What is National Nylon Stocking Day?
We're sure the stylish variety and color on National Nylon Stocking Day each year on May 15th.
Many may not recall ever hearing the term "nylon stockings" ever being used. A nylon stocking (also known as hose) is a close-fitting, highly elastic garment worn the same as socks or tights, and it varies in color, style, and transparency.
Stockings made before the 1890s were made of woven cloth such as cotton, linen, wool, wool, or silk.. Women's stockings were worn for warmth before the 1920s. Women began wearing stockings over their exposed legs as the hemlines of women's dresses increased in the 1920s.. These 1920s stockings were bare, made first of silk or rayon, then nylon after 1940, and then nylon after 1940.
In 1939, Chemical company DuPont's introduction of nylon in 1939 ignited a high demand for stockings in the United States. Up to 4 million pairs would be purchased each day as nylon stockings were cheap, reliable, and shear.