I guess stockings were under rationing.
One of the principal events of Ranch Week festivities at Texas Christian University (TCU) will be the annual "Cowtown Cabaret", which will be staged at Pioneer Palace Thursday night. Can-can dancers, left to right, Pauline Jones, Eldorado, Texas; Patty Cosby, Dallas, Texas; and Lottie Owens, Ozona, Texas. Three girls wearing the same dress while dancing on stage. Star-Telegram Morning Edition February 7, 1946
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Girls who will perform a can can dance at Amon Carter Riverside High School's "Follies of '54" night at the school auditorium are, left to right, front row, Beverly Ward, Beverly Fike, Jo Ann Thornton and Martha McBride; back row, Wanda Blevins, Sue Shugart and Gail Willeford. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition April 1, 1954
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
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You'll have to go to the photographer's site to see this gem
https://latelierdemarcel.com/french-cancan-242/
which is from a set that can be accessed by substituting the following numbers for 242 in the above url:
240, 242, 245, 249, 250, 252, 254, 259, 262, 263, 269, 271, 273, 282, 286, 287, 296 and 299.
The models include Andree Gine and Antoinette Marchal from L'armee des roses.
https://www.instagram.com/pariscancan_larmeedesroses/
BB