Cling-alon?

[misstia]

What kind of name is Cling-alon for nylons??

Comments

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

Actually, here is the pun, rather than the other; “fit to be tied” gets used.

[anitakay.livejournal.com]

Actually it says, "fit to be tried".

[baron-waste.livejournal.com]

… Right. Which is a play on the phrase, “fit to be tied.” Which obviously you've never heard before. No problem.

[inkytwist.livejournal.com]

LIES. LIARS.

If this had really been invented I would never have holes in my stockings.

[tvini.livejournal.com]

I remember these being advertised on TV in cheesy informercials. I didn't believe it then, either.

[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

Aren't they saying that under normal use, the stockings WILL hole, as opposed to running?

[anitakay.livejournal.com]

"Except within the reinforced heel and toe"? I'm confused, are they saying that the hose will run in the heel and toe with normal use?

[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

I think they're saying that, with normal use, the stockings themselves will hole (instead of run), but that the heel and toe won't sustain any damage at all.

To which I raise a skeptical eyebrow!

[kip-w.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember "Hug-Alon" too.

[nosyparker.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing they thought branding their nylons as 'clingy' would be a boon in the days when stockings bunched and sagged. Not that I have ever been familiar with those days -- I was born in '82 and nylons have always been like sausage casings in my time!