Language

The Lexicon

The Lexicon preserves the language of the Lifestyle — its words, concepts and traditions. It records meaning; it never prescribes practice. Where usage varies between Houses or lineages, each is set down with equal respect.

Equipment

Stockings

Legwear covering the foot and leg, often significant within Body Worship and Object Devotion.

Definition

Stockings are legwear covering the foot and part or all of the leg. Within Body Worship, Object Devotion and adjacent fetish traditions they carry aesthetic and often ceremonial weight, and are frequently the subject of ritual attention and care.

Historical background

Stocking imagery has a deep presence in twentieth-century fetish culture and has been carried into modern BDSM and Leather practice.

Discussion

Materials, styles and care traditions vary widely. The Lexicon records Stockings as a broad category rather than any single form.

See also