This article is about stockings with an elasticized band at the top for support. For other uses, see Hold up (disambiguation).
Hold-ups or stay-ups (in the United States also referred to as thigh-high stockings or simply thigh highs)[citation needed] are stockings with an elasticized band at the top, designed to hold the stockings up when worn, without the use of a garter belt or garters (British English: suspenders).[1]