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Hold-ups

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A woman wearing hold-up stockings
A woman inJapanwearing white hold-ups, 2023

Hold-upsorstay-ups(in the United States also referred to asthigh socks, thigh-high stockingsor simplythigh highs)[citation needed]arestockingswith anelasticizedband at the top, designed to hold the stockings up when worn, without the use of agarter beltorgarters(British English: suspenders).[1]

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  1. ^Jean Feixas, Le bas, Paris, Jean-Claude Gawsewitch Éditeur, octobre 2012, 240 p. (ISBN 978-2-35013-361-4).