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Stockings In The Summer?

GHT

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DuPont began manufacturing nylon in 1939. Nylon stockings went on limited sale in October of that year followed by a national launch at selected stores in 1940.

Eager American shoppers bought up the new nylons even though they were priced the same as those made of silk. DuPont struggled to keep up with demand. Most nylon was used to make stockings, but some were bought by the American military to replace silk in the manufacture of parachutes.

A new fashion arose from the nylon ration. A foundation for your legs is applied carefully and evenly for the illusion of a hose, users got even more realistic by using black eyeliner pencils to draw the “seam.”

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Jon Crow

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DuPont began manufacturing nylon in 1939. Nylon stockings went on limited sale in October of that year followed by a national launch at selected stores in 1940.

Eager American shoppers bought up the new nylons even though they were priced the same as those made of silk. DuPont struggled to keep up with demand. Most nylon was used to make stockings, but some were bought by the American military to replace silk in the manufacture of parachutes.

A new fashion arose from the nylon ration. A foundation for your legs is applied carefully and evenly for the illusion of a hose, users got even more realistic by using black eyeliner pencils to draw the “seam.”

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