Table of Contents

Introduction

The
Girdle
Encyclopedia

Women's
Voices

Mens'
Dreams

Relationships

Cultural
Foundations

The
Gallery

Girdle
Resources
on the Net

The
Girdle
Drawer

Site
Index

Contact
Information

A

Andromeda

Arithme-Tricks of Shape-Making, The (illustrated feature)

"Arlene"

• Letter From Arlene (article)

Art of the Girdle Ad, The (image gallery)

Australia, girdles in

• Australia Girdled, Yesterday and Today (article)

B

beets, canned

"Benson, Dr. Roger"

• Girdle Memoirs: 1956-1961 (article)

Bird at the Window (fiction)

blue jeans, girdles under

Boy's Girdle Memoir, A (article)

Britain, girdles in

• England Swings (image gallery)

• Girdled Britain, the Sixties and Beyond (article)

Brooklyn

• The Girdle Pit (article)

"Buckeye"

• Of Girdles and the Girdled (article)

C

Canada, girdles in

• Girdle Memoirs: 1956-1961 (article)

charm school

chastity belt, panty girdle perceived as (discussion)

Corset and Underwear Review

corset information (web links)

D

Dancer's Notebook, A (illustrated feature)

"David H."

• A Boy's Girdle Memoir (article)

demise of girdle requirement

• On the Cusp of Change (illustrated feature)

• Suzanne's comments

• Times They were A-Changin' (image gallery)

"Dennis"

• Discovery In a Crowded Car (article)

"Dick M."

• He and She (article)

"Digger"

• Three Success Stories (article)

Discovery In a Crowded Car (article)

"Don"

• Girdle Flirting, Sixties Style (article)

• stewardesses, comments on

Dore', Gustav

E

erotica (web links)

F

Fashion Show, The (article)

Faust, Beatrice

Firm Tie That Binds, The (article)

first girdle

• My First Girdle (discussion)

• Lillian's First Girdle (article)
  
  
• Oh, Mom... Do I Have To? (article)
  
  
• Suzanne's memories

Flirting

• Girdle Flirting (article)

• Ten Principles of Girdle Flirting (article)

Flowers of Spring, The (illustrated feature)

Formfit-Rogers company

• advertisements (image gallery)

"Frank"

• Ice Box Pie (story)

G

garters

Girdle Fascination (article)

Girdle glimpse

• Power of the Girdle Glimpse, The (discussion)

• Suzanne's comments

Girdle Flirting, Sixties Style (article)

Girdle Memoirs: 1956-1961 (article)

Girdle Moments (discussion)

Girdle Pit, The (article)

Girdled Britain, the Sixties and Beyond (article)

Girdled Stewardess, The (discussion)

girdles (see also individual topics)

• comfort

• history of girdles

• noticeable to onlookers?

• putting on

• reasons for wearing

• size, selecting the proper

• styles, described

• styles, selecting the proper

• where to buy

Girdles and Health (article)

Girl in the Pale Blue Girdle, The (article)

Goldman, Jean Gordon

• Profitable Corset and Brassiere Merchandising (book)

H

Hawley, Pete (image gallery)

He and She (story)

health issues

I

Ice Box Pie (story)

Idaho

• Pocket Girdles (article)

J

"JDT"

• Playtex company history (article)

• Star-Spangled Girdle, The (article)

"Jackie"

• Oh, Mom... Do I Have To? (article)

Jantzen company

• advertisements (image gallery)

"Jean"

• Madonna, My Husband, and Me (article)

"Jeff"

• The Girdle Pit (article)

"Junior"

• The Viewer (story)

K

L

"Larry"

• Girdled Britain, the Sixties and Beyond (article)

Letter From Arlene (article)

Letz, Johannah

• A Youthful Figure Is Forever (book)

"Liam"

• One Rainy Afternoon (article)

"Lillian"

• At the Movies (article)

• Girdles and Health (article)

• Lillian the Girdled Librarian (article)

