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 ☆Nylons(1939)
Silkworms
had nothing on Wallace Hume Carothers. Silk stockings were prone to
run, tear, or "pop", but stockings made with Carothers' synthetic
nylon were both sheerer and tougher than their organic counterparts.
Even though nylons initially cost twice as much as silk stockings,
women lined up to buy them when they were introduced on May 15, 1940.
By the end of the year customers had bought anywhere from35 million
to 64 million pairs, depending on which numbers you look at. Carothers,
alas, didn't live to see his product swathe the legs of American women;
a manic depressive plagued by self-doubt, he took cyanide in 1937.
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| 蚕和瓦来斯·修穆·卡拉里不相干。丝绸袜子容易滑落、扯破、或者脱丝，而用卡拉里的合成尼龙做的袜子不仅更加透明，而且更加柔韧。虽然尼龙袜子在1940年5月15日诞生时的价格是丝绸袜子的两倍，妇女们还是排起长队竟相购买。到该年年底，任何一个地方的销售量都有3，500万到6，400万双，就看你往哪边看了。不幸的是
，卡拉里没有活着看到自己的产品穿在美国妇女们腿上。由于自我怀疑再加上狂郁症，他于1937年服氰化物身亡。 |
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