DuPont demonstrated nylon and nylon stockings to the American public at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The rest was history for nylon stockings.
With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos
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Pity the Poor Working Girl”: Nylons, Work, Class, Ideology, and Politics in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1945-46 – Tortoise
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