Old Photo Gallery

  • Home
  • Info
    • About Us
    • Terms of Use
    • Sources & Credits
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
  • Art
    • Artworks
    • Cover Art
    • Colorization
    • Fashion & Culture
  • People
    • Celebrities
    • Places & People
  • Wars
    • Wars & Military
    • Civil Wars
    • Vietnam War
    • WWII
    • WWI
  • Funny
  • Inventions
  • Movies
  • Movies & TV
  • Music
  • Photography
  • Sports
  • Then & Now
  • Vehicles & Transportation
  • Vintage Ads
  • Weird

#19 A beautician at the newly-opened Bare Leg Beauty Bar at Kennard’s store in Croydon paints stockings onto a customer’s skin.

Home » Fashion & Culture
#19 A beautician at the newly-opened Bare Leg Beauty Bar at Kennard’s store in Croydon paints stockings onto a customer’s skin.

During WWII Women Painted Their Legs to Mimic Stockings Due to Shortage Of Nylon

#19 A beautician at the newly-opened Bare Leg Beauty Bar at Kennard’s store in Croydon paints stockings onto a customer’s skin.

Fashion & Culture

Related posts:

#54 Young woman brushing her hair on the beach, 1948.

#50 The Glamour and Sophistication of 1950s Women: A Pictorial Journey Through Fashion that Defined …

#71 Bettina in dress from Dior’s ‘Diabolo’ line, American Vogue, September 1, 1950

#5 Found Photos Capture Women in Bathing Suits From the 1940s #5 Fashion & Culture

#30 Jean Patchett sits with her arm elevated, 1954.

#6 Groovy Garments: The Short-Lived Trend of 1960s Paper Dresses #6 Fashion & Culture

#18 Woman in fancy dress, Singhi Studio, Binghamton, New York

#34 Veronica Hamel, 1969.

#15 Anne de Zogheb in silk overblouse of black on white coindots and black triangle scarf around th…

←#18 Customers have their legs painted at a store in Croydon, so they can save their coupons which would otherwise be used for stockings.
#20 Old silk stockings collected by the WVS are used by airmen under their own socks as a additional means of keeping warm, and are also used to keep bandages clean. 25 September 1941.→

Old Photo Gallery

Explore a captivating collection of vintage photographs that tell stories of the past, preserving memories and history through stunning imagery.

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Terms of Use
  • Sources & Credits
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

OldPhotoGallery 2026