Seamed Stockings

Seamed Stockings are a perfect way to add a sophisticated and seductive look to any outfit! If you’re looking for sexy stockings or maybe some vintage stockings then you are in the right place. 

  1.  Fiore Scarlett Seamed Stockings
  2.  Glamory Delight 20 Seamed Stockings, Plus Size XL-4XL
  3.  Trasparenze Pennac Seamed Stockings
  4.  Jonathan Aston New Seam & Heel Stockings
  5.  Miss O Silky Seamed Stockings
  6.  Fiore Vanity 40 Denier Stockings
  7.  Miss Naughty Oily Look & Feel Shiny Seamed Stockings up to XXXL
  8.  Silky Scarlet Seamer Stockings 3 for 2

    Silky Scarlet Seamer Stockings 3 for 2

    Special Price £9.90 Regular Price £14.85
  9.  Fiore Madame Seamed Stockings
  10.  Leg Avenue Stockings with Bow Backseam
  11.  Fiore Provoke Seamed Stockings
  12.  Fiore Diva Seamed Patterned Stockings
  13.  Leg Avenue Fishnet Bow Stockings
  14.  Pamela Mann Jive Seamed Stockings - Also Available in XL, XXL & XXXL
  15.  Scarlet Seamer Stockings
  16.  Pamela Mann Seamed Dotty Stockings
  17.  Fiore Edvige Seamed Pattern Top Stockings
  18.  Fiore Marlena Seamed Stockings
  19.  Silky Smooth Knit Seamer Stockings

Seamed Stockings are a perfect way to add a sophisticated and seductive look to any outfit! If you’re looking for sexy stockings or maybe some vintage stockings then you are in the right place. 

The Tight Spot’s collection of back seamed stockings are both seductive and retro. Ranging from a simple back seam line to seamed bows running up the legs, we’ve got you covered.

 

What are seamed stockings?

Seamed Stockings provide a sophisticated hosiery look that can also be seen as a vintage hosiery look due to the seamed stocking being highly fashionable and popular in the earlier half of the twentieth century. Originally seamed stockings were knitted flat and then sewn together along the back which created the backseam. Seamed stockings made in this traditional way are called fully-fashioned stockings. A small number of brands still create fully-fashioned stockings, which have a finishing loop that makes them recognisable. Due to the higher cost of fully-fashioned stockings, most brands focus on seamed stockings with non-functional seams. At The Tight Spot we have a wide range of seamed stockings that fit into this category. Mock seamed stockings can achieve the same aesthetic as fully-fashioned stockings at a lower cost and hosiery lovers can enjoy the benefits of stretch hosiery that isn't available with fully-fashioned stockings (since fully-fashioned stockings are all non-stretch).

 

How to Wear Seamed Stockings

The Tight Spot’s range of nylon seamed stockings includes black seamed stockings, nude seamed stocking and back seamed stocking which can all help the wearer achieve a vintage seamed stocking look. Due to their simple elegance, these can be styled with almost anything in your wardrobe making them very versatile. These would look great styled with a black dress and heels for date night. If you don’t want to fuss with a garter belt, we also have a large range of Seamed Tights.

 

Why did stockings have seams?

Before the technological developments in machinery that allowed the manufacture of seamless stockings, stockings used to be knitted flat and the seam would be added to sew both ends of the stockings together. So essentially, stockings had seams so that they could be turned from a flat piece of material into a tube shaped stocking that could be worn as a fashion staple! Modern machinery can still add seams into stocking however these are non-functional seams that give the wearer a vintage look seamed stocking without the high cost of fully-fashioned stockings.

 

When did stockings stop having seams?

Circular knitting machines which were developed in the 1950s enabled seam-free stockings to become more popular than the seamed fully-fashioned stockings that were sewn up at the back. By the mid 1960s, seamless stockings became more popular than the vintage look back seamed stockings were. The association of the back seam and sensuality meant that the vintage seamed stockings never truly died out and they are still popular today as a hosiery item that has infinate amounts of sex appeal!