• Lillian's First Girdle (article)
  
  

• Med School Memories (article)

• The Tale of a Lost Girdle (article)

Lillian the Girdled Librarian (article)

lingerie manufacturers (web links)

links

• corset information

• erotica

• lingerie manufacturers

• places to visit

Literature, girdles in (discussion)

Loehman's department store

Love, Marianne

• Pocket Girdles (article)

M

Madonna, My Husband, and Me (article)

Maidenform company

• advertisements (image gallery)

marriage, effect of girdles on

• Firm Tie That Binds, The (article)

• Valentine's Day Present, The (discussion)

• Wife's Dilemma, A (discussion)

Masochism, Girdles And (article)

Med School Memories (article)

men

• attitudes toward girdles

• girdle-buying suggestions

mother and child images in ads (image gallery)

movies, girdles in (discussion)

My First Girdle (discussion)

N

New York Times Sunday Magazine

New Zealand, girdles in

• Girdle Fascination (article)

O

Of Girdles and the Girdled (article)

Oh, Mom... Do I Have To? (article)

On the Cusp of Change (illustrated feature)

One Rainy Afternoon (article)

P

Pale Blue Girdle, The Girl in the (article)

panties, worn with girdles

Panty Girdle

• as chastity belt (discussion)

Panty Girdle Era, The (image gallery)

persuading a woman to wear a girdle

Playtex

• advertisements (image gallery)

• history of company

• Playtex Mystique, The (discussion)

Pocket Girdles (article)

Powers, Hiram

pregnancy

• girdle effect on backache

• pregnancy girdles, merchandising

Profitable Corset and Brassiere Merchandising (book)

putting on a girdle

Q

R

"Reynardine and Lucinda", The Chronicles of (article)

S

Sears-Roebuck company

• advertisements (image gallery)

Seven Wonders of the Underworld (illustrated feature)

Seventeen Magazine

• Arithme-Tricks of Shape-Making, The (illustrated feature)

• Dancer's Notebook, A (illustrated feature)

• Flowers of Spring, The (illustrated feature)

• Snappy Christmas in Firecracker Red (illustrated feature)

• Virginian's encounter

ShapeU123, The Story of (article)

"Sheila"

• The Valentine's Day Present (discussion)

shopper's guide

"SJR"

• A Wife's Dilemma (discussion)

Snappy Christmas in Firecracker Red (illustrated feature)

Special Event, A (discussion)

Star-Spangled Girdle, The (article)

"Steve"

• Australia Girdled, Yesterday and Today (article)

stewardesses

• The Girdled Stewardess (discussion)

"Susan B."

• first girdle remembered

• girdle glimpse discussed

• panty girdle as chastity belt discussed

• The Girdle Scavenger Hunt (article)

"Suzanne"

• discovers husband's interest in girdles

• first girdle remembered

• Girdle Encyclopedia (various entries)

• girdle glimpse discussed

• panty girdle as chastity belt discussed

• The Romance and Glamour of Girdles (essays)

T

Tale of a Lost Girdle, The (article)

Theroux, Paul

Three Success Stories (article)

"Tom"

• Girdle Fascination (article)

"Tom C."

• Three Success Stories (article)

Top Ten Pleasures (article)

Truss, Jan

• Bird at the Window (fiction)

Twilfit company (illustrated feature)

U

underpants, worn with girdles

V

Valentine's Day Present, The (discussion)

Viewer, The (story)

"Virginian"

• The Girl in the Pale Blue Girdle (article)

• Top Ten Pleasures (article)

"Vladimir"

• Three Success Stories (article)

W

What and Why of the Girdle Buy (article)

Who, The (best rock band ever)

Wife's Dilemma, A (discussion)

Wonderbra

• advertisements (image gallery)

World War II, girdle ads (image gallery)

X

Y

Year Was 1947 (article)

Year Was 1999 (article)

Youthful Figure Is Forever, A (book)

Z

Zona, meaning of

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