Two employees wearing black stockings dance in the company. Photo: screenshot of video posted on Sina Weibo. Male employee fired for not dancing in pantyhose. Photo: screenshot of video posted on Sina Weibo It's the time of year many workers receive annual bonuses, while others face being embarrassed for not meeting their company's goals. A man surnamed Gao says he was required to humiliate himself by his company in Shaoxing, East China's Zhejiang Province and when he refused, he was fired. Gao says his manager required all male workers who didn't pass job performance standards to dance around the office wearing women's black pantyhose. A video posted by yidianzixun.

Pantyhose , called sheer tights , or sheers in the United Kingdom and a few other countries, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Like stockings or knee highs , pantyhose are usually made of nylon , or of other fibers blended with nylon. Pantyhose are designed to:. Besides being worn as fashion, in Western society pantyhose are sometimes worn by women as part of formal dress. Also, the dress code of some companies and schools may require pantyhose or fashion tights to be worn when skirts or shorts are worn as part of a uniform.

When Q style editor Wendy Donahue received the following e-mail a few weeks ago, Melanie Griffith's triumph as Tess in "Working Girl" flashed before her eyes. But, a full 20 years past that heyday for hosiery, we wondered how stylists around Chicago would advise this extraordinary young woman. A year-old pantyhose advocate? Who knew?!