Patent ID: 7654117

Claim:
A hosiery article for wearing on a foot and a leg with high-heeled inclined insole fashion footwear to remedy lubricity contributing to forward sliding of the wearer's foot in the footwear while retaining the appearance of sheer hosiery in exposed areas of the foot and leg, the hosiery article comprising: a lower hosiery foot portion for covering a wearer's foot including the toe portion of the wearer's foot, the hosiery foot portion having a comfort fabric part for absorbing or wicking away potentially lubricating moisture that would otherwise contribute to sliding of the wearer's foot in the footwear, the comfort fabric part being positioned in the foot portion for substantially enclosing the wearer's toes and supporting the wearer's sole; and a leg portion affixed to the lower portion, wherein the remaining part of the hosiery foot portion and the leg portion of the hosiery are made of a sheer fabric containing hydrophobic threads and the leg portion is configured to extend upwardly from the lower portion to cover at least a portion of the leg, in which the hydrophobic threads of the sheer fabric do not extend through the comfort fabric of the lower portion.