{"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","url":"https:\/\/checkout.caitiedid.shop\/products\/first-wear-kolotex-1960s-15-denier-seamless-nylons-original-box","provider":"caitiedid","version":"1.0","type":"link"}