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I'm at the age where...
Posted on Aug 20th, 2008
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martha
martha
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for August 20, 2008:
When you get old and out of shape,
Remember that girdle for $2.98!
Remember that girdle for $2.98!
We used to write that silly verse to each other in year books. We thought it was so funny. Personally, I knew I would never get "old and out of shape." That was for people who somehow allowed it to happen to them, probably due to some lapse of character, or some inescapable set of unfortunate circumstances that I, as the cleverly optimistic creature that I was, would surely be able to avoid in my own life.
Remember those girdles (now, I believe, called "bottomless girdles") that had no panty-part, and had the garters attached? I never wanted to actually wear one myself, because it squeezes your thighs together, skin on skin. It just never looked very comfortable, especially on a hot day. But lucky my generation! Pantyhose, and for those who still wanted to wear them, panty-girdles were invented!
Well, I'm now at an age where I... might... need a little assistance in the "looking svelte" department. ....Eh, but no. I think I'll just wear my pants! :)
girdle fashion show
Vintage Girdle ads from Felina (circa 1950)
Access: Public
I now understand why women in that era walked the way they did! They had that wedge that inhibited full-leg expansion about 4 inches below the crotch!!! OUCH!!!! I bet there were lots of bruises and red marks left by that annoying wedge!!! and then there were all the women in the audience smoking cigarettes … so the air must have been pretty THICK … and
then in the second video … no wonder those women were running in shock from that cartoon dude!!!! Was he seeing through their clothing? Wow!!! Amazing x-ray vision! and in that one little clip … he could see through a car and her clothing!!!! Magic!!!
Most of those women, sadly didn't need any of that girdle-binding! They all had incredible bodies! thanks martha … this was a trip down my mother's memory lane!!! She had all of that equipment and the pointy bras too!
hahahaha…had several girdles and garter belts! Yuk! But man did they cut a mean figure!
This is a sstroll down memory lane dear one…!
Just what I needed….wish they were only $2.98 hahaha.
I grew up during the girdle days. My mom couldn't wait until she got home so she could take hers off. My father used to help her snap her nylons on at the rear end.
Hi Peri, Yes, I agree those women models are just fine without all that rubber and lycra! I just couldn't “get” why those women were running away from that guy, but now I'm sure you're right. He's got some xray glasses! Oh how very clever. Anyway, now I get it. I'd run away from that creepy guy, too!
Aley, we're girls and it's fun! :)
Maze, sorry you missed all that fun of being a girl. Oh well. We'll give you a girly kiss on the cheek, and send you on your way.