Oh, how much I love fashion history. Did you know that stockings were only invented in 1958? The stocking-panty in one combo, we know today was patented in France only in 1958! The most wonderful aspect about these first borns were their name, MITOUFLE! For some reason it makes me smile. It's such a cute name for something so essential and "boring" (in the we're-so-used-to-stockings-today-we-don't-think-about-them-anymore sense). When you think about it, what we consider as our winter essentials today, is quite a modern invention. The above ad for the invention says: "Every woman should have the real mitoufle. Exist in a soft, stretchy, (foam?=mousse), veil that does not slide off."
A year later, Allen Gant, invented the panti-legs. The panti-legs became vary popular, especially when the Beatles were at the height of their popularity, the Beatlemania era. Above is the Glen Raven ad for panti-legs, a fabric company that made the panti-legs.
How gorgeous is this woman's hair!!!???!!! Who wouldn't want to be the woman in this ad, wearing the mitoufle. I would love to be like her (a phrase usually not in my vocabulary).
I love this ad. It's very reminiscent of the modern day French woman that we see today.
Hope you enjoy! This little discovery really made my day today.
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