Comments on: History of pantyhose http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nelson.C http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539412 Nelson.C Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539412 If pantyhose didn't go on sale until 1959, then what was Playboy's centrefold for May 1955 wearing? I'd throw in a link, but I don't want to risk getting spanked by the mods; you can find the picture through google easily enough. If pantyhose didn’t go on sale until 1959, then what was Playboy’s centrefold for May 1955 wearing? I’d throw in a link, but I don’t want to risk getting spanked by the mods; you can find the picture through google easily enough.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539428 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539428 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3oOQq9KFU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3oOQq9KFU

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-574250 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-574250 #26- No that is not a quote from Lyndon Johnson. That is an old joke- but old from the 80's. (written by someone that was too weak & stupid to make a lil' hole in the super thin material.) :) #26- No that is not a quote from Lyndon Johnson. That is an old joke- but old from the 80′s.
(written by someone that was too weak & stupid to make a lil’ hole in the super thin material.)
:)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539179 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539179 In the sixties my mother and sister happily burned their girdles after pantyhose became popular. In the sixties my mother and sister happily burned their girdles after pantyhose became popular.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539440 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539440 Like we have standards. Just label it NSFW. Like we have standards. Just label it NSFW.

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539456 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539456 Teapunk: They did develop non-running pantyhose. You used to be able to buy them via mail order. Sufficient stress would put a hole in them, but they wouldn't develop spontaneous runs. Why weren't they adequately marketed? I have no idea. Teapunk: They did develop non-running pantyhose. You used to be able to buy them via mail order. Sufficient stress would put a hole in them, but they wouldn’t develop spontaneous runs.

Why weren’t they adequately marketed? I have no idea.

]]> By: tim http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539733 tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539733 <blockquote>In 1968 the mini skirt came in, and there was no way to keep stockings up without a lot of underwear showing</blockquote> You say that like it's a bad thing? In 1968 I was 8. I was at just a nice height where my sitting down eyeline was at or below the new hemline level. Ah, happy days...

In 1968 the mini skirt came in, and there was no way to keep stockings up without a lot of underwear showing

You say that like it’s a bad thing?

In 1968 I was 8. I was at just a nice height where my sitting down eyeline was at or below the new hemline level. Ah, happy days…

]]> By: empirechick http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539237 empirechick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539237 We always referred to pantyhose as 'nylon death'. Good riddance! We always referred to pantyhose as ‘nylon death’.

Good riddance!

]]> By: amuderick http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539497 amuderick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539497 I thought Ann Miller invented pantyhose: "Miller invented pantyhose in the 1940s as a solution to the problem of continual torn stockings during the filming of dance production numbers. The common practice had been to sew hosiery to briefs worn by Miller. If torn, the entire garment had to be removed and resewn with a new pair. At Miller's request, hosiery was manufactured for her as a single pantyhose. [4]" - Wikipedia I thought Ann Miller invented pantyhose:

“Miller invented pantyhose in the 1940s as a solution to the problem of continual torn stockings during the filming of dance production numbers. The common practice had been to sew hosiery to briefs worn by Miller. If torn, the entire garment had to be removed and resewn with a new pair. At Miller’s request, hosiery was manufactured for her as a single pantyhose. [4]” – Wikipedia

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539254 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539254 The dude at the buffet had better watch his own ass. The dude at the buffet had better watch his own ass.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539511 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539511 Tights as we call them in UK, give me that medieval troubadour look i soo love. Tights as we call them in UK, give me that medieval troubadour look i soo love.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539257 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539257 Time for a dumb joke! How can you tell when a woman farts? Her ankles swell!! (cue Waldorf and Stadler laughter) (though they'd never be so crass) :) Time for a dumb joke!

How can you tell when a woman farts?

Her ankles swell!!

(cue Waldorf and Stadler laughter)
(though they’d never be so crass) :)

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539513 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539513 Here we go, NSFW, Playboy's Playmate of the Month, May 1955, certainly appearing to wear pantyhose: http://dynamictension.net/lounge/diane/5505_Marguerite_Empey.jpg Here we go, NSFW, Playboy’s Playmate of the Month, May 1955, certainly appearing to wear pantyhose:
http://dynamictension.net/lounge/diane/5505_Marguerite_Empey.jpg

]]> By: Wooster http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-540057 Wooster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540057 The opening of the article puzzle me: <em>The year was 1953 and if you were a woman, a night on the town meant either squeezing into a girdle or slipping on a garter belt. Formal dress dictated that females wear such intimate, and often uncomfortable, articles of clothing. </em> In 1953, women rarely wore pants. If they were at the office, or bridge club, or going to the grocery store, they were probably wearing a girdle and nylons. And heels. Now -- just think about un-air-conditioned summer days. And if you think that's tough, you're probably just visualizing light summer clothes. Ha! My mom once told me about taking the train back to college the first week in September with temperatures in the 90s, wearing a tweed suit. Hey, it was after Labor Day. The opening of the article puzzle me: The year was 1953 and if you were a woman, a night on the town meant either squeezing into a girdle or slipping on a garter belt. Formal dress dictated that females wear such intimate, and often uncomfortable, articles of clothing.

