To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: seamed nylons
On Sunday 15 January 2006 3:38 pm, Kitty Felton wrote:
Carol Kocian wrote:
seamed nylons were in common use through the middle of
the 20th century.
Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties.
Frederick's of Hollywood
Proper ones are still produced today on original forties and fifties
machines. And are not cheap!! Cheaper ones are available too, made with the
seam
stitched in.
My nana had an old mending set that consisted of coloured matches with a
special coating that mended the seam by melting it
On Sunday 15 January 2006 5:06 pm, monica spence wrote:
Fredrick's and Victoria's Secrets sell seamed nylons. However, they are not
cheap! (I think that they were about $20 US)
Frederick's were a lot cheaper than $20 US a pair the last time I bought them
there--more like $12 US, I think, but
You could get nylons mended commercially, too. As a young child in the 1950s I
remember a shop in Derby where women sat in the window working under desk
lamps, and my mother telling me that they were mending stockings.
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
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Carol Kocian wrote:
seamed nylons were in common use through the middle of
the 20th century.
Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties. As a teen I was
afraid to wear them since a precicely straight seamline was very
important, but they were also more elegant, the unseamed nylons
Kitty said,
Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties.
They're still available now!
http://vickisnylons.com/
Vicki's has some underthings that may be useful for those doing
mid-20th century.
I remember wearing them sometimes in the 80s, and also there was a
seam craze
On Sunday 15 January 2006 3:38 pm, Kitty Felton wrote:
Carol Kocian wrote:
seamed nylons were in common use through the middle of
the 20th century.
Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties.
Frederick's of Hollywood was selling cheap seamed nylons as recently as 5
years ago,
And they can be used to make incredible lovely small trolls and witches out
of, stuffed with polyester filling. You can sew their eyes, nose and mouth
to make them dimentional.
Bjarne
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