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1930′s Fashion – The invention of Nylon Stockings !

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Glamour Daze

The invention of Nylon Stockings ! The story of nylon, and subsequently – nylon stockings began with a gentleman called Wallace Carothers, whose team at DuPonts chemical company, after ten years of research in the field of Polymers, produced a fiber that was to replace silk in many clothing garments.After his lab came up with dozens of polymide contenders, Carothers…

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Vintage Stockings – an image and film history

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Glamour Daze

1920′s hosiery ad – illustrated by Coles Phillips. Vintage Stockings History and Archive films The story of how hosiery developed into such a uniquely feminine piece of apparel is largely to do with the developments in fiber. During the late 1800′s, the fibers used in hosiery changed over from woolen to cotton. By the early 1920′s, women’s stockings were almost…