Chicks In Their Underwear

Girdle Salesman on “What’s My Line”  1950s

Hollywood Vassarette

Minnesota Historical Society

http://waist.it/rationale/shoot/page/2/

Berlei Gayslant Girdle Packaging

Ebay

Here’s an end to figure austerity!

http://www.kitsch-slapped.com/2012/07/war-time-corsets/

Siegel, Arthur S., photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1942 Spring. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

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Detroit, Michigan. Fashion show presented by the Chrysler Girls’ Club of the Chrysler Corporation at Saks Fifth Avenue store. Girl modeling brassiere and pantie girdle. Siegel, Arthur S., photographer. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1942 Spring. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. No known restrictions.

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Bettie Page

Scandale

flickr

Felina

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Barbara

http://www.lingeriefrancaise.com/en/

Still from a Pamela Peterson vid

Sheerio

“Whittle-Waist” front-lace girdle. The ad copy touts the lace-up feature as “fun and modern”

Saks-34th Street carried much cheaper merchandise than the 5th Avenue location.

http://fortieswardrobe.blogspot.com/2012/01/girdles-and-corsets-and-right-shape-oh.html