His breeches were also left unbuttoned at the knees, not from any slovenliness, but to show a broad pair of scarlet garters.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
They had reached at a bound the intimacy which involved borrowing each other's stockings, garters, and gloves.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
He pulled up his stockings and fastened his garters, then he slipped out into the snow and saw that the sky was full of stars and that the storm had passed.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole