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Hold-ups or stay-ups (in the United States also referred to as thigh-high stockings or simply thigh highs)^{[citation needed]} are stockings with an elasticized band at the top, designed to hold the stockings up when worn, without the use of a garter belt or garters (British English: suspenders).^[1]

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• Fully fashioned stockings
• Garter
• Stocking

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