50’s Bombshell Leopard Nylon Bikini by Vanity Fair60s Midcentury Bombshell Leopard Nylon Bikini by Vanity Fair 32 D and size S bottoms Elastic waist, two ties on each hip 12 unstretched 15 stretched Like many lingerie companies, Vanity Fair spent the WWII years making parachutes. After the war was over they turned increasingly to the use of nylon and in 1948 announced that they would be using nylon exclusively for their products. 1948 was also the year in which the owners closed the Reading mill, due