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Dreaming of Tomorrow: Fashion
Precious nylons
In the words of Robyn Buchanan in Ipswich in the 20th Century:
Stockings were a rare commodity during the war and were still considered a special purchase for several years immediately afterwards. However, instead of being silk, they were now the new “nylons”, introduced in America in 1940 and they were quite expensive. On the counter at stores such as Beirnes was a large inverted leg made of clear plastic. When a pair of precious nylons stockings were purchased, the assistant took them out of the packet, stretched each one over the plastic leg to make sure there were no snags and then re-packaged them.
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