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Nylon Stockings in Society
Original nylon stockings had seams. At first, the manufacturing process of nylon stockings needed much manual labor including sewing the material together which created a seam. When the circular knitting machines for nylon stockings came on the market, stockings were made faster, with less waste and labor. The biggest advantage to the market was not lower cost but no seams in the stockings. But it took several years for seamless stockings to become acceptable. Then seamless stockings became so common that movies made during the late 50s would alert the viewer of a woman’s character status by showing the stockings she was wearing. When you saw a woman in a movie wearing seamed stockings, she was often part of the seamy side of life.
Q Did the Stiletto heel keep seamed stockings in fashion during the 50s?
Straight stocking seams were a fashion must but there was always that extra effort needed to keep them straight. A seam on your leg was also an instant acknowledgment that a woman was properly dressed.
Q But why did it take so long for seamless stockings to become fashion acceptable?
Seamless stockings were first introduced in 1952; the year after the Stiletto heel was invented. Now talking about bringing attention to the leg, that new thin high heel made the old thick wide heel look terrible. The Stiletto brought the fashion focus back to the leg. Before the Stiletto heel, the stocking seam line just sort of stopped at the shoe. But that new thin heel makes the seam line appear to go down farther and that would make a woman's leg look longer.
The above information has been kindly donated by The Nylon Stocking Society