Stockings – Arnold Zwicky's Blog (original) (raw)
The two ages of Interwoven sock ads
February 10, 2025
Bubbled up recently on Facebook and elsewhere, references to two chapters in the history of American advertising: Interwoven-brand stockings as icons of male sexiness, first in the 1920s and 30s, then for Interwoven Esquire socks in the 1970s.
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