Fully Fashioned Stockings have become increasingly rare.  Gio is one of the few remaining manufacturers that continue making them on a regular basis using original Aristoc machinery.  The stockings are knitted flat and then the two sides are sewn together creating the seam.  The seam is therefore an integral part of the stocking and is not sewn on afterwards as is the case with modern stocking manufacture.  They come in different heel designs.  Heel styles vary from the original French Point Heel made famous by Aristoc to Cuban heels which have a darkened reinforced heel design that finishes in a square top.