what does a bride wear on her leg
It is a circle of elastic and fabric called a garter. Garters used to be needed on each leg to hold up silk stockings before pantyhose were invented. Since then it has no useful function. In the days when women wore only long dresses and skirts, it used to be considered quite a turn-on for a man to see enough leg to view the garter on her thigh! This is why there is the tradition of the man making a ceremony of reaching up his brideâs leg to get the garter.