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 had a bare, unfinished look. And the seam had a slenderizing, sexy look to it as well if it was straight, if not straight it was the mark of a slovenly or lower class, or a younger girl. I say all this as an observer. My mother would wear the unseamed ones if she could afford them, and the seamed ones otherwise. She worked at the seamed ones but looked nicer in them as well. I love the old movies, too. LOL
Another bit of trivia of interest to almost no one, nylons were Mended at least into the fifties with a very fine thread and needle binding the edges of a run as invisibly as a handy girl could manage.
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