I bought these back in December and I only used them once before I sent them back and got a refund. I'm sure these would be great for people who are smaller, but as a plus size woman they were just more effort than they were worth in my opinion. Because the stockings stretch they would pretty much fit anyone, but people who are plus size like myself would not be able to lace them up all the way. Also, once I had them on and got up and walked around, the stockings slid down, no matter how tight I tied them.

Another downside to these thigh highs are they did took forever to get on. Also, the loops that the ribbon goes through are very flimsy and I was afraid the entire time I was lacing them that I was going to rip them. It's very difficult to lace these neatly, because it gets a little confusing. And unless you want the stockings stretched as much as they'll go, then you run into an issue of not being able to lace them up all the way because you run out of ribbon. Speaking of the ribbon, I did not like the texture of the ribbon, it was very cheap and rough against my skin.

Because I didn't keep them, I can't really say much about how to care for them, but since they are made out of nylon I would assume you would treat them like any other stockings: hand wash only and hang to dry.

I ended up returning the stockings because I felt they were a waste of money, even with the 30% discount I received on them. The only positive thing I can say about these stockings is that they were very easy to return. From now on I will stick to non-lace up stockings.