body stocking
noun
: a usually sheer close-fitting one-piece garment for the torso that often has sleeves and legs
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Most Stylish 15 Unforgettable Looks at the Grammys Painterly gowns, wedding dresses, nude body stockings and more.
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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
Where other performers opted for a body stocking, Ewing took the literal route.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
First in Los Angeles, then at Covent Garden in London and in Washington, Ms. Ewing chose to forgo a body stocking or a stand-in and do the dance — and drop the veil — herself.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
And an incognito Kim Kardashian arrived at the Met Gala in a haute couture Balenciaga body stocking-dress complete with a blackout mask and a trailing train.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2021
Ramona is actually, surprisingly, on theme, with magenta and purple flowers and braids in her hair and a mesh body stocking over some crystal pasties.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
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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
Where other performers opted for a body stocking, Ewing took the literal route.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
First in Los Angeles, then at Covent Garden in London and in Washington, Ms. Ewing chose to forgo a body stocking or a stand-in and do the dance — and drop the veil — herself.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
And an incognito Kim Kardashian arrived at the Met Gala in a haute couture Balenciaga body stocking-dress complete with a blackout mask and a trailing train.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2021
Ramona is actually, surprisingly, on theme, with magenta and purple flowers and braids in her hair and a mesh body stocking over some crystal pasties.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
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“Body stocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20stocking. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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