Ans: In departmental stores and boutiques, nylon stockings were in great demand that offered most women with long-lasting hosiery products. However, the product soon disappeared from the market due to its huge demand in World War II and this nylon polymer was used in the manufacturing of ropes, parachutes, tires chords, etc. After the war got over, it again came back in the market and there was a huge demand for it. In 1945, nylon riots took place when around thousands of women stood in the queues to avail a pair of stockings. In Pittsburgh, the situation went out of control when 40,000 people queued up for just 13,000 pairs of stockings.