She was willowy and wore a black cocktail dress, black patterned stockings, boots.

NEWYORKER: Semi-Charmed Life

Lying in bed in his nightshirt and black woolen stockings, Hopkins recited his Morning Offering, then stood to use the chamber pot.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Exiles'

The hook is simple enough: her new home and the surrounding community are placid and cobwebby, but she turns up to claim the property on a Harley-Davidson, wearing black leather and stockings.

NEWYORKER: House of Angels

He certainly looked like a woman: a black dress, no coat, fish-net stockings, ankle boots, shoulder-length wavy hair.

NEWYORKER: The Cold Outside