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Bewitching Lingerie from What Katie Did

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Glamour Daze

What Katie Did have really gotten into the seasonal Halloween spirit this year with bewitching corsets, Maitresse Bullet bras and Girdlettes, and Glamour Corselettes, all celebrating the glamor of 1950′s women’s fashion. Think Hollywood films like Easter Parade and Singing in the Rain ! Happy shopping ! Share on Tumblr

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Uncle Sam needs your Stockings !

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Glamour Daze

Stockings for the war effort Uncle Sam decided that stockings would be put to much better use in the war, than as women’s apparel. Namely – for converting into powder bags which were used to propel missile projectiles in US Navy Guns. How romantic is that !? In 1942, depots appeared everywhere appealing to women to dump their used stockings…

Vintage Stockings Re-visited

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Glamour Daze

Just updated an old post on Vintage Stockings – History and Archive Film Enjoy !

1940′s Fashion – How to wear Fully Fashioned Stockings

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Glamour Daze

The instructions for putting on Fully Fashioned Stockings !! That expensive kind which come apart after one night out. Vintage fully Fashioned Stockings [ with seams ] should be rolled right down to the toe before putting on. They should be rolled on gently and eased over the heel. They should then be rolled slowly up the leg and…

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…