21st July 2011 / 4 Comments
Woman's Weekly /
2nd April 1965
Yes, I know, I’m a bit obsessed. I blame Jasper Carrott’s routine about ’18-Hour’ girdles suddenly bursting open at bedtime, letting acres of female flesh loose in bedrooms across the country, and my mother’s threat to me that I would have to wear a pantee girdle someday. Who would have thought that female flesh was so dangerous, eh?
Tags: beauty, blatant sexism, girdles
11th July 2010 / 6 Comments
Woman's Realm /
18th March 1967
Eeh, I’m a one.
Tags: Berlei, fashion, girdles, retail
29th December 2009 / 3 Comments
Woman's Weekly /
9th March 1957
Overindulged at Christmas? This is an early version of the girdle, it seems, judging from the ‘NuBack panel’. What really amused and puzzled me was the sentence “…the lightly boned overbelt controls your diaphragm the way you’ve always wanted.” Eh? Call me Miss Picky, but I’d rather do that myself.
Also, check out the cloudy ammonia as a water softener! Who knew?
Tags: blatant sexism, girdles, retail