body stocking
noun
: a usually sheer close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso that often has sleeves and legs
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Top trends: There was a clear celebration of the body — from exaggerated hips and exposed hip bones to body stockings styled as outerwear.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Kim wore a brown fur coat over a sheer body stocking by Saint Laurent with red lipstick.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The outlet noted that Campbell’s first cover, in late January 1965, featured 18-year-old Sue Peterson, sporting a nude body stocking and a white fishnet jumpsuit, among other pieces.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Did the memo forbidding see-thru body stockings and thongs finally drop?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Most Stylish 15 Unforgettable Looks at the Grammys Painterly gowns, wedding dresses, nude body stockings and more.
—The Styles Desk, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
These body stockings make the performers particularly vulnerable.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Cambell’s first cover, in late January 1965, introduced a startlingly young-looking Peterson in a geometric black one-piece; inside the magazine, among other images, there was Peterson lounging in a nude body stocking and a white fishnet jumpsuit.
—Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
However, Kardashian took her fashion to another level at the Met Gala in 2021 after showing up to the glamorous event in an all-black, head-to-toe Balenciaga body stocking.
—Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 13 Feb. 2022
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Kim wore a brown fur coat over a sheer body stocking by Saint Laurent with red lipstick.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The outlet noted that Campbell’s first cover, in late January 1965, featured 18-year-old Sue Peterson, sporting a nude body stocking and a white fishnet jumpsuit, among other pieces.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
Did the memo forbidding see-thru body stockings and thongs finally drop?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Most Stylish 15 Unforgettable Looks at the Grammys Painterly gowns, wedding dresses, nude body stockings and more.
—The Styles Desk, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
These body stockings make the performers particularly vulnerable.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
Cambell’s first cover, in late January 1965, introduced a startlingly young-looking Peterson in a geometric black one-piece; inside the magazine, among other images, there was Peterson lounging in a nude body stocking and a white fishnet jumpsuit.
—Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
However, Kardashian took her fashion to another level at the Met Gala in 2021 after showing up to the glamorous event in an all-black, head-to-toe Balenciaga body stocking.
—Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 13 Feb. 2022
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“Body stocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20stocking. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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