Stockings are talked about a few times throughout the book. The second time we read about stockings is when Anna is buying stockings at the store with Maudie, Walter, and Walter's friend. Anna says ¨I said I wanted two pairs- lisle thread with clocks up the sides- and took time choosing them. The man I had been walking with offered to pay for them and I let him."(11). Walter references the stocking shopping in the first letter that he sends to Anna. One of the things that she buys with the money from Walter is a pair of silk stockings.
I couldn't find an ad for Lisle thread stockings, but there were many advertisements for both silk and non-silk stockings. Stockings were a very important part of a woman's wardrobe in the 20's, and the kind that one wore showed status. The silk stockings are aimed at upper-class women, and women who are glamorous and have sex appeal. Non-silk stockings were for the everyday housewife and middle and lower class woman
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