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Pantyhose, sometimes also called sheer tights, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 for the advertisement of new design panties (Allen Gant's product, 'Panti-Legs') [1] as a convenient alternative to stockings and/or control panties which, in turn, replaced girdles.
Peebles was founded in 1891 by William Smith Peebles, who opened his first store in Lawrenceville, Virginia.. Peebles mainly concentrated on small towns that didn’t have department stores, thus avoiding bigger cities and higher rents.
The P.H. Hanes Knitting Company complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [3] [4] In 1965 the Hanes Corporation was formed from the consolidation of two Hanes companies: P. H. Hanes Knitting Company and Hanes Hosiery Mills Company [5] In 1979, the corporation became part of Consolidated Foods (later renamed Sara Lee).
Harold's Stores, Inc. was a Norman, Oklahoma- and later Dallas-based chain of traditional, high-end classic styled ladies and men's specialty apparel stores.The chain operated 43 stores in 19 southern, western, and mid-western states in the United States.
Around 1991, pantyhose sales started dropping because office workers were adopting a more casual appearance, wearing slacks with knee-high hose rather than pantyhose. The decline was industry-wide; L'eggs and Hanes continued to hold a dominant position in the dropping hosiery segment, reportedly capturing 50 percent of the market in 1992.
Pantyhose, also called tights in British English, which combined panties and hose into one garment, made their first appearance in 1959, [13] invented by Glen Raven Mills of North Carolina. The company later introduced seamless pantyhose in 1965, spurred by the popularity of the miniskirt. By the end of the decade, the girdle had fallen out of ...
Founded in 1978 but with roots dating back to 1932, Gitman Bros. has been producing American-made clothing for longer than most. The company specializes in formal men's shirts (starting at $90 ...
His son Abram Leeds took over and grew the company to be one of the largest shirt producers. Brands under the company included Henry Grethel, The Vera Companies, John Henry, Perry Ellis, Lady Manhattan, the Union Company specialty stores in Ohio, and Frost Bros. [1] specialty stores in Texas. [citation needed]. The company incorporated in 1912.