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One of my favourite things in the whole world is antique hosiery. So so exciting, you can become a character in an instant by just donning a pair of coloured thigh-high stockings. I just came across this picture:

http://iconophages.tumblr.com/post/58139861004/e-j-bellocq-untitled-1912

Absolutely amazing beautiful thing!
I search a lot on etsy.com for antique embroidered stockings. I just want to admire them because they are usually extortionately priced, so I drool over them and dream about spending hours embroidering stockings myself. Here are some wonderful ones I've found:

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/122414347/1920s-stockings-black-white-cotton-pink?ref=col_view   - from LaMeow Vintage on etsy.com

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/pair-of-women-s-stockings-116980

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/66528640/antique-edwardian-embroidered-stockings?ref=col_view  IvyCottage2U on etsy.com

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/114112703/1920s-stockings-ivory-silk-painted-art?ref=col_view 

These stockings were sold, oh my heart aches! LaMeow Vintage on etsy seems to have just the most beautiful stock, how do they do it and don't feel tempted to hold on to everything?!

I own one pair of really lovely old stockings, and I'm thinking of doing some kind of elaborate embroidery on them, a combination of all of the above designs perhaps?!

Here they are in their current red and pure state:

What design do you think I should go for - cheeky faces or classic flowers/arrows?

Also watch 'L'Apollonide' ('House of Tolerance') for some serious inspirational viewing. All I want to wear is those clothes/undergarments day and night.