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Oct 24, 2014 · Nylon is not yet on the market, but Du Pont has given three girls at the New York World’s Fair a pair of Nylon stockings apiece which they have been wearing steadily for the past three weeks....
An essential part of every woman’s wardrobe, stockings provided the perfect vehicle for DuPont, the company responsible for the invention of nylon, to introduce their new product with glamorous...
Nylon came about because DuPont broke its original promise of complete research freedom. As the Great Depression deepened, the company needed to show a return on its scientific investment....
Jan 14, 2024 · In December 1941, the United States entered World War II and disrupted DuPont’s nylon darling, diverting all of its output to military needs, producing parachutes, uniforms, and ropes. Following this news, it is alleged 40,000 women in Pittsburgh lined up to purchase 13,000 available stockings.
DuPont introduced nylon first at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, and then at the New York World’s Fair. On October 27 of the same year, the first major sales test for DuPont nylon stockings took place at a department store in Wilmington (Delaware).
Sep 4, 2012 · Lining up for nylon stockings on May 15, 1940. DuPont’s initial sales success in Wilmington was just the beginning of the nylon stocking craze. On May 16, 1940, officially known as “...
Nov 30, 2014 · The invention of nylon in the mid-1930s by the geniuses at DuPont, and the first commercial sale of nylon stockings in late October 1939, are landmarks in fashion history that anyone with a...