In 1953, women rarely wore pants. If they were at the office, or bridge club, or going to the grocery store, they were probably wearing a girdle and nylons. And heels.

Now — just think about un-air-conditioned summer days. And if you think that’s tough, you’re probably just visualizing light summer clothes. Ha! My mom once told me about taking the train back to college the first week in September with temperatures in the 90s, wearing a tweed suit. Hey, it was after Labor Day.

]]> By: Wooster http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-540058 Wooster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540058 For the British readers, that sentence "rarely wore pants" should translate as "rarely wore trousers". For the British readers, that sentence “rarely wore pants” should translate as “rarely wore trousers”.

]]> By: Teapunk http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539299 Teapunk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539299 And in fifty years they have not yet developed a pantyhose that won't get runs. And in fifty years they have not yet developed a pantyhose that won’t get runs.

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539816 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539816 My only memory of the pantyhose is that of my countless aunts at family reunions, most getting older and fatter, hiking theirs up as they crawled down they bellies with regularity. It seemed to be a communicative behavior, done half-consciously, like yawning is, and was quite often done in sequence. Adults appear so strange seen from down-up. :) My only memory of the pantyhose is that of my countless aunts at family reunions, most getting older and fatter, hiking theirs up as they crawled down they bellies with regularity. It seemed to be a communicative behavior, done half-consciously, like yawning is, and was quite often done in sequence.

Adults appear so strange seen from down-up. :)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539825 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539825 ah memories... http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4882302/2/istockphoto_4882302-masked-bank-robber-with-money-sack.jpg ah memories…
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/4882302/2/istockphoto_4882302-masked-bank-robber-with-money-sack.jpg

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539829 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539829 Adamvillani, close-fitting knitted trousers with attacked stocking feet have been around for a long time. Americans call them tights. You wouldn't refer to old-fashioned nylon stockings as socks; they're a different kind of garment. The same goes for pantyhose vs. tights. Adamvillani, close-fitting knitted trousers with attacked stocking feet have been around for a long time. Americans call them tights.

You wouldn’t refer to old-fashioned nylon stockings as socks; they’re a different kind of garment. The same goes for pantyhose vs. tights.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539830 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539830 what IS the difference between pantyhose and tights? (i need to know) what IS the difference between pantyhose and tights?

(i need to know)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539575 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539575 I remember how very "adult" I felt when I got my 1st pair of crochet hose & gerter belt. Then I remember getting Leggs! Hooray! And now I will only wear pantyhose to funerals. I remember how very “adult” I felt when I got my 1st pair of crochet hose & gerter belt. Then I remember getting Leggs! Hooray! And now I will only wear pantyhose to funerals.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-540599 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540599 Rise of the mini-skirt? Ar ar. Rise of the mini-skirt? Ar ar.

]]> By: sciencemetro http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539585 sciencemetro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539585 Pantyhose, or some form of pantyhose, definitely existed before 1959--they were used during Shakespeare's time--but the reason that year matters is because they were first able to be mass marketed. Pantyhose, or some form of pantyhose, definitely existed before 1959–they were used during Shakespeare’s time–but the reason that year matters is because they were first able to be mass marketed.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539845 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539845 Tights are opaque; pantyhose and stockings are to make the skin on your legs look smooth and beautiful, and usually well tanned. Near as I can tell... Tights are opaque; pantyhose and stockings are to make the skin on your legs look smooth and beautiful, and usually well tanned. Near as I can tell…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539360 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539360 I was there. In 1968 the mini skirt came in, and there was no way to keep stockings up without a lot of underwear showing. Pantyhose was the answer, and the sales took off. I was there. In 1968 the mini skirt came in, and there was no way to keep stockings up without a lot of underwear showing. Pantyhose was the answer, and the sales took off.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539872 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539872 #21 -- yet failing to do either... #21 — yet failing to do either…

]]> By: billtheburger http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-540385 billtheburger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-540385 Is this a real quote by Lyndon B Johnson? "...the worst thing that's happened to this country since pantyhose ruined finger-fucking." 'cos it's my favorite pantyhose related quote. Is this a real quote by Lyndon B Johnson?
“…the worst thing that’s happened to this country since pantyhose ruined finger-fucking.”
‘cos it’s my favorite pantyhose related quote.

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2009/07/10/history-of-pantyhose.html#comment-539884 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-539884 As far as I can tell, the pantyhose is a special case of the tights including proper underpants. Tights can be as varied as being a leotard without feet (dancers) or a complex embroidered or knitted network. As far as I can tell, the pantyhose is a special case of the tights including proper underpants. Tights can be as varied as being a leotard without feet (dancers) or a complex embroidered or knitted network.

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