Schmidt Shoe Store was selling Phoenix "budget" chiffons in 1934 for 79 cents apiece.
Notice these precede the invention of the pantyhose and would have required garters to wear.
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Not only did they require garters — they would have had lovely seams down the back. In that era, were they seamless the ad would have said so. And $0.79 was a lot to pay for a pair of “nylons” in 1934. Decades later, the going price was $1 a pair.
Ah, seams and garters. The good old days.
Still beats corsetry, bustles and the wigs of the 1700s.