Vintage sewing and fashion ephemera with a few other finds from my travels.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
"Give new ones a ducking before you wear them." - 1932
Aristoc Pure Silk Stockings - They Always Live Longest On Water Plenty of instructions here on how to care for your stockings, but they were Pure Silk! This is another company that is still with us...and they still make stockings. You can read more here.
I can't imagine the modern woman going to the trouble of hand-washing and stretching her stocking, no matter what they're made of!
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