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But have you ever consideredinstead of wearing actual socks or stockingspainting them on with makeup?

Models wearing painted on stockings

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Lead makeup artist Patrick Glatthaar might have you rethinking that.

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There’s actually historical precedence to painting on stockings.

Makeup artists apply fake pink stockings to model’s legs

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Makeup artists apply fake blue stockings to model’s legs

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A model walks the runway at the Iceberg fashion show

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MILAN, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 17: A model walks the runway at the Iceberg fashion show during the Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2025 on September 17, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Justin Shin/Getty Images)

Movie starlet Kay Bensel uses a contraption involving bicycle clips and an eybrow pencil in order to draw a straight…

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