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Local Business Fashion & BeautyDay in History, Jan. 16, 1941: Silk stocking shortage won't be hardship on Edmonton girls Author of the article: Chris Zdeb Publishing date: Jan 16, 2016 • January 16, 2016 • 2 minute read • Join the conversation Women painting on stockings and seams during Second World War when there was a shortage of silk stockings. “We had a panicky feeling Wednesday afternoon when we heard from fairly reliable (?) sources that the supply of silk stockings would be depleted by the end of the month,” began a Journal story on the women’s pages on this day 75 years ago. Article content“And then, on top of that, a girlfriend told us that she had bought 50 pairs just in case.” It was during the Second World War and all nylon and silk was being redirected to the production of such war materials as parachutes. “In our mind’s eye, we saw those horrid woolly stockings that mother has a habit of bringing out at the first sign of winter … you know the kind … that we hide under the mattress hoping she won’t notice,” the Journal reporter wrote.