Why do women’s legs look more attractive in sheer nylons, compared to none-sheer?
Because the nylons gloss over any of the small imperfections in human skin? Kind of like ‘airbrushing’ you get to take with you?
Guesses. I have no clue.
Sheer nylons give the impression of nudity improved. The eye is distracted from small imperfections in the skin by the gloss of the thread, while they also improve on nature by holding things up – slightly countering the terrible pull of gravity.
They don’t, if you’re me. That probably doesn’t seem very helpful, but it’s data nonetheless. I personally find bare legs – flaws and all – extremely attractive, whereas a woman in nylons, sheer or otherwise, may as well be wearing pants as far as I’m concerned. I’m fairly sure that’s not a very common viewpoint, though; YMMV.
The other subtle but important point is that where the nylon is flat to you it is very sheer, but when you see it at a tangent, it is dark. That is, it is barely visible in the middle of the side face you, but gets progressively darker at the edges, where the leg is curving away.
So it emphasises edges. Which in turn emphasises shape.
And if you start from the basic assumption that men like the shape of women’s legs, the more the shape is emphasized…
Not to turn this into IMHO but I agree with Roland 100%, I love bare legs (flaws and all) and find nylons to be very unattractive. I also prefer a ‘regular girl’ to an airbrushed model which may be related to this.
Otherwise I would agree with the other posters, nylons cover flaws and give that airbrushed (ie Fake) look.
I am not sure what the difference between sheer and non sheer is but if a woman is wearing those super shiny (eg - The ones the hooters girls wear (Probably not work safe)) ones she might as well be wearing a burlap sack to me.
“Sheer” means thin and lightweight. How sheer stockings are is determined by the denier rating. “Sheer” is usually considered 15 denier or less, which is what I’ll wear for a night out. For everyday, I’ll also wear the 15d if I’m wearing a short skirt, still sheer enough to see my legs but hide the imperfections. I also happen to like patterned hose a lot, which are usually 30d. If im wearing an ankle length skirt or dress, I’ll wear light support hose, which are likewise usually 30d.
The footless pantyhose the Hooter’s girls wear are heavyweight support hose, practically opaque most likely 70d, meant to cover up rather than enhance the natural appearance of the legs.
One more possibility. When I wear sheer nylons, it’s usually along with heels and a short skirt. It may be that it’s often the combination of these factors that lead to the legs being seen as more attractive.
One more thing to add. There’s just something about the effect of a nice pair of legs in sheer black stockings–and here I mean stockings, not pantyhose-- that really screams “sexy” to me, both when I’m wearing them and when I see them on another woman, and especially when both are going on at the same time.
Everything you need to know about the history, manufacture, and types of nylon stockings. Those are sheer stockings the models are wearing.
Oh, I should warn people that much of that site isn’t worksafe; the page linked has some PG13 level photos on it.