First things first: although they say this item can be worn on its own, it really does need to be worn with a garter belt. It doesn't have a sticky band to hold it up, and the corset bit isn't really sufficient to keep it up. So don't purchase this item if you want thigh highs that will stay up on their own.

These are pretty much your typical lace-top fishnet thigh highs, with a little added laced ribbon decor on the back of the thigh band. They have a seam at the toe, with no reinforcement. I got them in black plus-size, but they are also available in red or white. They are made from nylon and are very stretchy and comfortable. Including the band, the stocking hits mid-thigh on me, about 10" above my knee. The lace band fit my 28" thighs well enough. The back of the band is split, with four small black grommets on each side that lace together with a piece of 23" long black ribbon. You can adjust the lacing to be tight or loose, which means it will fit a wide variety of thighs.

I thought the corset detail was a neat idea, but wasn't crazy about the way it looked in reality. It kind of just bunched up and looked sloppy. It actually caused the entire thigh band to bunch up instead of lying flat, even when worn with a garter belt. Maybe these would lie flat on someone with smaller thighs, but I didn't feel that it added anything to these stockings for me. I would prefer to just buy regular lace-topped thigh highs next time, since these just seem unnecessarily fussy. I don't think that the extra cost of these stocking is worth a feature that doesn't work well.

I will probably wear these a few more times for the hell of it, but I still will generally choose my plain lace band fishnets most of the time, because they're easier to wear.