Info about Hosiery
Buy legwear
Hosiery is a garment that is mostly used by children and women. Even though it can be worn on the outside, with a skirt or a dress for and example, it can also be used underneath the clothes. The main reason for wearing it as an outer garment is the fact that they make the leg look shiny and fine. Usually, it is worn underneath the clothes in order to keep one warm.
Legwear history started many thousands of years ago. Since people knew how to knit and also wove, somewhere in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D., they already mastered the hosiery making technique, but they just didn’t know it yet. Not such a long time after that, between the 4th and the 5th centuries A.D., the first socks started to be made in Egypt. Islamic nations also knew how to knit in the years 1200-1300, so it is possible that they also could have made some kind of legwear. Silk stockings made their first apparition in 1560, when Queen Elizabeth got her first pair. Not long after that, the first knitting machine was invented by Rev. William Lee. Since everybody wanted stockings in the 17th century, the knitting machines started to be illegally exported out of England, but even if people got big fines for that, they still continued to export and sell the frames. In the 18th century, normal citizens used to wove legwear for the men in the army, who fought in the Revolutionary War. Also in the 18th century, the industry of this new machine frame-work started to spread through America. In the 19th century different hosiery making machines started to be invented in England and in the United States, and this industry started to be known worldwide and also, the material used in making legwear was cotton, not the traditional wool. In the 20th century, specific stockings for women started to be made out of silk and later, even nylon was used. The history of hosiery stops in the 20th century, along with the development of spandex.
The legwear making is an ancient skill, which was improved and much appreciated everywhere in the world. Since there are different types of hosiery, it can be worn both by men and women. Everybody can wear socks or pantyhose but stockings are especially made for women. The best part about hosiery is the fact that they can be used as a warming garment and as a stylish cloth too.