{"title":"Deadstock","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeadstock still has its original stiffness, cloth that hasn't been washed into submission yet, holding the shape it left the factory in. Original packaging survives sometimes, which I find almost unreasonably exciting. Every piece is attended to properly before it's packed and sent from Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-wear-kolotex-1960s-15-denier-seamless-nylons-original-box","title":"First Wear · Kolotex 1960s 15-Denier Seamless Nylons, Original Box","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e15-denier seamless mesh nylon · Trikolon yarn · Kolotex Clings · made in Australia · 1960s · SOLERO shade · marked 8.5-9 vintage sizing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box has the poodle on it. Inside, the stockings are still in their original Trikolon-yarn gold foil wrapper, sealed and unworn, a pale tan waiting in cardboard since the 1960s. There is something deeply satisfying about deadstock hosiery: the thing made to be used up and discarded, sitting here sixty years later in its original packaging, entirely intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKolotex Clings,\u003c\/em\u003e made in Australia, 1960s. The Leichhardt factory at the height of its seamless nylon range, when Australian hosiery manufacturing was a serious industry and the word Trikolon on the packet meant something about the quality of the knit. Seamless construction was the technical achievement of the era, eliminating the back seam that had defined sheer stockings since the 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe box is well-worn from storage. The foil inside is intact. \u003cem\u003eSOLERO\u003c\/em\u003e shade, marked 8.5 to 9 in the vintage sizing of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA complete object. The box alone is worth something.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44108999655558,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_2955.jpg?v=1782267052"},{"product_id":"never-walked-1980s-90s-deadstock-vinyl-baby-mary-janes","title":"Never Walked · 1980s Deadstock Vinyl Baby Mary Janes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVinyl · cotton piping trim · plastic button strap · punched brogue toe · deadstock, original packaging · unsigned, no size marked · 1980s · 11.5cm length · 5cm ball width · never worn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese have never touched a floor. They came to the archive still sealed in their original blister pack, gold card backing intact, the plastic crumpled slightly with age but the shoes inside untouched by a single step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no brand on the card and no size marked on the sole, the kind of anonymous, mass-produced deadstock that turns up occasionally from a shop's old stockroom rather than a family's keepsake box. The vinyl upper, the punched brogue-style perforations at the toe, and the plastic button strap are all typical of the cheerful, easy-care baby shoes sold through department stores in the 1980s, built to be practical rather than precious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at the toe, punched through in a scalloped brogue pattern that would have taken a machine seconds and a human eye none at all to appreciate. Cotton piping edges the strap and collar, a small softening touch. The white cotton edging has softened slightly with age into something closer to bone, honest for a piece this old, never worn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"caitiedid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44175493693574,"sku":null,"price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/5960\/8966\/files\/DSC_3661.jpg?v=1784617564"}],"url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/collections\/collections-deadstock.oembed","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}