly good-looking and very obviously use their sexuality to get attention (from men _and_ women). They _are_ sexy though. (Stockings that is, not these particular women, as I find overt flirting to be a turn-off). ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/15 "2010-08-31T08:03:44Z")
Stylish. Because you can’t just accidentally get stockings with a seam these days. In fact, in the late '70s I had to draw a line on a pair for a '40s-style outfit (costume). Drawing the line on fooled everybody, though. Brown eyebrow pencil, in case anybody’s interested in a cheaper version whose seam will be as straight as you can draw and will stay that way. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/16 "2010-08-31T08:05:48Z")
I would think she looked hot. In the Fahrenheit sense. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/17 "2010-08-31T11:07:06Z")
Seams, madam? Nay, I know not “seams.” ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/18 "2010-08-31T11:15:22Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Stylish. Because you can’t just accidentally get stockings with a seam these days. In fact, in the late '70s I had to draw a line on a pair for a '40s-style outfit (costume). > > Drawing the line on fooled everybody, though. Brown eyebrow pencil, in case anybody’s interested in a cheaper version whose seam will be as straight as you can draw and will stay that way. Would it not be easier just to draw the line on your leg? Then you don’t have to worry about it moving during the day. Or am I the only person who has ‘travelling stockings’? ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/19 "2010-08-31T11:23:21Z")
I dance Argentine tango and think they’re a classy alternative to the somewhat clichéd fishnet option. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085/20 "2010-08-31T11:53:00Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I’m sure it would depend on the whole package what I thought of her but I automatically picked outdated because I haven’t seen a woman in seamed stockings since the eighties. Yes. The 80’s was the last time I wore them or saw them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-do-you-think-when-you-see-a-woman-wearing-seamed-stockings-in-public/552085.md?page=2)