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{{Short description|Hosiery with an open, diamond-shaped knit}}
{{About|clothing|other uses|Fishnet (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
[[File:Amaranthe Rockharz 2018 26.jpg|thumb|[[Elize Ryd]] wearing fishnet attire during a performance in 2018|alt=A photograph of a woman performing on stage; she is wearing a fishnet shirt, fishnet stockings and black denim shorts.]] 
In the field of textiles, '''fishnet''' is [[hosiery]] with an open, [[Lozenge (shape)|diamond]]-shaped [[knit]]; it is most often used as a material for stockings, [[tights]], [[gloves]] or [[bodystocking]]s. Fishnet is available in a multitude of colors, although it is most often sported in traditional matte black. Fishnet is commonly worn on the legs and arms by practitioners of [[gothic fashion|goth]] and [[punk fashion|punk]] fashion, but is also commonly worn by the mainstream as a fashion statement. Similar to [[lingerie]], fishnet is generally considered to be a [[Sexual attraction|sexually attractive]] garment and is typically associated with [[adult entertainment]]. Fishnets are used mostly as a type of [[undergarment]], and in as much as it defines curves by applying a grid close to the body it generally accentuates the wearer's muscular definition.

A more practical use of fishnet textiles is in high performance next-to-skin apparel used in cold weather outdoor sports, including hiking, hunting, fishing, skiing, and [[mountaineering]]. In this context, fishnet is usually knitted from fibers of polypropylene, merino wool, or nylon, and offers a number of benefits over traditional densely knitted base layer apparel. These benefits are related to the presence of large void spaces in the fishnet fabric structure that trap insulating air for warmth in cool conditions, and allow for the rapid transport of moisture from the skin surface to outer layers to minimize conductive heat loss. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Ryan |last2=Martin |first2=Mike |date=n.d. |title=Just Say No To Wicking: Non-Traditional Base Layers Based on a Next-to-Skin Fishnet Model |url=https://backpackinglight.com/fishnet_base_layers/ |url-access= |access-date=13 November 2012 |publisher=Backpackinglight.com}}</ref>

== History ==
During the 1920s, fishnets emerged as a more alternative trend in the U.S. and were favored by women like [[Showgirl|showgirls]], in large part due to the fact that fishnets were more revealing than typical regular stockings of the day.

Fishnets later emerged as an eminent fashion staple in the post-war pin-up and print-porn world with models like [[Bettie Page]], [[Jane Russell]] and [[Marilyn Monroe]] frequently appearing in fishnets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jane Russell: 'She's got it!'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/8354999/Jane-Russell-Shes-got-it.html|access-date=2021-06-18|website=The Daily Telegraph|date=March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Marilyn Monroe in the Black Sitting|url=http://www.marilynmonroe.ca/camera/galleries/black/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=marilynmonroe.ca}}</ref>

In the 1970s and 1980s, the punk counterculture's fashion aesthetic included fishnets, often worn extra torn up with huge holes on the stockings or shredded up, as a reference to [[BDSM]] subculture.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fashions of the punk era|url=http://www.phlem.org.uk/|access-date=2021-06-18|website=phlem.org.uk|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200448/http://www.phlem.org.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Leblanc|first=Lauraine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8Lz1S9v4d8C&q=female+punks+subversive+sexuality+fishnets&pg=PA204|title=Pretty in Punk: Girls' Gender Resistance in a Boys' Subculture|date=1999|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-2651-5|language=en}}</ref>

==In pop culture==
[[Image:RollerDerbyFishnetStockings1220.JPG|thumb|200px|right|[[Roller derby]] athletes at an equipment check wearing three weaves of fishnet stockings ranging from coarse to fine]]

