Where my hose at?

This 1961 advertisement in a New York University newspaper was one of the earliest ads for what were the first commercially available pantyhose. “Panti-Legs” were manufactured by a North Carolina fabric company named Glen Raven, which was founded in 1860 and is still in existence. A seamless pair of Panti-Legs would have run you $3 a pair back then. Glen Raven also makes awnings, flags and window covers. An excerpt from the ad copy:

“What’s going on with girls in every college in the country? Panti-Legs by Glen Raven! The fabulous new fashion that is making girdles, garters and garter belts old fashion. Panti-Legs are ecstatically comfortable with campus togs, date frocks, all your ’round-the-clock clothes–especially the new culottes and under the slacks. No sag, wrinkle or bulge.”

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