Looking for White Stocking / Tights

I’m currently on the hunt for some white Stockings or (in a pinch) tights to make some fairy wings, as showed by the lovely and beautiful Emilie Autumn (see youtube link below for tutorial)

But i am having no luck in locating any?? I’ve tried Geoffs, Farmers, Warehouse, etc. but no-one seems to sell WHITE ones!! Any Advice on somewhere to try, or if by chance you have brought some yourself from somewhere, please let me know. Thanks :slight_smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YAUxeopgNw

if all else fails use black for a slightly more gothic looking fairy - would show up metallics and sparklies really well.

You could try looking at a costume shop, they often have stockings in different colours.
Look in the phone book.

R

Fairies orly

What’s this for?

Also I don’t suppose it’d be possible to bleach some cream-colored stockings?

:open_mouth:

Umm, try the $2 shop

super markets also

thanks for the suggestions. a few i didn’t think off… will let you know if a find some!
may stay away from the bleaching… lol [/quote]

Kid’s clothing stores?

You can buy wings readymade from the fairy shop in Ponsonby, although you probably already know that.

I know they sell silvery-white ones in Farmers (dont ask me how I know that :open_mouth: )

Steve

i’ve seen the wings in the Fairy shop but not for a while. Brough myself a lovely pair of black angel ones… don’t have nearly enough excuses to wear them thou. i’d really like to have a crack at making my own, i have a few wing designs i want to try out!

Bleaching would, I think, be futile - stockings are pretty much 100% nylon

When I was making faerie wings for my characters in Mordavia, I was quite surprised to find that stockings are either brown or black. I snaffled my daughter’s tights to make some pink wings (which were in turn snaffled by Kath for Fushia Blossom).

Also, the heavier the grade of stockings/tights, the stronger the wire has to be. If you want boffer-resistant wire, let me know. I have some number 4 wire that stood up to some serious treatment in various Mordavia games that I’m happy to sell by the metre…

Cool wings, I like the size of them.

I reckon they would have made those with a wooden former to bend the wire around, or something.

oh pretty pretty!!

dont allow me near a set of wings… :laughing:

Just saw Voodoo is doing white tights in my latest mag as a matter of note, may be a good time for stocking hunting since its cooling down.

I finished my first set of wings. i gave up on the white background and made them with black background and slightly metallic paint so it would show up a bit better. its a terrible picture (oh the joy of only having a camera in my cell phone…) but i thought I’d put it out there! Oh and By the way, the circles on the wings, are actually holes that i put in the stockings…

Now all i need is an excuse to wear them!

Pretty. Are those blue veins drawn in with the paint, then?

They look cool, if a little blurry…

I never wait for an excuse. I wear my costumes around the house :smiley:

yes! i sort of wanted to give them ‘life’ so to speak with the veins (although i don’t know if fairies veins are blue) but that was the look i was going for. My boyfriend has given me an idea for my next pair (i can’t stop at just one!!) so i’ve started designing a set of ‘steampunk’ themed fairywings!!

oh i can assure you that they are not blurry in the flesh!!! (so to speak!)
& i have to admit :blush: i did indeed wear them around the house when i had finshed making them!!