| Red Moon |
25-09-2007 11:01 PM |
Stocking Thriller for Chanelle
They will do anything to print a picture of Chanelle.
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STOCKING THRILLER FOR CHANELLE SEXY Brits, including Big Brother sexpot Chanelle Hayes, have sent sales of stockings soaring after a survey revealed that the sight of them still drives men wild.
Top lingerie firm La Senza has seen demand shoot up by 525% as girls leg it to get the hot look.
Fans of the thigh-huggers include dazzling Danielle Lloyd, 23, our Page 3 babes Louise, 21, of Manchester, and Sammy, 22, of Essex.
To celebrate the sales boom, JAMES WICKHAM presents 10 hot facts about the classic lingerie...
- The first stockings were designed and worn in ancient Greece – by lowly slaves.
- But the word is Roman. It comes from “soccus”, a short sock worn in the home by Roman women.
- THE year 1545 saw knitted stockings come into fashion, often with patterned seams called “clocks”.
- SILK stockings, complete with garters, were worn by men until the end of the 18th Century.
- wartime shortages in the Forties saw enterprising girls draw lines on the backs of their naked legs to simulate stocking seams.
- The first nylons hit New York on May 15, 1940. More than 780,000 pairs were sold on the first day.
- IN 1959, Du Pont invented super-stretchy Lycra, which revolutionised the lingerie.
- BUT the arrival of the mini-skirt in the Swinging Sixties saw many women switch to tights.
- Stockings really CAN be used as an emergency car fanbelt.
- THE “denier” rating of stockings refers to the thickness of the weave. The higher the number, the more stitches per row.
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Source: Daily Star |
