Fashion

[Heart of Spade]

I remember when my mom used to wear a traditional girdle for church. I used to like to poke her because she felt oddly firm, almost hard. And when she wore it she always smelled faintly of rubber!

[Group 5 minus 1]

You have got to be kidding!!

[bluejeansluvr]

I believe OP is a male.

Many of ""her"" previous posts are uhhh......unusual.

[Nonametoday]

On 2/8/2015 Newnick ame said: I'm short, very long waisted and extremely short legged, so THAT girdle has never worked for me, they're ALL too long. My mother ALWAYS wore a girdle and stockings. I wear long legged panty shapers sometimes when I need a smoother look.

So you can't wear panties, huh? Sad.

[qbetzforreal]

On 2/8/2015 namealreadytaken said:

On 2/7/2015 sunshine45 said:

girdles like this?.......no.......

shapewear........yes

I believe that is a garter belt with a corset. A girdle has a crotch, like panties. Yes, I loved them and they, I believe, prevented me ever having varicose veins or so my doctor said. I weighed at least 98 pounds and wore my girdles daily. No panty hose back then and we had the garters inside the girdle, pulled them down to snap onto our nylons, being careful to align the seam without running a railroad up the leg. When nice girdles quit being made, I began having backaches. I wore very high heels, walked a lot on my job and never had varicose veins or backaches as long as my trusty girdles were being sold. Spanx is really bad to cause me to have a fungus, so I cannot wear them. The skin cannot breathe because of the very tight weave. Great idea, but product is faulty and needs some improvement.

No, that is a girdle. When it has a crotch then it is called a panty girdle. A garter belt is just that a belt.

[Sunshine Kate]

On 2/7/2015 sunshine45 said:

girdles like this?.......no.......

shapewear........yes

I'll bet this type is not sold anymore at all. Glad this era is over.

[Bird mama]

It's been years since I've worn a girdle and the only type of girdle I ever did wear was a 'panty girdle'. I only wore it once a month to help support my abdomen and back.

[LilacTree]

When I was in my teens, every girl in the school wore a girdle, even the skinniest girls. Nothing was supposed to "shake" when we walked. If someone didn't wear a girdle (which was rare) there would be gossip. Then came "garter belts" which we wore with our stockings and the clips always showed through our clothing and made red marks on our thighs. Nothing was ever comfortable!

Finally, around the late sixties, pantyhose were invented and we wore them for many years.

Now for the last ten years or so, I cannot tolerate anything tight around my waist. I buy underwear two sizes too large just so they don't dig into my waist. My daughters laugh at me, but that's just the way it is. If I didn't do that, I'd have to wear bikini underwear!

Brings back a funny memory. Back in the eighties when I still had a boyfriend, a bunch of us gals were sitting around the pool (including his mother) and we were talking about pretty underwear. My boyfriend walked by, heard us, and said "What difference does it make, it always winds up on the floor anyway!!" He had a booming voice and we laughed so hard. I was somewhat embarrassed, but everyone found it funny and I've never forgotten that scene! (Hope that is not too risqué for you, tee hee.)

[chrystaltree]

This nust be a joke. I'm 54 and I've never even seen a girdle in real life, just pictures. My mom and my aunt told funny stories about girdles and garters......so glad I never had to endure such things.

[ECBG]

I remember my grandmother wearing a girdle when she got dressed up every day. I wore a garder belt in the nineth grade to hold up my hose. About half way through the year we got panty hose!