These nylons, at least the teal ones (blueish) are the real deal. They don't stretch like today's fabrics and like silk have to be carefully pulled on to avoid tearing. Luckily the pair the stylist owns fit our model.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 2:05 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Of course nylons are real, and vintage late 40's and early 50's > pre-pantyhose. Silk stockings would have been 30's vintage. That look is > more or less 50's. > > On 2/16/2016 1:53 PM, John wrote: >> >> Nice, but are nylons "real"? >> >> I thought nylons were the substitute women turned to when they couldn't >> get silk stockings. >> >> IIRC, nylon can be made from coal tar, but silk comes from caterpillars >> found mostly in Asia and during WWII became a scarce resource reserved >> for the manufacture of parachutes. >> >> On 2/15/2016 8:44 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> Tiny, full-figured pin-up model Holly Harlott wears vintage bullet >>> bras, girdles, real nylons, and other dainties in this fun shoot I did >>> last Monday. Most of the shots have been submitted to a vintage fans >>> publication, but these extra ones are public. >>> >>> One shot is a little NSFW as it's sheer black fabric over boobies. >>> >>> >>> http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/post/139392504892/from-a-shoot-with-model-holly-harlot-stylist >>> >>> 645Z, both 55mm and 90mm macro, 100 ISO, mostly f:11, 1/125th sec. >>> >>> Three lights in the most complex glamour style setup I've done to >>> date. Sheers used to create a giant 6 foot by 9 foot softbox, a 5 foot >>> stripbox for accenting, and a 7" gridded reflector for highlighting >>> model's face. >>> >>> Styling by Julia of Gigi's House of Frills. >>> Makeup and hair by Judi Willrich. >>> Set design, lighting, photos and retouch by me. >>> >>> Comments welcome, of course. >>> >> > > > -- > I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve > immortality through not dying. > -- Woody Allen > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
