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How did women keep their legs warm while wearing skirts in the 1940's?

Q: I wear a lot of vintage 1940's clothing and I have a lot of skirts I would like to wear this winter. I get cold easily because I have some health problems and I am looking for a way to keep my legs warm when I wear skirts. I know tights are warmer than panyhose, but the only tights I can find are colored (black, blue, red, etc.) and women didn't wear colored stockings back then. How did women keep their legs warm? Is there such thing as silk long underwear that stops at the knee? Also, would nude colored fishnet tights suffice? I know now-a-days fishnets have a bit of a stigma with them. Would it be considered racy?

A: if you go to figure skating stores or dance stores, you can find flesh/skin colored tights. i mean, figure skaters wear them so that they could skate around with their dress so that would make sense to me. i suppose back then they would year stockings but yea, they are too cold to wear.

Bohemian/Vintage skirts?

Q: What are good places in the (Boston, MA area) to buy long, vintage/bohemian skirts? Summer wardrobe help!

A: i dunno if this will help but i hope it does there are really cute long bohemian-like skirts @ the wet seal that i think they have that store in MA, also forever21 may be good.

Where can I find old vintage plaid shirts?

Q: I'd like one that goes to a skirt length but its a shirt, preferrably with long sleeves but i don't care. Anyone know any old vintage stores where i can buy clothes you can't see anywhere else? i live in california by the way, if that helps at all. thanks.

A: Goodwill! or like Salvation Army. Aha. I buy all my vests at Goodwill but I've seen a couple of plaid shirts.

vintage 60s clothes help!?

Q: so for thanksgiving i want to dress in a early teen fashion from the 60s but i cant find a website that has the vintage knee high socks and the vintage long knee length skirt and i would love to find them i checked ebay for knee socks and they had nothing and ther skirts were okay but i would like to findsomethingn like the first picture od the teen girl in the skirt and knee socks http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fashion/teen-clothing.htm thanks you any help is greatlyappreciatedd! i love all the early 60s fasion!! sorry spelt of wrong im out of it today!

A: did you mean for halloween? i would try to go to the salvation army or second hand clothing shop. i've found some great vintage at the ones around where i live. i think that if i were you, i'd go and look at those kind of shops. good luck!

Where do you buy vintage clothing?

Q: Clothes from the 1940's era. u know long cardigans with your initial on them, long skirts/dresses, tennies, stuff like that

A: thrift stores...u could go to goodwill but most goodwills that i know just have second hand clothes and most of them arn't really "vintage". just try looking up different thrift stores and there are also some thrift stores that specialize in getting authentic vintage clothing, but some of these places can get more expensive. btw...most of the stuff you mentioned above is more 50s than 40s