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There’s a disturbing Chinese fashion I must share with the world at large: Ankle-high stockings<\/strong>. (Mrs. Stevo calls them skin socks. After seeing this photo my sister will ask to have a few pairs sent to her.)<\/p>\n

They’re not socks or stockings, but some evil eyesore combination (see image above).<\/p>\n

This has bothered me for some time. I’m sure they serve a purpose (keeping your feet clean inside your shoes is how Mrs. Stevo explains it) but the butt-ugliness of them is an aesthetic assault upon my well-developed, keen,<\/span> fashion sense.<\/p>\n

There are few things as disturbing as seeing a beautiful Chinese woman, with shiny black Asian hair cascading down her back and a colorful frock on her small frame, wearing these stockings<\/strong>. It wrecks the whole fantasy<\/span> look. There was a post on another China blog some time ago, the blogger said his reasoning for dating a particular Chinese woman was the fact she went barefoot instead of wearing skin socks. That is dedication, or insanity. Using that criteria the blogger would have few dates. Mrs. Stevo brought home “skin socks” when we started dating. After my temper-tantrum<\/span> pleas she started wearing normal socks.<\/p>\n

I won’t go into my feelings about the women that wear the above stockings<\/strong> with sandals and consider that appropriate attire. This could all be related to the many most Chinese people need glasses.<\/p>\n

note: I will delete all comments that support the ankle-high stocking camp. I can do it, I have the power. This is a rant, not a debate.<\/em><\/p>\n

another note: I am copyrighting Mrs. Stevo’s term, Skin Socks. PayPal me a quarter each time you use it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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