Im my community some of the men (chasidi) wear viesser zekken far shabbis, und schvartze zeckken far der voch. Seems like quality stockings to me!
In the shelo asani isha dept, I was once delegated by my wife (suffering critical sciatica) to help her get her stockings on. I never felt like such a lo yitzloch, and was never berated as such ever before, and b”h not since.