![Second World War tweets from 1940 on X: "Silk has run out in Britain- reserved to make parachutes. Women now paint legs with gravy browning to fake stockings: http://t.co/o9a60WOZN1" / X Second World War tweets from 1940 on X: "Silk has run out in Britain- reserved to make parachutes. Women now paint legs with gravy browning to fake stockings: http://t.co/o9a60WOZN1" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCWaUC3W8AAfpoK.jpg)
Second World War tweets from 1940 on X: "Silk has run out in Britain- reserved to make parachutes. Women now paint legs with gravy browning to fake stockings: http://t.co/o9a60WOZN1" / X
![A woman covers her legs in makeup and adds the seam with eyeliner so it looked like she's wearing nylon stockings during WWII when stockings were scarce. (1940s) : r/Damnthatsinteresting A woman covers her legs in makeup and adds the seam with eyeliner so it looked like she's wearing nylon stockings during WWII when stockings were scarce. (1940s) : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://i.redd.it/i52in6kvffy31.jpg)
A woman covers her legs in makeup and adds the seam with eyeliner so it looked like she's wearing nylon stockings during WWII when stockings were scarce. (1940s) : r/Damnthatsinteresting
![With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women Painted Their Legs Using Gravy Juice During the War Years ~ Vintage Everyday With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women Painted Their Legs Using Gravy Juice During the War Years ~ Vintage Everyday](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq3SEbFuJ9eVjXITH1A6z0-VXmwRsbaiCmjqcjZXpHJdQh4YsWM0hC7z6sSaLrSUQPXdWLRymVt5Ac1T9OmedROakth8NJO-FtRjpkO02qXWguJKJgIoNVkiGm_i5ftWWCjmcuUx7_9Vab/s1600/woman+painted+legs%252C+1940s+%252812%2529.jpg)
With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women Painted Their Legs Using Gravy Juice During the War Years ~ Vintage Everyday
![With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women Painted Their Legs Using Gravy Juice During the War Years ~ Vintage Everyday With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women Painted Their Legs Using Gravy Juice During the War Years ~ Vintage Everyday](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1itof8HjvgrNQONf7pSDzciThshWWrt13XBMRSLS6P_ZK65RIn3zTgess41PJ0RNvyZK53v7uMmipRBXC83TtQAWrqnE9r2YdMCeMJ5xgwbuvrE5A9Q1L45WmmVWJyh2xPONxW5pv0vv/s1600/woman+painted+legs%252C+1940s+%252811%2529.jpg)