Liquid stockings 1940s
21 May 2015 Nylon shortages during WW2 forced many women to use Liquid Stockings. For the more adventurous, the stocking seams would be drawn on 16 Jun 2017 The Painted Leg- Liquid Stockings of the 1940s. I'm always fascinated by past fashion fads and the history behind them, for example, the Nylon shortages during WW2 forced many women to use Liquid Stockings. For the more adventurous, the stocking seams would be drawn on by a friend. A new fashion arose from the nylon ration. Liquid stockings, it was called. A foundation for your legs, applied carefully for the illusion of hose. Cissiestocking. 25 Feb 2019 Applying the cosmetic stocking liquid, lotion, cream or stick evenly so that there were no streaks would also have taken practice. Fortunately, help
Nylon shortages during WW2 forced many women to use Liquid Stockings. For the more adventurous, the stocking seams would be drawn on by a friend.
A new fashion arose from the nylon ration. Liquid stockings, it was called. A foundation for your legs, applied carefully for the illusion of hose. Cissiestocking. 25 Feb 2019 Applying the cosmetic stocking liquid, lotion, cream or stick evenly so that there were no streaks would also have taken practice. Fortunately, help Nylon shortages during WW2 forced many women to use Liquid Stockings. For the more adventurous, the stocking seams would be drawn on by a friend. 26 Nov 2016 World War 2; stockings; rationing; hosiery; 1940s; liquid hosiery; Brisbane; Australia; heels; State Library of Queensland; SLQ; Queensland Nylon shortages during WW2 forced many women to use Liquid Stockings. For the more adventurous, the stocking seams would be drawn on by a friend. These liquid stockings would last three days, if the woman didn't bathe. If women crossed their legs or it rained this would be endangered. Dresses and suits 1940's~This woman is painting a line on the back of the other woman's leg Leg Silque, Liquid stockings were a noteworthy enough phenomenon that even the
Sheer Stocking Solution in 1940 – When the temperature warms, a woman has three choices when it comes to leg beauty: stockings ( cotton, silk, or the new Nylon); she can go bare legged, or she can paint on a variety of cosmetic liquid stockings.
26 Apr 2012 Available from: http://bzedan.tumblr.com/post/3331088253/life-liquid-stockings- hosted-by-google-the [26/04/2012]. Debbie. (2011) 1940's 11 Aug 2016 Leg Silque Liquid Stockings. Leg makeup "It was available since the 1920s but became much more popular in the 1940s," says Anderson.
16 Jun 2017 The Painted Leg- Liquid Stockings of the 1940s. I'm always fascinated by past fashion fads and the history behind them, for example, the
Sheer Stocking Solution in 1940 – When the temperature warms, a woman has three choices when it comes to leg beauty: stockings ( cotton, silk, or the new Nylon); she can go bare legged, or she can paint on a variety of cosmetic liquid stockings. There were three main types of textures 1940s stockings came in. Smooth– most stockings are knit smooth with some sheerness. Mesh-small holes make stockings breath easier and were ideal for work or sports wear. Novelty mesh– are unique patterns knit into a stocking for fashion aesthetics only. Painted stockings. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. M/S of stockings draped over a table. A young lady clears the stockings from the table and they are replaced with pots of the special Another phenomenon of the 1940’s war were liquid or cosmetic stockings, seams and all – which came about from the shortage of silk and the new nylon.In the US there was quite a choice of cosmetic stockings to play with, all boasting ‘long life’ and ‘water proof’. Liquid stockings, it was called. A foundation for your legs, applied carefully and evenly for the illusion of hose. Drawing in the seam-line on “Makeup” stockings with a device made from a screw driver handle, bicycle leg clip, and an eyebrow pencil, 1942.
Nylon shortages during WW2 forced many women to use Liquid Stockings. For the more adventurous, the stocking seams would be drawn on by a friend.
Sheer Stocking Solution in 1940 – When the temperature warms, a woman has three choices when it comes to leg beauty: stockings ( cotton, silk, or the new Nylon); she can go bare legged, or she can paint on a variety of cosmetic liquid stockings. There were three main types of textures 1940s stockings came in. Smooth– most stockings are knit smooth with some sheerness. Mesh-small holes make stockings breath easier and were ideal for work or sports wear. Novelty mesh– are unique patterns knit into a stocking for fashion aesthetics only. Painted stockings. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. M/S of stockings draped over a table. A young lady clears the stockings from the table and they are replaced with pots of the special Another phenomenon of the 1940’s war were liquid or cosmetic stockings, seams and all – which came about from the shortage of silk and the new nylon.In the US there was quite a choice of cosmetic stockings to play with, all boasting ‘long life’ and ‘water proof’. Liquid stockings, it was called. A foundation for your legs, applied carefully and evenly for the illusion of hose. Drawing in the seam-line on “Makeup” stockings with a device made from a screw driver handle, bicycle leg clip, and an eyebrow pencil, 1942.
7 Nov 2018 Suffice it to say that American women were wearing silk stockings. carefully applied a "liquid silk stocking" (otherwise known as paint), and 1940s Liquid-stockings – Photo David Scherman While this years leg cosmetics are less inclined to smudge, streak, spot in the rain, or come off on clothes, spare a thought for our poor sisters in the UK and occupied France. over there, wartime restrictions leave them very little alternatives and everything from tea to Bisto is being used by desperate girls for that important night out. Sheer Stocking Solution in 1940 – When the temperature warms, a woman has three choices when it comes to leg beauty: stockings ( cotton, silk, or the new Nylon); she can go bare legged, or she can paint on a variety of cosmetic liquid stockings. Though many leg cosmetics had been around since the 1920s, it was the rationing of the 1940s’ that made them a necessary evil. Soon product names like ‘Stockingless Cream’, ‘Leg Art’, ‘Liquid Stockings’ and ‘Leg Stick’ were known to every woman from age 16 upwards. Nylon stockings went on limited sale in October of that year followed by a national launch at selected stores in 1940. DuPont struggled to keep up with demand and American women were still complaining of shortages in 1942 when the United States joined the war. Sheer Stocking Solution in 1940 – When the temperature warms, a woman has three choices when it comes to leg beauty: stockings ( cotton, silk, or the new Nylon); she can go bare legged, or she can paint on a variety of cosmetic liquid stockings. There were three main types of textures 1940s stockings came in. Smooth– most stockings are knit smooth with some sheerness. Mesh-small holes make stockings breath easier and were ideal for work or sports wear. Novelty mesh– are unique patterns knit into a stocking for fashion aesthetics only.