Stockings: sex, power and sheer seduction

[MrScorpio]

As stockings sales plummet, Rowan Pelling says you can't beat suspenders in the boudoir or the boardroom

In the days when I edited The Erotic Review magazine I was often asked my opinion on various aphrodisiacs. I always replied that while the arousing powers of oysters, asparagus, chocolate and the like were disputed, there was, in my opinion, only one thing guaranteed to raise the libido every time: a black lace suspender belt hitched to a pair of sheer seamed stockings.

So I worried for the sexual health of the nation when I learnt yesterday that new figures from Mintel show sales of stockings have halved - from £10 million to £5 million - over the past four years. Is it any wonder that statisticians also recently reported a dramatic fall in the number of couples getting married? I am not suggesting that by slipping on a garter belt a woman instantly ensures herself a proposal of marriage - but, dear Lord, does it help!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml;jsessionid=EOKSJLO44R3JLQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/portal/2007/07/20/nosplit/ftstockings120.xml">Continue...

[WindRavenX]

1. My hypothesis is...

...than anything that is both visual and has the ability to "hide" things arouses men--it's like a challange to them.


Sometimes, just wearing a revealing t-shirt gets my man all riled up because he can see some things, but not all--and he knows it! :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

2. Yeah, that's about it

Present us with something we can remove and the all-important message, tacit or otherwise, that you want us to remove it, and we're pretty much the gelatin in a Spam can.

[WindRavenX]

4. lol pretty much

I just find it hilarious how...frustrated he gets when I wear my special lingerie for him :evilgrin:

Men funny.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Men funny

Women bad.









Dog love 'em.

[SeattleGirl]

6. Wimmens NOT bad!

Unless we want to be.......

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Women bad

when they're good.

:evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

10. Noooooo......

Wimmens GOOD when they're bad!

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Tomato...

Tomahto.

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

14. AL - NL

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. You know where this is gonna wind up, don'cha?

:evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

16. True!

Though I do know your stand on the leagues, so it was pretty easy this time.....

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Uh, well, see...

I wasn't thinking baseball.

[SeattleGirl]

18. Yes, I know.....

I was just sayin' that you know what league you favor......:evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Oh... yeah

Women talk funny.

[SeattleGirl]

20. Nah.

Men just don't know how to listen.




:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. Well, *that's* because

On second thought, there's no way I'm gonna win this, is there? x(

[SeattleGirl]

22. Nope. Throw in the towel now, dude!

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

23. I believe I shall

For the common good. O8)



I'm beat anyway, so I'm goin' to bed.

'Night, sweets. :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

24. 'night, darlin'.

Sleep well.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Stockings! I love stockings!

Part of it is the comfort appeal -- they are so much more comfortable than panty hose.

But mostly, it's their sex appeal. I really do feel sexy in them, even when no one else knows I am wearing them........ :evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. I've always liked those kinda high heels, too

NONONONONONO, don't take 'em off! Don't take 'em off! Leave 'em on!

[SeattleGirl]

9. You mean, like these???

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Yeah, that's it

A little more to the right.

[SeattleGirl]

12. Hehehehe!

Bad boy!

:evilgrin:

[LibraLiz1973]

38. He he he, Van Halen.. funniest DLR ever

I love when he says that

[MissMillie]

25. well, they're better than panty hose... but not by much

nylon is a horrid, horrid material.

[unpossibles]

26. Y! Viv A Suspenders!

http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Judge-Dread/dp/B00005B159

That guy is great. He's like the reggae Benny Hill.

[In_The_Wind]

27. I must agree with an important point :

A garter belt is an eminently sensible thing to wear under a skirt or dress as it allows you to wear hosiery without the horrid, sweaty double-gusset effect of wearing tights over knickers.

[Throwing Stones]

37. My SO never wears knickers with hose

She says the hosiery does the job of undies so there's no need to wear both. And I have to admit, it's damn sexy.

:P

[Dragonbreathp9d]

28. Stockings are annoying as fuck when you want to fuck

they are way too much in the way and hard to get off

[kay1864]

30. You must be thinking of pantyhose

Stockings don't need to be removed.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

32. ah, yes, my mistake

[Connonym]

39. to my way of thinking, that's the what makes them the hottest thing

a garter and stockings provide a visual frame. I need to take a cold shower now

[kay1864]

29. More from the article:

I have worn stockings and suspenders throughout my adult life and have never once thought I was pandering to male whims.

I have always worn a garter belt and stockings to important meetings because, although they're hidden beneath a prim skirt and jacket, there's a sense my loins are girded for business.

The author:





And in stockings:

?v=0

?v=0

[LeftyMom]

31. The kind with the seams up the back.

:thumbsup:

[supernova]

33. I've never worn them

Never had a reason to. So, color me noncommittal.

[NewWaveChick1981]

34. Absolutely right...

:evilgrin:

[Jade Fox]

35. Clothing fetishes.....

Excuse me but, eewwwww ick.

[Aristus]

36. Stocking s with a garter belt are one fantasy I still want to fulfill.

NOT ON ME, DAMMIT! B-)

On my wife! Granted, she doesn't need the enhancement, but oh boy...