When I was little and took dance classes, I couldn’t WAIT until I was in the big kid class and get to wear fishnets for my tap recital! Fishnets were even cooler than the tap shoes with the heels! I finally got to wear them in 5th grade (I think), it was the routine to RAGTIME. We did the number on stools with long, metallic gold fringe “flapper-ish” dresses. I LOVED IT!!!! Gimme 10 minutes, I can probably remember the routine… ANYWAY…that was when my love of fishnets started. Fast forward a bit and there was Rocky Horror! A fishnet lovers fantasy!!!! And not 4 but SIX GARTERS!!! OMG! But, in my 800+ year Rocky career there’s been punk, grunge, and goth that has kinda made fishnets tawdry at the very least and most often trashy. Yes, I am aware of Chanel’s “new” thing of insetting fishnet into their outrageously expensive outfits…kind of the extreme opposite.  So…this fabulous Russian fishnet!  EVERYBODY is wearing them!  With every style!  I’ve seen them with a variety of skirt/dress types from dressy to super-cas, pants, peep-toe pumps, flats, boots EVERYWHERE!!!  I love it!!  I’m not entirely sure what is different about THESE fishnets.  They aren’t very expensive…about $6 American for stockings or tights, there is lycra in them so they hold the shape nicely.  The only real difference I can find is the gauge is slightly smaller.  American is usually on the larger side of 1/4″ where as these are…crap…where’s my metric ruler…grrrrr…4mm instead?  It makes a difference…an AWESOME difference!  I will wear Russian fishnets always from now on!!!