Don’t get me wrong, these look and feel great. But the quality was poor. I actually found them big even though I used the sizing chart. I had reams of material pulled up around my upper thighs but after one wear I had holes in the foot area and the crotch gusset tore away from the fishnets so I had to throw them away. Great if you want a single wear pair, but not worth it.
Whatever is the truth here, it is the case that by 1933, fishnets were most certainly in use, as that was the year the term first entered the Oxford English Dictionary. And it was about this time that they became a big deal in the world of burlesque and vaudeville. Performers like Bettie Page and other seminal wore many backseam fishnet tights and fishnet stockings in their stage shows and pin-up art pieces. By the 1950s and 1960s, they were a staple in racy comedies on the big screen and modelling shoots. This was the time that fishnets entered the mainstream.



















