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misstia ([personal profile] misstia) wrote in [community profile] vintageads2008-03-17 10:02 am

Cling-alon?

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



[identity profile] baron-waste.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)

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

[identity profile] anitakay.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually it says, "fit to be tried".

[identity profile] baron-waste.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 12:04 am (UTC)(link)

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

[identity profile] inkytwist.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
LIES. LIARS.

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

[identity profile] tvini.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember these being advertised on TV in cheesy informercials. I didn't believe it then, either.

[identity profile] nosyparker.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Aren't they saying that under normal use, the stockings WILL hole, as opposed to running?

[identity profile] anitakay.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"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?

[identity profile] nosyparker.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
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!

[identity profile] kip-w.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I seem to remember "Hug-Alon" too.

[identity profile] nosyparker.livejournal.com 2008-03-18 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
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!