Hosiery
noun
Stockings, socks, and tights collectively.
This store sells a variety of hosiery, including stockings and tights.
Often appears as...
- pair of hosiery
- hosiery department
noun
Stockings, socks, and tights collectively.
This store sells a variety of hosiery, including stockings and tights.
Often appears as...
- pair of hosiery
- hosiery department
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Pro Tip 1/3Clothing Category
Hosiery refers to items worn on the legs or feet, often under other clothing.
She neatly organized her drawer with hosiery separated from other garments.
Pro Tip 2/3Shopping Specific
When shopping, hosiery is typically found in its own section in clothing stores.
The hosiery section is near the lingerie; that's where you'll find knee-highs.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Importance
Quality of hosiery varies; higher quality often means more durability and comfort.
Her high-quality hosiery lasted much longer than the cheaper versions.
Pro Tip 1/3Clothing Category
Hosiery refers to items worn on the legs or feet, often under other clothing.
She neatly organized her drawer with hosiery separated from other garments.
Pro Tip 2/3Shopping Specific
When shopping, hosiery is typically found in its own section in clothing stores.
The hosiery section is near the lingerie; that's where you'll find knee-highs.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Importance
Quality of hosiery varies; higher quality often means more durability and comfort.
Her high-quality hosiery lasted much longer than the cheaper versions.
Pro Tip 1/3Clothing Category
Hosiery refers to items worn on the legs or feet, often under other clothing.
She neatly organized her drawer with hosiery separated from other garments.
Pro Tip 2/3Shopping Specific
When shopping, hosiery is typically found in its own section in clothing stores.
The hosiery section is near the lingerie; that's where you'll find knee-highs.
Pro Tip 3/3Quality Importance
Quality of hosiery varies; higher quality often means more durability and comfort.
Her high-quality hosiery lasted much longer than the cheaper versions.
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Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
he was summoned in the middle of the night by the night watchman at one of his plants. The night watchman had caught an employee who was stealing socks -- it was a hosiery mill, and he simply backed a truck up to the loading dock and was shoveling in mountains of socks. Mr. Teszler went down to the plant and confronted the thief and said,
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
he was summoned in the middle of the night by the night watchman at one of his plants. The night watchman had caught an employee who was stealing socks -- it was a hosiery mill, and he simply backed a truck up to the loading dock and was shoveling in mountains of socks. Mr. Teszler went down to the plant and confronted the thief and said,
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Quote examples
Sara Blakely
American Businesswoman
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.
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Sunil Mittal
Indian Businessman
My first venture was to trade bicycle parts and hosiery yarn. The initial days proved to be difficult, and I earned very little from my business. But I kept at it. Each day, when I retired for the night, I told myself that money would come in the next day.
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Sara Blakely
American Businesswoman
I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.
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Sara Blakely
American Businesswoman
I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they did wear them, they were not admitting it! There was the problem right there. No wonder their hosiery was so uncomfortable.
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Sunil Mittal
Indian Businessman
I started manufacturing bicycle parts. I come from a city called Ludhiana where almost everybody is self-employed, and either you make bicycle parts or bicycles, or hosiery parts or hosiery goods.
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Julia Fox
Italian Actress
I worked at a shoe store on 86th Street called Orva, in the hosiery department because nobody went there. That's where they put me because I was too incapable of doing anything.
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Betsey Johnson
American Designer
My prom dress was very sweet, very puffy, but I also wore little stiletto, pointed-toe heels, nylon hosiery, the whole nine yards.
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Roger Stone
American Politician
Of course ankle length socks are cheaper, but they don't cover the lower leg as hosiery should.
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Barbara Castle
British Politician
I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.
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Sandro Veronesi
Italian Novelist
Italian women are among the largest group of European consumers of hosiery.
Quote examples
Sara Blakely
American Businesswoman
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.
Quote examples
Sunil Mittal
Indian Businessman
My first venture was to trade bicycle parts and hosiery yarn. The initial days proved to be difficult, and I earned very little from my business. But I kept at it. Each day, when I retired for the night, I told myself that money would come in the next day.
Quote examples
Sara Blakely
American Businesswoman
I cut the feet out of control top pantyhose one night, threw them on under my white pants and realized that the toning and shaping was perfect and that the hosiery material is thin enough that I could make shape wear out of it.
Quote examples
Sara Blakely
American Businesswoman
I was trying to convince all these men to try to make a product that they didn't even wear! Or if they did wear them, they were not admitting it! There was the problem right there. No wonder their hosiery was so uncomfortable.
Quote examples
Sunil Mittal
Indian Businessman
I started manufacturing bicycle parts. I come from a city called Ludhiana where almost everybody is self-employed, and either you make bicycle parts or bicycles, or hosiery parts or hosiery goods.
Quote examples
Julia Fox
Italian Actress
I worked at a shoe store on 86th Street called Orva, in the hosiery department because nobody went there. That's where they put me because I was too incapable of doing anything.
Quote examples
Betsey Johnson
American Designer
My prom dress was very sweet, very puffy, but I also wore little stiletto, pointed-toe heels, nylon hosiery, the whole nine yards.
Quote examples
Roger Stone
American Politician
Of course ankle length socks are cheaper, but they don't cover the lower leg as hosiery should.
Quote examples
Barbara Castle
British Politician
I remember a big meeting with the hosiery trade in Harold's ministerial room.
Quote examples
Sandro Veronesi
Italian Novelist
Italian women are among the largest group of European consumers of hosiery.
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