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Date Posted: 04:21:16 08/30/24 Fri
Author: Observer
Subject: Re: Getting old
In reply to: Judith Nuback 's message, "Getting old" on 14:14:50 08/28/24 Wed

I remember very similar concerns expressed way back in the 1960s by women who found back suspenders difficult. In fact, I discovered from comments made by women I knew, many women disliked suspenders generally but back ones especially so, not only because they were hard to reach but because they could be uncomfortable or restrictive. (My wife was happy soketimes for me to offer to fasten her back suspenders for her - even though she was easily able to do it herself).

I heard a radio broadcast (probably "Woman's Hour") and also read women's magazine articles about problems women had with girdles. Just as Judith Nubuck said, they disliked back suspenders and wanted to know why manufacturers continued to fit them. One woman said she always cut off the back suspenders. This debate was answered by corsetry specialists who explained that rear suspenders were very important in keeping the back of the girdle down over the buttocks and providing tension on the rear of the girdle and this was very important in providing the required control at the rear. Most girdles in those days had four suspenders but very firm ones often had six. I remember the specialist saying that all four suspenders were essential both to hold the stockings and to keep the girdle down and pointing out that where a girdle had six suspenders all six were necessary and to remove the back ones would prevent the girdle from giving the control it was designed for. Even the side ones, she said, were important for "thigh control".

I think I read (perhaps on the old Girdles and More web site) about girls and women sometimes undoing or not fastening back suspenders in order to be "more comfortable" when sitting or when doing work requiring bending, etc. My wife would never do that, even though she agreed that she would like to, because it would be so difficult to get the back of her girdle back in place in order to re-fasten the back suspenders.

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Re: Getting old -- Christy, 18:07:45 08/30/24 Fri
- Re: Getting old -- Observer, 02:44:18 09/01/24 Sun
  - Re: Getting old -- Christy, 03:10:58 09/01/24 Sun
    - Re: Getting old -- Observer, 07:10:07 09/03/24 Tue
      - Re: Getting old -- Robert, 09:12:59 09/03/24 Tue
        Re: Getting old -- Observer, 04:23:23 09/04/24 Wed
    - back garters -- marcie1272, 19:18:04 09/14/24 Sat
      - Re: back garters -- Observer, 04:43:22 09/27/24 Fri
        Re: back garters -- Glen, 06:22:42 10/02/24 Wed

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>I remember very similar concerns expressed way back in >the 1960s by women who found back suspenders >difficult. In fact, I discovered from comments made by >women I knew, many women disliked suspenders generally >but back ones especially so, not only because they >were hard to reach but because they could be >uncomfortable or restrictive. (My wife was happy >soketimes for me to offer to fasten her back >suspenders for her - even though she was easily able >to do it herself). > >I heard a radio broadcast (probably "Woman's Hour") >and also read women's magazine articles about problems >women had with girdles. Just as Judith Nubuck said, >they disliked back suspenders and wanted to know why >manufacturers continued to fit them. One woman said >she always cut off the back suspenders. This debate >was answered by corsetry specialists who explained >that rear suspenders were very important in keeping >the back of the girdle down over the buttocks and >providing tension on the rear of the girdle and this >was very important in providing the required control >at the rear. Most girdles in those days had four >suspenders but very firm ones often had six. I >remember the specialist saying that all four >suspenders were essential both to hold the stockings >and to keep the girdle down and pointing out that >where a girdle had six suspenders all six were >necessary and to remove the back ones would prevent >the girdle from giving the control it was designed >for. Even the side ones, she said, were important for >"thigh control". > >I think I read (perhaps on the old Girdles and More >web site) about girls and women sometimes undoing or >not fastening back suspenders in order to be "more >comfortable" when sitting or when doing work requiring >bending, etc. My wife would never do that, even >though she agreed that she would like to, because it >would be so difficult to get the back of her girdle >back in place in order to re-fasten the back >suspenders.

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