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What did women wear during World War 2 instead of silk stockings?
Material called cotton lisle. British WAAF's and American WAC's wore them as part of their uniforms, as well.
What are some websites and books about women's duties during World War 2?
"Women in World War II
What types of jobs did women do in World War I?
in world war 1 women were nusres and they made ammunition for the men
Why did German women oppose World War I?
I'm puzzled by the question. German women did not 'oppose World War 1'.
What did English women do in world war 2?
English women worked in many factories and farms in the war.
Why did women in World War 2 draw lines on the back of their legs with eyeliner?
In World War 2, women drew lines on the back of their legs with an eyeliner to simulate the stocking seams. Silk stockings during the Second World War was hard to come by.
What were women's stockings used to make?
I'll take a stab at this: During World War II, (fact) discarded women's stockings were used to make powder charge bags for artillery cannon.
Why did the women have to give up there nylon stockings?
When the World War 2 effort started they need nylon to make parachutes. So because nylon stockings were so popular women would take a pencil or pen and draw a black line that looked like a seem up the back of their legs to make it look like they were wearing nylons.
Why did ladies draw lines on there legs in world war 2?
Nylon was a valued material so the development of nylon stockings was stopped. Before the war, stockings were made with a seam running down the back, where the two halves of the nylon were attached together to form the stocking. The seam unintentionally emphasized the curve and shape of the leg, so when women could not wear stockings, they reproduced the "seam" often using eyeliner.
Where did women take their stockings during World War 2 to donate for soldiers?
I don't know but the Americans used them to make parachutes.
What did the women use as stockings in world war 2?
In Britain,, some women dyed their legs with tea and used mascara to draw the "seams". Many American GIs brought numerous pairs of readily available nylon stockings over to Britain with them, which proved to be ideal ice-breakers with the tea-stained girls... which sometimes caused friction with their ex-boyfriends. Hence, "overpaid, over-sexed and over here".
What did women wear to make it seem like they were wearing nylon stockings in world war 2?
They didn't wear stockings. They drew lines down the back of their legs to make it seem like they were wearing seamed nylons.
What did girls wear during world war 2?
They wore dresses and pants when in sports. This was the beginning of women wearing pants. During the war, they couldn't wear nylon stockings so they drew lines up the back of their legs to represent the seam of nylon stockings
Why did the ladies paint their legs in world war 2?
The women could not by silk stockings. They would use a pencil to make the line on the back of their legs to make it look like the line from the silk stockings. The painting was done by the lesser moral gals.
Did women wear gravy stockings in the war?
Yes, they did. Before American GIs bought nylons over.
What did women wear during World War 2 instead of silk stockings?
Material called cotton lisle. British WAAF's and American WAC's wore them as part of their uniforms, as well.
Was clothing ever rationed in history and if so when?
WORLD WAR TWO! Women would paint lines on their legs to make it look like they were wearing nylon stockings, nylon was being rationed for use in war. (parachutes, etc.)
