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>That was what is called the Golden Age of Girdles >around 1940 - 1950 - 1960. >https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZC0KdCJBeQciJPl >o57Td_kYmP6YnHVum > >During that time there were Professional Corsetiers >who helped women and young girls at around 12 years >old out with both getting into the right kind of >corset or in a vintage girdle. The professional >corsetier helped women out by fitting them in a girdle >or corset them putting them through girdle and corset >training. > >For young girls during that time they would at around >12 - 13 years old start to wear a bra and then they >would start in a very lightweight girdle with no >bones. > >What would then happen as the girl became late teens >working with the professional corsetier they would be >fitted and trained in to a litle more firm girdle for >needed support. This would happen until they became >older around 26 and they would then find as they >became older they needed to be daily in a very firm >boned zippered girdle daily. > >What also happened once the girl married and became >pregnant, being pregnant she would start to lose her >stomach muscles and after she had her baby she really >did need to be always daily in a vintage girdle that >was boned and zippered to give her her stomach and >back internal organs very needed support. > >What a professional corsetier told girls and women >that wearing daily a vintage girdle is not just for >getting dressed up but for the benefit of your overall >health, which is very true. > >If you are somewhat concerned about being in a vintage >girdle that is very firm and boned it might be a good >idea even though not really recommended to first start >with some form of light shapewear like Spanx then move >to a lighter girdle – then go to a moderate – and >finally to a very firm vintage girdle. Which can take >about 2 to 3 months of being daily in a girdle. > >Another recommended way to become use to the benefits >of a girdle is purchase a decent vintage girdle start >out wearing it for 2 to 3 hours a day, if your girdle >at first becomes somewhat uncomfortable take it off >and go without a girdle for short period of time and >then put the girdle back on, or go into your girdle >draw and change girdles. > >This was told to me by a professional corsetier. What >actually does happen with your body as humans standing >erect does effect your internal your stomach muscles >and your back. It has to do with gravity and as you >get older. > >Standing erect with gravity over a period of time does >have a very negative effect by pulling on your >internal organs out of their normal natural position. >Choosing to wear a decent vintage style girdle >everyday will for sure counteract this negative effect >by supporting and holding your internal organs and >your stomach muscles in their normal and natural >position. > >What also my corsetier told me once you go through the >girdle training and you experience the real benefits a >vintge boned and zippered girdle will without question >give you do will become totally girdle dependent and >you find you really love being always daily well >girdled. > >Let me know what you think about this. >Thanks, >TOM > > >>>Robert wrote: >>My wife would not buy a girdle with bones. While we >>were shopping at a mall, my wife looked at girdles and >>actually had one in her hand thinking she was going to >>buy it. >>>Well when she discovered it had bones, it went back >on >>>the rack. I think she saw bones in a girdle as an >>>old lady thing. >> >>In the period I was referring to (later 1950s and >>1960s) many, usually older, ladies still wore >>corset-like girdles, often pink or "tea-rose" which >>had little elastic and plenty of bones. Younger women >>were enjoying much more comfortable "modern" >>foundations with more elastic net and fashions allowed >>more freedom - though trousers were rarely worn. >>Even so, by today's standards, girdles were very much >>firmer and heavier and had more panelling. Even >>suspender belts were often 8 or 9 inches deep with a >>degree of tummy control. Women were generally slimmer >>than todaybut still regarded girdles as essential to >>give a good figure. Many of those "modern" girdles >>included bones, sometimes flexible ones to prevent >>rolling but also rigid ones to increase control, >>especially of the tummy. You are right: girls and >>younger women regarded boning as a significant step up >>in control (and a step down in comfort) and I know, >>from comments I heard at the time, that they saw boned >>girdles as an unwelcome indicator of more serious >>figure faults. My girlfriend at the time told me she >>felt sorry for a friend who "had to wear" a boned >>girdle. >>> >>>Some have no interest in wearing a girdle >themselves. >>> Some only like open bottom girdles, some like me, >>>are obsessed with long leg girdles. >> >>Yes, I am in that first group. In my youth, just about >>all girdles were open-bottom ones so that was the main >>focus of interest. By the time panty girdles became >>more common (with the wider wearing of tights from the >>late 1960s) I was married and watched that transition >>with interest. It took quite a long time for women to >>switch over fully to tights and panty girdles and I >>found it fascinating to hear, from women I knew, their >>thoughts and experiences and their reasons for wearing >>one type of girdle rather than the other. Some of >>these reasons were entirely practical (short skirts >>needed tights and a panty girdle was essential; panty >>girdles were "not as good" - meaning "less effective" >>in dealing with some figures, etc). My wife would >>wear a panty girdle only when skirt length demanded >>it. At all other times she preferred what she saw as >>better control in an open girdle. >> >>>So I'm curious, why are you here? Obviously if >>>you're here you have some kind of interest in >girdles. >>> I'm guessing your don't have any interest wearing >a >>>girdle. Tell me if I'm close. >>> >>Yes, Robert, you are largely right. My interest was >>not in wearing but in seeing and listening to women >>talking about (or writing about) their experiences of >>wearing belts and girdles. That interest started in >>teen years when I was intrigued to know what girls my >>age wore - and why they chose those garments. That >>interest grew over the years. I could read (in >>catalogues and advertisements) about what girdles were >>designed to do and what women thought of them. >>Magazine articles and even radio discussions covered >>the positive and negative aspects of girdle wearing >>and I could observe the preferences and choices of >>women I knew. At that time you could watch women >>choosing foundations in shops like Marks & Spencer and >>seeing how they weighed up the pros and cons of each >>item before deciding what to buy. One Saturday >>afternoon when shopping with my wife, I saw a >>young-ish woman choose a firm control panty >>corselette. My wife said she wouldn't want to "wear >>one of those" and explained why. To me, it was and >>still is interesting to imagine why that woman wanted >>it and what she thought of it when she went home and >>put it on. >>Now only simple "shapewear" is worn and it isn't >>nearly as interesting.

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