 As the daughter of a corsetiere, Olga worked in a sweatshop making girdles and bras, and Jan found work in sales.One day she spotted a woman on a trolley with hosiery rolled to her knees.She said to Jan that it was a shame that women didn't have at least some bit of finery to hold up their stockings, something to make them feel feminine no matter how severe the sacrifices or how limited their funds were during the war effort.