What immediately comes to mind? Maybe you think of the sweet moment at a wedding when the groom removes his new brides garter and tosses into the crowd of single men. Or maybe your mind runs to the simple garters you have seen in old movies that were used to keep socks from slipping into shoes. For a lot of people, the word garter means the sexy lingerie see in high end stores and worn by models on runways. In the 21st century, garters and their cousin, the garter belt, have become objects of sexual desire. The prop is used in many movies and television shows to illustrate pure sex appeal. Many adult males will tell you that a woman in a garter belt is an immediate libido booster. For many years, garters were not a piece of fancy lingerie as much as they were a utilitarian undergarment used to keep stockings from hitting the ground.