Fishnet Stockings: The Favorite Fashion Style of the 1950s and 1960s Classic Beauties

Many say the fishnets began in the early 1900s with the showgirls of the famous Moulin Rouge but most images of women from the time highlighted adorned black stockings, not fishnets.

1950s and 1960s classic beauties in their fishet stockings

Fishnets became popular with flappers and showgirls in the 1920s as hemlines rose (to just barely below the knee). They were popular due to the fact that from a distance, fishnetted legs may look as though they're adorned in black tights, but under the bright lights of a dance stage, dots of flesh would show through.

Fishnets continued to be associated with a 'loose' type of woman especially as they gained popularity in pin-up girls of the 1950s.

In the 60s with the rise of the miniskirt, some women took to playing with the amount of leg they showed by wearing a tight weave fishnet in various colors.

A photo set of glamorous photos that shows classic beauties wearing these fishnet stockings in the 1950s and 1960s.

Abbe Lane

 

 
April Kent

 

Audrey Hepburn

 

Ava Gardner

 

 
Barbara Eden

 

Barbara Nichols

 

 
Bettie Page

 

Betty Brosmer

 

 
Brigitte Bardot

 

Chelo Alonso

 

 
Debbie Reynolds

 

Doris Day

 

 
Elaine Stewart

 

Elizabeth Taylor

 

 
Evelyn West

 

France Anglade

 

 
France Nuyen

 

Gloria DeHaven

 

 
Glynis Johns

 

Ingrid Pitt

 

 
Jane Fonda

 

Janet Leigh

 

 
Jayne Mansfield

 

Jill Haworth

 

 
Jill St. John

 

Joan Collins

 

 
Joy Harmon

 

Julie Newmar

 

Kathryn Grant

 

 
Kim Novak

 

Lana Turner

 

Lee Remick

 

 
Leslie Caron

 

Lisa Gaye

 

Lori Nelson

 

 
Mara Corday

 

Marie Devereux

 

Marlo Thomas

 

Martha Hyer

 

 
Mary Murphy

 

Mitzi Gaynor

 

Mona Freeman

 

Monica Vitti

 

 
Neile Adams

 

Stella Stevens

 

Susan Oliver

 

Suzan Farmer

 

 
Tina Louise

 

Vera Day

 

Virginia Mayo