This February 1941 LIFE article states that these colored stockings are head-turners. I agree that these green stockings DO turns head, but not for the right reasons. I don’t know any gal who’d find those a compliment to her ensemble.
They actually look much better in black and white, especially when paired with lovely smiles and (of course) a bottle of Coke. Coke makes everything better. 
Boy, this gal is a stunner, such a lovely image of spring.
Evidently, stockings are made of lisle, a word with which modern women are not familiar.
lisle. n. 1. a fine, high-twisted and hard-twisted cotton thread, at least two-ply, used for hosiery, gloves, etc.
The only Lyle with which I’m familiar is Waggoner, the actor from “The Carol Burnett Show.” Did you know he’s been married to his wife for 58 years??
I Don't Get It 
I prefer yoga pants. As an avid gym-goer, I think yoga pants are a sure sign that God loves men. In most cases. In some cases it’s just abominable. As in snowman level abominable.
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Yesssss. Some can and some must never.
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And you already knew God loves men!
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Was Lisle the War time substitute for silk stockings?
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I wondered that as well. It’s like Google doesn’t care about it.
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Then again, we had not entered the war yet at that point.
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The green stockings look like watermelon rind.
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Ha ha ha!
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The green ones make her legs look like gherkins. Maybe that was the look she was hoping for. I remember wearing tights like these when I was a wee girl and how itchy they were. They also had a tendency to wrinkle and gather at the ankles.
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That sounds terribly uncomfortable.
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Indeed. I used to peel them off at every opportunity so my mother finally gave up. Thank goodness!
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