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>There's one question I've not seen answered about the >USA/UK differences. I will try to explain - and hope >for some responses. >In Britain, before tights appeared at the end of the >1960s, starting to wear nylon stockings was a >significant part of "growing up" for girls, usually >around 12 or 13. That required also wearing a >suspender belt (or perhaps a very light elastic >roll-on). Usually wearing nylons was a "special >occasion" thing at first, nylons being seen as too >expensive and inappropriate for school. It was common >for girls to go on wearing socks to school, especially >in summer, until they were at the top end of the >senior school, 15 or 16. Some girls, those with >"figure problems" wore girdles from quite a young age >but, being open girdles, nylons were obligatory. A >girlfriend told me that about half the girls at her >school wore stockings every day and girdles (she >called them control belts!) to hold them up. Not >wearing stockings meant no need for a belt or girdle. >My question is: in the USA, where panty girdles were >the norm, did girls wear these only when wearing >stockings or, since a panty girdle doesn't need >stockings, did girls wear panty girdles without >stockings? If so, was it assumed that girls needed a >girdle for figure control regardless of age and >needing to wear nylons?

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