I bought some 1940s deadstock stockings for my Etsy store the other week and included were the original ‘care instructions’. Here is a close up of the ’10 Golden Rules’ for looking after your War Time stockings. Very useful for those of us that collect and wear vintage lingerie. Enjoy 🙂
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What a lovely set of rules – there are a couple of things here I should think about when I’m putting my stockings on, although I don’t own any original 40s ones.