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...There will be nylon stockings, but not nearly enough to go around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: What, No Fire Sales? | 9/17/1945 | See Source »

...unmoved. The Army had cut back 174,000,000 square yards of cotton, rayon and nylon fabric-a move that in itself made almost immediate reconversion of the garment industry possible. And if reconversion was possible in any line, WPB meant to start it rolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Specter | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...PONT DE NEMOURS & Co. Nylon and Nylon yarn for stockings, Neoprene synthetic rubber, most chemical products and plastic materials can be switched to civilian use as soon as the cancellation telegrams reach Wilmington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECONVERSION: Facts & Figures, Aug. 20, 1945 | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

Clothing. More low-priced items will be made. There will be no nylon or silk stockings until well after final victory, and shoes will still be rationed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Things to Come | 5/21/1945 | See Source »

...Technical Service Command: an "anti-exposure" suit (made of nylon coated with a material that makes it water-and airtight) to keep a shipwrecked man warm-even in freezing water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Inventions of the Month | 5/14/1945 | See Source »

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