Girdled surfer girls catch a wave at Bondi Beach. Very believable.
Berlei, 1960's.

Chicago gangsters in their girdles. Right.
Warners, 1970's.

Catalogue models checking their heads for lumps.
Sears, 1958.

Sometimes a bad idea just won't go away.
L-R: Lori Lou, 1947; unidentified 1950's magazine feature; Flexnit, 1961.

Models on bikes? Napoleon hats? It must be a French thing.
L-R: Silhouette, 1969; Jeunesse Modes, 1966.

This 1947 Camp trade ad makes a corset fitting look like lots of fun!
(Didn't I see that big lady in a prison movie?)

From the Department of Really Romantic Names:
"Craftsman" and "Holeproof."
Both 1947.

It's the Swedish Girdle Commandos, arriving by helicopter!
(Be alert, 007!)
Blair, 1969... British, not Swedish

Can anybody tell me what this one's all about?
Magic Form, 1947

"CUT! Would all the extras from War and Peace PLEASE leave the set!"
Persusasion, 1969

Napoleon hats again! What is this?
Fabrice, 1970

Ummm... can we go back to the Napoleon hats? Fabrice, 1970

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