![Applying paint-on stockings during WW2 (1940s) because silk and nylon were commandeered for war usage. Many used gravy granules and an eye-liner for the seams. : r/OldSchoolCool Applying paint-on stockings during WW2 (1940s) because silk and nylon were commandeered for war usage. Many used gravy granules and an eye-liner for the seams. : r/OldSchoolCool](https://preview.redd.it/rqpyyk2bqqc81.jpg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c6873a708b4baef440cea4a7c8cf0221f645965)
Applying paint-on stockings during WW2 (1940s) because silk and nylon were commandeered for war usage. Many used gravy granules and an eye-liner for the seams. : r/OldSchoolCool
![With nylon stockings scarce in WWII, women would cover their legs in makeup and even add the seam with eyeliner so it looked like stockings [574x786] : r/HistoryPorn With nylon stockings scarce in WWII, women would cover their legs in makeup and even add the seam with eyeliner so it looked like stockings [574x786] : r/HistoryPorn](https://external-preview.redd.it/99aVsNQchtY-vsCHbe1dRLTovsnmrtOjDEVWMD8oD3E.jpg?auto=webp&s=b763ff9367549731ebdf98fc1fc0748ae990cf6f)
With nylon stockings scarce in WWII, women would cover their legs in makeup and even add the seam with eyeliner so it looked like stockings [574x786] : r/HistoryPorn
![With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FCZV7HdpfBo/V-YKBgQ2A6I/AAAAAAAALKg/FFZiEEwkUnsZXkuJiKn3XMJLE9fzZfY7QCLcB/s1600/nylon_stockings_1.jpg)
With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos
![Ephemeral Elegance on Twitter: "When nylon was first invented in 1939, it found instant success as a more durable alternative to silk stockings. Yet when World War II broke out, nearly all Ephemeral Elegance on Twitter: "When nylon was first invented in 1939, it found instant success as a more durable alternative to silk stockings. Yet when World War II broke out, nearly all](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DkqbfIvUUAA2woA.jpg:large)
Ephemeral Elegance on Twitter: "When nylon was first invented in 1939, it found instant success as a more durable alternative to silk stockings. Yet when World War II broke out, nearly all
Misfit History - Due to nylon rationing during WWII — women would draw "seam" lines on their legs to give the illusion they were wearing stockings. | Facebook
![Part of a campaign to collect used nylon stockings for American efforts during World War II, a young woman holds up a pair of disbanded stockings that will be recycled into gun Part of a campaign to collect used nylon stockings for American efforts during World War II, a young woman holds up a pair of disbanded stockings that will be recycled into gun](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HX3ERX/part-of-a-campaign-to-collect-used-nylon-stockings-for-american-efforts-HX3ERX.jpg)
Part of a campaign to collect used nylon stockings for American efforts during World War II, a young woman holds up a pair of disbanded stockings that will be recycled into gun
![With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N_PGQmGu3Ms/V-YKBWGMFiI/AAAAAAAALKc/3-A2mVY1c5oAuxtrnLA6Uz15KHlzzGXQACLcB/s1600/nylon_stockings_3.jpg)