More About Stockings

Here are some more questions that we received in Comments; they deserve their own post:

What does height have to do with the colour of stockings?

What about cream/white skirts/dresses? What colour stocking and shoes?
I read some advice against matching dark colour stockings with light colour dresses/skirts, but I've seen many girls wearing white dresses with black opaques. Seems nice to me, though. What's your opinion?


If you wear stockings that match your skirt, and shoes of a similar color, your legs will look longer. If you add a contrasting stocking, that will create a break in the line, and shorten the effect. It's your proportions that count, not your height. If you are shorter, but have long legs (compared to your torso) the contrasting color will work for you.

The look of black opaques with a light colored skirt is very fashionable. It requires parts of the outfit to be fashionable, too. Try a pencil, bubble hem, or mini skirt for this. I wouldn't advise it with a vintage full skirt that's knee length or longer. Old silhouettes won't support new combinations. If you have a light colored, traditional skirt shape, like an A-line or a gathered sweep hem, wear micro-fishnets, or tinted sheers, in any light color except flesh tone.