Examining the social and cultural forces that shape women's choices.
Images of the Girdle in Culture and Society
- Girdles In Movies- Just what it sounds like. Roundtable Discussion
- Girdles In Literature- How many references are out there? Roundtable Discussion
- The Girdled Stewardess - Sexual icon of the Jet Age. Roundtable Discussion
- The Playtex Mystique- The one brand that everyone knows. Roundtable Discussion
Advice to Women and Girls
- A Dancer's Notebook- An exquisite photo essay from the pages of Seventeen magazine.
- The Flowers of Spring -An illustrated essay from a more elegant time.
- Snappy Christmas In Firecracker Red- A holiday treat from the pages of a vintage Seventeen magazine.
- The Arithme-Tricks of Shape-Making- Underfashion lessons from 1961.
- The Seven Wonders of the Underworld - -A late-sixties treasure, from England.
Changes In Attitudes, Changes In Latitudes
- On the Cusp of Change -Articles from womens' magazines illustrate the amazing shift in attitudes toward underfashions that took place in the years 1966 through 1969.
- Bird At the Window -A teenaged girl's unhappy first girdle experience: excerpts from a published story of the 1970's.
The Business World
- The What and Why of the Girdle Buy- A fascinating study of womens' attitudes toward girdles in 1966.
- The Playtex Story- A fascinating history by the scholarly JDT
- The Star-Spangled Girdle- JDT's account of 1960s absurdity.
- Profitable Corset and Brassiere Merchandising - Jean Goldman -The complete text of a 1963 corsetiere's guide.
- A Youthful Figure Is Forever- by Johannah Letz -A special treasure: a reprint of a vintage corsetiere's guide
- The Year Was 1947 -A portrait of the corsetry business at the opening of the modern era.
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