Technicolor Stocking Ads in the 1960s and 1970s_Old US Page

The 1960s were nothing if not colorful. It was a reaction to the drab colors of previous decades - or maybe it was some development in textile dyeing process.

Here's a mixed bag of girls in miniskirts sporting stockings, hose, and tights in every color of the rainbow. It was trendy during the psychedelic sixties, but by 1970 this fad was dead on arrival. For a brief magical time both the miniskirt and loud colored leg coverings converged - and this is a post about that beautiful moment.