Requisitioned during WWII and unavailable to most women, when this item was back in stock and available to the public it caused riots as women scrambled to stock up.
In keeping with my last post on Italian Renaissance costume I thought we would take a look at something we didn't touch much on; hairstyles. They were extremely varying; up and down, braided, netted, entwined with silks and ribbons, even pearls, and, of course, dyed, bleached, and curled. The only thing in somewhat short supply seems to be hats, and really who would want to cover up what you had spent so much time constructing? "Do you have any idea how long it took me to get the curls placed?!" 1544 Portrait of Laura da Pola by Lotto Occasionally a small cap, or scuffia, was worn either with side curls, or with most of the hair stuffed up underneathe:- 1490 portrait by Ghirlandaio 1502 Betrothal 1510 Portrait by Araldi Another notable hair decoration was the reta, or hairnet. Some of these were beaded, some woven in decorative patterns, and some left very simple. 1505-1508 Siena 1545 Lavinia Under and around these ornamentations, o...
I has to be nylon stockings. I thought it interesting that Lady Hallam in UP/Down got involved with a producer of Nylons, I wonder if it was suppose to be a Dupont. They would have been friends of the Kennedys social station.
ReplyDeleteNylons is correct. I have yet to fathom the intense devotion people had to nylon stockings, although I suppose they were far superior to the alternative.
DeleteI'm late, but...stockings?
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Just sneaked a peak at the answer. I read somewhere that the alternative to stockings was something akin to today's sunless tanning lotion...that streaked back then too.
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Yes! Isn't that part about the painted-on stockings a little crazy?
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