Silk Stockings

In 1941, the U.S. government banned silk stockings. Why? 

Japan cut off America’s silk supply during World War II, and the government decided that producing silk parachutes for American pilots took precedence over women’s fashion needs.

So women began painting "stocking seams" on bare legs.

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