These full-length nylon stockings are great for those who don't want to bother with ficklesome garters. They go all the way up to your hips and don't have any trouble staying up. That point and the sexy backseam design were the two best selling points for me.

Unfortunately, the good points for this item stopped there.

Firstly, the stockings were incredibly thin. I've ordered Leg Avenue items in the past and have been generally happy with the quality -- not so for these stockings. They seemed much more like the cheap stockings that come with some lingerie sets rather than Leg Avenue's normal quality stockings. As soon as I put this pair on, I could feel the difference in the material compared to normal stockings. Now, if you're looking for ultra-thin, black, sheer stockings, this may be what you're looking for, but the thin stockings have some disadvantages.

The biggest problem (for me) about the stockings had to do with how they stretched. Within the first half hour of wearing this pair, I noticed that the material had stretched and began to sag -- leaving unsightly wrinkles on my legs! Since I am on the thinner side, this may not be a problem for people who fill out the stockings when they are stretched out completely. However, for someone who thought they fit wonderfully when I first put them on, I was very disappointed to find how much they had stretched on their own.

The other potential disadvantage to thin stockings is a pitfall all hosiery addicts are well aware of: the run. Since the stockings were made of such thin fabric, they seemed to catch on everything. Even the fairly smooth material of my shoes somehow managed to catch the nylon and cause a run on my first time wearing the stockings. Of course, this is a danger with any pair of stockings, but the thin material makes small snags more likely to turn to large runs and holes that make this pair unwearable.

Like other nylon items, these should be hand washed and air dried only. Putting them in the washing machine or dryer is likely to ruin this pair of stockings. They can be stored wherever you store the rest of your hosiery.

This pair came in standard Leg Avenue packaging, which is a cardboard box showing the picture of the model and a small heart cutout to showcase the stockings. It isn't designed for storage and isn't suitable for gifting.