Fashion Tricks - 3

This is a sad joke of fashion, but anyway, it teaches us how important it is to appreciate everything we have nowadays. Even smallest things, even... underwear and stockings. Because there was time when they were a real problem to get.

Photo represents a fight and triumph of victory: women in London in 1941 have found a flash sale of artificial stockings. 'Coupon FREE!' note had precious meaning. British civilian women were allocated sixty-six coupons per year for buying clothes, for complete wardrobe. Sixty-six was not much, if one pair of stockings took two of them. Every garment - dress, coat, shoes - has its value not only in money, but also took a number of precious coupons, depending on the value of the garment.
A sale of coupon-free stockings was a very exciting event.

Another fact about intimates and first Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin. It is well-known what award he received for his first flight in 1961. There is a long list of goods, including apartment, car, furniture, home appliances, clothes, and... 6 pairs of briefs. Six pairs of briefs are stated in the official documents signed by the government. It sounds like you had to conquer space to have enough underwear in your closet.