Few people know that it was the Second World War that played a direct role in the fact that girls began to shave their legs. Rambler will tell you more about this.
One of the first who began to introduce fashion on shaved legs was Coco Chanel. Since she presented the legendary little black dress and short skirts to the whole world, European ladies found it inappropriate to show unshaven shins, so it was decided to get rid of the vegetation. At the same time, the Chic company launched the first razor for women.
Now let's get back to the Second World War. At that time, it was considered indecent for women to leave the house with bare legs, even in the heat. The fair sex needed to wear at least nylon stockings. However, the problem was that nylon was perfect for the production of parachutes, as a result of which women began to massively donate their stockings for military purposes.
Therefore, the girls had to come up with something so as not to leave the house without such an important piece of clothing. They began to apply a special tinting cream that created the appearance of stockings, and the Max Factor cosmetics company launched a pencil that could draw a straight line to simulate a seam.
However, the hairs immediately betrayed a deception, and besides, applying the cream regularly was problematic. As a result, his girls were forced to get rid of the vegetation - to shave off. And this tradition finally took root when bikinis came into fashion.
