(Who even knew this could be a day to celebrate in 2019?!!)
Everything below this line is from the National Day Calendar.
NATIONAL NYLON STOCKING DAY – May 15
NATIONAL NYLON STOCKING DAY
National Nylon Stocking Day is observed across the country each year on May 15.
Many may not remember ever hearing the term “nylon stockings.” Varying in color, design, and transparency, a nylon stocking (also known as hose) is a close-fitting, variously elastic garment worn the same as socks or tights.
Stockings worn before the 1890s were made of woven cloth such as cotton, linen, wool or silk. Before the 1920s, women’s stockings were worn for warmth. As hemlines of women’s dresses rose in the 1920s, women began to wear stockings over their exposed legs. These 1920s stockings were sheer, made first of silk or rayon, followed by nylon after 1940.
Chemical company DuPont’s introduction of nylon in 1939 began a high demand for stockings in the United States. As nylon stockings were inexpensive, durable and shear, up to 4 million pairs would be purchased each day.
On February 11, 1942, as America entered World War II, DuPont ceased production of nylon stockings and switching their focus to the manufacture of parachutes, airplane cords and rope. This created a mass shortage followed by a black market for stockings. At the end of World War II, DuPont resumed production of the stockings but could not meet the demand leading to nylon riots in American stores. In time, DuPont was able to increase its output.
In the 1940s and 1950s, the first pantyhose made its appearance. Film and theater productions had stockings sewn to the briefs of actresses and dancers, as seen in popular films such as Daddy Long Legs. Unlike stockings, pantyhose did not require a garter belt to hold the stockings up.
Pantyhose were introduced in 1959, providing a convenient alternative to stockings which led to a decline in their sales. In 1970, for the first time, United States sales of pantyhose exceeded stocking sales and has remained the same ever since. In 1987, there was a slight decline in sales in pantyhose due to the newly invented hold-ups. However, they remain the most purchased kind of hosiery.
Everything above this line is from the National Day Calendar site.
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1. Do you (men don't have to answer) ever wear stockings today? Never.
2. Terri can remember her mom wearing hose with the seam in the back. Do you have any memories of those? As mentioned, yes, I remember my mom wearing hose with the seam in the back and she always wondered if the seam was straight. During the war, when stockings were scarce, women would draw a line on their legs to simulate wearing stockings! How far would you go to superficially fake something today? Gosh, don't we do that with make-up most every morning? Eyelashes, eyebrows, pink lips, flawless skin, and let's don't even talk about those push-up bras. LOL
3. Women actually rioted after WWII because Dupont couldn't keep up with the demand for nylon stockings! Is there anything today you would riot for if the supply dried up (other than basic food and water needs)? No. I can't think of anything I would riot for. There are lots of things I would miss if the supply ran out, but I can't see me rioting.
4. Pantyhose were first called Panty Legs. I'm sure we all have worn pantyhose at one time or another (again, men don't have to answer). Do you still have a pair or three in a drawer? Do you wear them? I have a shoebox in the closet that has several pair of pantyhose, still in the packages. I have to wear pressure stockings now and then when my edema flares up, but to put pantyhose on again.... please don't make me!!
5. This is also National Chocolate Chip Day. Perhaps chocolate is something to riot for if we ran out? Joe's favorite cookie is chocolate chip. What is yours? I've answered this a few times recently, but to honor "the day" I will say macadamia nut cookies are my fav!
6. Please share something with us about your week. The cats all go to the Vet this week, for their shots. Hurricane season is coming and pets must be vaccinated if they need to go to a shelter with us. (Let's don't think about it!). We have lunch with a friend on Thursday and I am getting a pedicure on Friday!!
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Peace & hugs!! God bless!
Mmmm...macadamia nut cookies....
ReplyDeleteI haven't worn pantyhose since I was a teen. I don't miss them at all. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteThat's too funny that you mention all the make-up we wear. I don't think of that as fake. I think of it as enhancement!! lol. This was fun. I actually saw yesterday that Kate Middleton wears something called sticky heels so her feet don't slide out of her shoes when walking. The royals have to wear panty hose! Haha! I think they should be worn with nice dresses.
ReplyDeleteWell Wisconsin has bitterly cold and snowy winters, but at least we don't have hurricanes!! I hope they miss you entirely this year. So scary! I laughed at your resounding NO to the pantyhose question. And macadamia nut cookies are delicious!! I forgot all about those. Thanks again for the Medley, Terri. I really appreciate it! xo
ReplyDeleteTerri, thanks for the Medley. Love reading your answers and answering your questions. Hope hurricane season will pass quietly for you all. Have fun at your lunch and pedicure.
ReplyDelete'Please don't make me!" … Aw, you're so cute. I just hate in the humidity, if I'm not wearing long pants or hose, my thighs stick together or they'll make a slurpy sound when I stand up from the leather couch. HA!
ReplyDeleteWhat if ... there were no more chocolate in the whole world? Just one kilo left. Would people riot for that?
ReplyDeleteWhat if YOU had that last kilo of chocolate? Would you keep it to yourself? Or sell it for a fortune?
You say "men don't have to answer". For the record, I have never worn a push up bra.
God bless.
Well, looks like I'm the lone wolf on panty hose. And, never thought about makeup being fake. How funny! I'm real fake as far as that's concerned. :o))
ReplyDeleteLea, not anymore fake than a line up the leg. I just thought it was a funny comparison. No harm in any of it, in my mind!!
DeleteI never considered makeup fake.. something new to think over. I hope none of us see hurricanes ever again!
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned to Lea, above, make-up is no more fake than the line up the leg... just trying to make a funny comparison. Not fake at all.
DeleteGood Lord, Terri, I hate pantyhose, and will only wear them when absolutely required. On the other hand, chocolate chip cookies are the best!
ReplyDeleteBlessings, my friend!
I love Macademia nut cookies too. Loved your answers! Have a great day!!!
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I never thought about hurricanes and having to move animals - or that that have to be vaccinated - you would have to have the papers with you.
ReplyDeleteI love chocolate chip and I hate pantyhose - hot and tight.
Ah yes, the dreaded hurricane season!! Wishing you a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteWell, I do have several pairs of pantyhose in my drawer and several pairs of knee high nylons to wear under pants. I seldom wear a dress, except to weddings, and then I do wear pantyhose.
ReplyDeleteI grew up Mennonite. When we were little girls we wore brown cotton long stockings in the winter. On Sundays we wore white ones. We kept them up with something called a harness, which was elastic and we put it on over our shoulders. The bottom of the contraption had garters to fasten to our long cotton stockings. We HATED them, because the elastic straps always got so tangled up and we often had trouble putting them on in the morning. We sisters laugh ourselves silly when we reminisce about those dang things, hahaha!! Eventually we would graduate to nylon stockings and garter belts, and finally to pantyhose when they became a thing.