Jay from the Bronx

@Bruce Having been in the play many years ago...I think the key here is Willy was what we would today call a B2B or business-to-business salesman. The people he was calling on were department store buyers and he was likely selling ladies' intimates such as stockings (why he had some on hand to give the Other Woman in a penultimate scene). So while I enjoyed the puzzle in general, that clue hit a sour note to my ear.