Vintage new Holeproof Paris stockings dating from the 1950s of average length nylons, size 9.5. Material is 15 Denier sheer nylon, often referred to at the time as’Bri-Nylon’.Holeproof was a major manufacturer in Australia, starting production in Melbourne in the late 1920s. By the 1930s and 40s, they had revolutionised the local market by marketing stocking as a high fashion accessory. During World War II, when nylon was rationed for parachutes, women often turned to liquid stockings making real nylon stockings like these highly prized.Note that the stockings come in their original cellophane packaging only, no original box