GROOM IT
Pantyhose Petals
Create delicate nylon flowers to dress up a
wedding gown, veil, or centerpiece. BY MARY BETH KLATT

Photography by Sam Murphy

In the 1950s, women had to wear hosiery to the office or risk being fired. Naturally, these ladies ended up with a lot of ripped and snagged pantyhose. Although some tossed these ruined pairs, the crafty ones cooked up beautiful ways to reuse them. Many women ended up dyeing and cutting them up to create flowers for wedding veils, corsages, and hats.

Now those same flowers will set you back a small fortune
on eBay, but you can re-create them for a fraction of the price,
and get a vintage look that would be appropriate on Elizabeth
Taylor in Father of the Bride.