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Wearing trials on fully fashioned stockings have been carried out over some years. The design of the trials, the occurrence of various types of faults, the life of the stockings in wear and its relation to the construction of the stocking and the properties of the yarn are summarized. The denier of the yarn in the panel has a large effect on the mean life of the stocking and the denier of the splicing yarn has a smaller effect. Filament denier in multifilament yarns has a small effect, twist, within the range examined, has no appreciable effect, and yarn draw ratio no effect. The courses per inch have a marked effect on the wearing properties and gauge has a smaller effect. When the denier of the splicing yarn is greater than the denier of the yarn in the panel, ladders starting in the panel are slightly more frequent than those originating in the splicing, but splicing faults predominate in 30-den. stockings with 30-den. splicing. The majority of faults in the panel start as snags or tears, and splicing faults are equally divided between wear at toe and elsewhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]