"The Du Pont Company must have been highly gratified,” the Wilmington Sunday Star reported on October 29, 1939, “by the way Wilmington women flocked to the stores on Tuesday to take advantage of the ...

Researchers at DuPont Co. just couldn't stop thinking about women's legs. This obsession peaked on May 15, 1940, when 5 million pairs of women's stockings made with DuPont's nylon resin were sold in a ...

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — Between 1.2 million B.C. — when our humanoid ancestors began losing their fur — and Feb. 16, 1937, clothes didn't change much. Fashion was pretty much at the mercy of animals and ...

In 1939, DuPoint unveiled the nylon stocking at the New York World's Fair. The chemical company had invented the first synthetic fibre just a few years earlier. Here, we take a look at the story of ...

This week marks the 80th anniversary of one of the most successful and consequential product introductions ever. On 24 October 1939, nylon stockings went on sale to the public for the first time. The ...

HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW? 80. Between 1.2 million B.C. — when our humanoid ancestors began losing their fur — and Feb. 16, 1937, clothes didn't change much. Fashion was pretty much at the mercy of animals ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the invention of nylon. As ubiquitous a material it may be nowadays, you may be unaware of how revolutionary nylon was when it first hit the market, or the ...

May 15, 1940 — a momentous day in history. German troops occupy Amsterdam. The first-ever McDonald’s opens in San Bernardino, Calif. Nylon stockings go on sale in the United States for the first time.