So was elastic used for women's stocking garters in the 1800s? If not,
how did they keep them up before garters were attached to corsets?
On Apr 5, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Sonja (LS-LAMP) wrote:
Does anyone know when elastic was first used in clothing and how?
I believe Thomas Hancock developed elastic for gloves in the early
1800s and did a separate patent for the machine to make the elastic in
the 1830s. I found this link:
http://www.bouncing-balls.com/index2.htm
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