Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking

Overview

Events of strange and serious nature mark the invention and the manufacture of the nylon stockings. For example inhuman exploitation of workers in artificial silk factories. The US army was a substantial promoter of the nylons.

Directed by Françoise Levie

Top cast

Arletty

(archive footage)

Cyd Charisse

(archive footage)

Irina Ionesco

Self

Éva Ionesco

Self - Model (archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich

(archive footage)

Details