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May 25, 2016 · Celebrity spokespeople have long been a favorite marketing tool of companies with products or services to sell. Some stars fit the bill so perfectly, that they became nearly synonymous with the

We make clothing designs that women like, including hip huggers and Low Riders! Flannel Bloomers can be warm for the Winter or Cotton to stay cool in the Summer!

In 1954, women purchased an average of 12 stockings a year to the total cost of $9. Nylon was being used so much to make stockings instead of silk that ‘nylons’ became synonymous with stockings, and remains so to this day. 1950s stockings were still held up with garters, which were attached to the bottom of girdles.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the majority of women were still wearing highly structured undergarments. Girdles were considered the ladylike norm and represented close to 40% of industry sales by volume.

The history of 1940s lingerie. What bras, girdles, slips and underwear or panties did women wear? What did they look like? How to wear them today?

Pantyhose: A Relic of the 20 th Century . It might have been predicted in the thirties, after the introduction of lastex and nylon, that there would be no large-scale reversion by undie-wearers to the fabrics they replaced.

I have never visited Denmark; however, my husband relates being impressed at Copenhagen airport in 1973 by a stunning display in the concourse of heavy satin girdles and corsets, all in brilliant white.

Fashion History of the 1960s Mini Skirt. Mary Quant 1966 dress. Many of the fashions of the 1960s existed because of the fabrics.

Pantyhose are available in a wide range of popular styles. The sheerness of the garment, expressed as a numerical “denier”/’dtex”, ranges from three (extremely rare, very thin, barely visible) up to 15 (standard sheer), 30 (semi opaque) and finally 100 (opaque).