Hold-up, it’s National Stockings Day – give Breast Cancer Care a leg up on 18th October

Pull up your hold ups, seamed stockings, lace stockings, sheer stockings, nude stockings or fishnet stockings (phew!) this Friday for NATIONAL STOCKINGS DAY! Charnos Hosiery declared National Stockings Day in the name of Breast Cancer Awareness Month seven years ago to support Breast Cancer Care.

National Stockings Day 2012- Picture sourced from DailyMail.co.uk

On the Breast Cancer Care website Rachel explains "We know that treatments such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormone drugs can leave a woman with... loss of femininity...as well as not feeling sexy." Charnos created National Stockings Day to raise awareness for the cause and to make women feel good and celebrate their femininty.

Alison Baines from Charnos Hosiery says: “After all the support and encouragement our stocking-istas received last year, it has spurred us on to make this year bigger and better in aid of Breast Cancer Care."

So, ditch your usual tights this Friday in favour of some sultry stockings or hold ups. It will make you feel fabulous, and more importantly it's in support of a very worthy cause.

Please show your support on Friday through social media, by sharing your pictures and tweets!
#CharnosNSD or #NationalStockingsDay

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Big 5 0 in Vegas- Home of stockings and suspenders, hold ups, fishnets and pantyhose!

So you already know about my parents having spontaneous ways, so I don't know why I was surprised by mums 50th birthday celebration plans. They went from looking at relaxing weekends in Santorini, to actually booking 4 nights in Las Vegas - land of lights, entertainment and fun (on a scale only Americans manage!) 

Casinos, and hosiery was everywhere you looked. Mum was very impressed with the stockings, fishnets and pantyhose being worn by the show girls, waitresses and hotel staff.

In the casinos the waitresses wear a range of funky fashion tights and fishnets. The famously, spectacular burlesque extravaganza, showcases a fabulous array of elaborate show-girl costumes, complete with seamed stockings, suspender belts and patterned pantyhose. Brought into the mainstream of entertainment by the lovely Dita Von Teese...

Get Dita's look from Essex'ee Legs with this Jonathan Aston Seduction Set 

...Burlesque grew on a tremendous scale, with celebs clamouring to appear in the glamorous, but classy, 'Peepshow' in Las Vegas...

Get the look from Essex'ee Legs starting from top left clockwise: Peepshow look- Leg Avenue Hold Ups with Glitter Bows, Mel B's look- Leg Avenue Opaque Hold Ups, Holly Madison's look- Charnos Cherron Hold Ups, Carmen Electra's look- Pamela Mann Hoops Hold Ups  

The Pussycat Dolls got in on the act. They kidnapped the beautiful Carmen Electra, and also had their own run of burlesque shows in Sin City. Dancing their saucy over the knee socks off, the girls looked amazing in their fishnet hold ups and glitter tights.

Get the look from Essex'ee Legs starting from top left clockwise- Leg Avenue net suspender tights, Jonathan Aston starburst sequinned tights, Jonathan Aston micronet tights

Although they didn't see a burlesque show, I was a little shocked to discover that Dad had booked tickets to see Rihanna at the Mandalay Bay hotel! Normally a Radio 2 or Talk Sport listener, he sang 'shine bright like a diamond' every time I saw him for months :) The effects that Vegas has, had obviously got a hold of him early! 

Rihanna tights are famous in their own right!

Get Rihanna's look from Essex'ee Legs with Pamela Mann Grid Strap Buckle Suspender Tights or with What Katie Did Seamed Fishnet Tights

They had an unforgettable holiday with mum texting me updates such as 'At the piano bar at the Bellagio Hotel drinking cocktails, Ha!' and 'I can't get Dad to bed he's playing Roulette' and my personal favourite-

Me and my husband were also lucky enough to visit Vegas, at the end of a once in a lifetime trip travelling the world. If you ever get the chance to go, I would definitely recommend it to anyone. The excitement hits you as soon as you land in Vegas and doesn't leave you until it's time to bid farewell to it's magic... I was so sad to leave I cried all the way home! 

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Seamed stockings are timeless and classic. Gipsy Seamed Cuban Heel Stockings are stunning, a 'must have' for vintage fashion lovers and fashionista's everywhere. 

Beautiful seam stockings that are sheer 10 denier from award winning, Gipsy hosiery.

These lovely stockings with seam have a classic Cuban heel with a square top. Seamed stockings with back seams that are so neat, plus luxurious stocking tops and a sheer toe.

  

Stockings with seams add that certain something to your outfit and you will feel fabulous when wearing them. These seamed stockings are high quality and a great price too!

Gipsy Seamed Cuban Heel Stockings come in black (pictured) or natural with natural seam, and have a composition of 88% Nylon, 12% Elastane.