![]() The frenzy over something as simple as a pair of stockings might seem curious today, what with the abundance of five-packs of tights and the option of spending all winter wearing trousers available if one wishes. As one British newspaper article from 1943 declared, “A snooper, eavesdropping on any group of civilian women anywhere, might be puzzled that it could talk so emotionally and so incessantly about stockings.” When the war was over DuPont swiftly put nylons back on sale – the resultant queues of thousands of women across America all desperate to get their stockings leading to breathless newspaper headlines about ‘Nylon Riots’. In George Rodger’s photos of female shoppers on Oxford Street in 1940, we see the context to this time period where consumers were suddenly consigned to Utility stockings: typically made from less comfortable fabrics like wool and rayon. Although other semi-synthetic fabrics existed – such as rayon – none as yet could offer sinuous proximity to silk – the stocking fabric of choice – whilst simultaneously offering better elasticity and durability. However, the company chose stockings as its figurehead item with which to launch nylon into the world. Made of a long-chain polymer that the company claimed was “as strong as steel, as fine as a spider’s web,” its potential uses were myriad, from toothbrushes to surgical sutures. ![]() After years of research, they’d finally devised the first man-made fiber that could be created entirely in a laboratory. Why Wilmington? It was home to the headquarters of DuPont: the company responsible for inventing nylon. But for a brief window of time beginning in October 1939, the residents of Wilmington, Delaware could queue up to buy this miraculous new innovation for $1.15 a pair. Having caused consternation when first exhibited at the World’s Fair in New York in the late ’30s, they weren’t accessible to the general public until May 1940. “hey shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.Eighty years ago this month, nylon stockings went on sale for the first time. “And night shall be no more they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they shall reign for ever and ever.” (Revelation 22:5)Īnd the leopard shall lie down with the kid,Īnd the calf and the lion and the fatling together,Īnd a little child shall lead them.” (Isaiah 11:6) “hen you pass over to enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you.” (Deuteronomy 27:3) “But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.” (Hebrews 11:16) “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” (Revelation 19:9) “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast.” (Matthew 22:2) “To him who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” (Revelation 2:7) “And said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.'” (Luke 23:43) “And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.” (Revelation 21:9-11) “And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Revelation 21:2) “In my Father’s house are many rooms if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” (John 14:2) God chose at least seven different ways to present Heaven to our mortal imaginations, encouraging us as we daily strive to follow his will in order to spend eternity with him. ![]() The best place to find an authentic picture of Heaven that gives us a little taste of what God has in store for us is in Scripture. Some may have been given glimpses of Heaven through near-death experiences, but many admit words can never accurately describe it. However, it is impossible to imagine it, since Heaven is completely beyond, as St. ![]() Would you consider donating just $10, so we can continue creating free, uplifting content? Make a Lenten donation hereĪs humans, we all desire Heaven, a place where our tears will be wiped away and our suffering will finally end. ![]()
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