* An early (perhaps the earliest) written reference to fishnet as an erotic device can be found in the [[Westcar Papyrus]], specifically the tale of [[Baufra]] – which is expanded in the 'Wonder of [[Djadjaemankh]]'.
* Fishnet stockings are commonplace [[roller derby]] regalia.<ref>{{cite web|author=Tom, Emma |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/fishnets-and-mouthguards/story-e6frg8l6-1225857318797 |title=Fishnets and mouthguards |work=[[The Australian]] |location=Surry Hills, New South Wales |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415153930/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/fishnets-and-mouthguards/story-e6frg8l6-1225857318797 |archive-date=15 April 2011 |date=24 April 2010 |access-date=11 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Felicity |last=Caldwell |url=http://www.qt.com.au/story/2010/05/04/brisbane-city-rollers-interleague-competition/ |title=Fishnets fly for Ipswich roller girls |newspaper=[[The Queensland Times]] |location=Ipswich, Queensland |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062652/http://www.qt.com.au/story/2010/05/04/brisbane-city-rollers-interleague-competition/ |archive-date=18 March 2012 |date=4 May 2010 |access-date=11 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[DC Comics]] features two [[superhero]]ines who have incorporated fishnet stockings into their crime-fighting costume, [[Black Canary]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wallace|first1= Daniel|editor-last=Dolan|editor-first=Hannah|chapter= 1940s|title = DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|date=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9 |page= 55 |quote = The Black Canary's costume added an undeniable jolt of sex appeal, consisting of fishnet stockings, high-heeled boots, a bustier, and an open jacket.}}</ref> and [[Zatanna]].<ref>McAvennie, Michael "1960s" in Dolan, p. 112 "[Zatanna is] a beautiful mage in fishnets who cast spells by speaking backward."</ref>
* ''Cucumber Sandwiches & Fishnet Tights'', a book by Margaret Walker (2006).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/porthmadog/pages/dorothywalker.shtml |title=Cucumber Sandwiches and Fishnet Tights |date=5 December 2006 |work=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020114759/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/porthmadog/pages/dorothywalker.shtml |archive-date=20 October 2010 |url-status=dead |access-date=1 September 2011 }}</ref>
* The [[Stray Cats]] recorded a song entitled "Fishnet Stockings" on their [[Stray Cats (album)|European debut album]] in 1981.<ref>{{cite book|last= Gimarc|first= George|author-link= George Gimarc|title= Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982|publisher= [[St. Martin's Press]]|date= 1997|location= New York, New York|page= [https://archive.org/details/postpunkdiary19800gima/page/72 72]|isbn= 978-0312169688|url-access= registration|url= https://archive.org/details/postpunkdiary19800gima/page/72}}</ref>
* Some characters from ''[[Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja]]'' wear undershirts made of fishnet.
*Nearly every major character in ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' is seen wearing fishnets during the film.
* In the anime and manga ''[[One Piece]]'' the surgeon of the pirate crew ''[[Thriller Bark]]'', [[Thriller Bark#Dr. Hogback|Dr. Hogback]], wears a fishnet shirt. His character and the whole Thriller Bark are based on [[Horror film|horror movies]], so he may be based on ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' itself. [[Nico Robin]] in the Thriller Bark arc wears fishnet stockings. Kalifa of CP9 also wears fishnets. Zambai of the Franky Family wears fishnets under his armor.
*"Fishnet Inc" is a cast which performs live before and during the film ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' at the Naro Theater in [[Norfolk, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://fishnet.mine.nu:42002/index.html|title= Fishnet, Inc.|publisher= Fishnet, Inc.|url-status= dead|access-date= 15 April 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120727032156/http://fishnet.mine.nu:42002/index.html|archive-date= 27 July 2012}}</ref> It is named after the fishnets worn in the movie.
* [[Morris Day]] recorded the song "[[Fishnet (song)|Fishnet]]" for the album ''[[Daydreaming (Morris Day album)|Daydreaming]]'' in 1987. The song had airplay on several [[urban contemporary]] stations and ultimately reached No. 23 on the [[Billboard charts]] during 1988.<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last= Whitburn|first= Joel|author-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 2004|publisher= Record Research|page= 149|isbn = 978-0898201604}}</ref> The title and/or content of the song made airplay very limited in some cities. The song was remixed for a club mix album in 1994, and Day added a live version to his ''[[It's About Time (Morris Day album)|It's About Time]]'' album in 2004.

==See also==
* [[Underwear fetishism]]

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