Artificial Women

Typically lightweight, flimsy, and legless, panties are often made of silk or satin and may be adorned with lace or ribbons. They may also be crotchless or seatless, exposing more than they cover. Common styles of panties include classic briefs, hipsters, high-cut briefs, bikinis, thongs, and boyshorts. They are typically classified according to such considerations as "amount of rear coverage, width at the sides, and height at which they are worn" (Wikipedia).

Made of nylon, spandex, and (at the waist) elastic and (at the crotch) cotton, pantyhose cover the waist, crotch, hips, buttocks, legs and feet. According to some, pantyhose are worn to "be fashionable, [to] ease chafing between the foot and footwear" and to "keep the legs and feet warm ," but, of course, in reality, they are worn to "hide physical imperfections such as blemishes, bruises, scars, hair, or varicose veins" (Wikipedia).

Stockings are an alternative to pantyhose. Lightweight, skin-tight leggings made of nylon, they are rolled onto the leg from the toes of the foot to mid-thigh and their tops are secured to clips on a garter belt, which is worn around the waist, or held in place by circular garters that slip over the thigh. Some individuals consider stockings and garter belts to be sexier than pantyhose; others take the opposite view.

Shoes are considered to have high heels when the heels are more than three and a half inches high. Podiatrists list a number of reasons as to why women and shemales should not wear high heels, including "foot pain," "Morton's neuroma," "foot deformities" such as "hammertoes and bunions," "blisters and corns," "degenerative joint disease of the knees," a shortening of the Achilles tendon, lower back injury and pain, "damage to the underlying soft tissue which supports the foot," and other problems. However, these serious medical problems and health risks are more than matched, women and shemales seem to think (because they continue to wear such shoes) by the aesthetic benefits that are derived from sporting a pair of high heels, which include a "change [in] the angle of the foot with respect to the lower leg, which accentuates the appearance of calves," a "change [in] the wearer's posture, requiring a more upright carriage and.