r/fashionhistory

I saw a video on youtube the other day about stocking sticks and other makeup women used to pretend they had stockings during WW2.

Later, as I applied various layers of allegedly sweatproof primer and makeup, I thought “were these products ever popular in say, the deep south?” I imagine that you’d sweat through them quite easily, especially in hot, humid places.

Is there anything in the historical record about this? Any diary entries from great aunt Ethel about how she embarrassed herself at a party because her stocking stick melted all over her shoes?

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask.