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Date Posted: 07:23:24 10/05/20 Mon
Author: louis
Subject: Re: Anyone Want To Talk About Girdles
In reply to: JP from NoVA 's message, "Re: Anyone Want To Talk About Girdles" on 17:14:12 10/04/20 Sun

A lot of the faja companies are doubling and even tripling their fabrics. Some offer 4 grades of compression. Even latex. Do check out leonisa.com.


>>JP that was really fascinating. I obviously made the
>>wrong assumption. So from what you say it would seem
>>that girdles from the early 1960`s would`ve contained
>>a lot more spandex - about 30% if not more. I recall
>>women often wore these girdles then which as you say
>>were a lot heavier and more controlling - especially
>>with the downstretch satin paneling. I think they
>>were also of a very high quality and the workmanship
>>was second to none. Probably why they could be so
>>attractive. In a way it is a great pity that one can`t
>>get these original fabrics anymore. There is a cmany
>>called Spandex Inc. It would be interesting perhaps to
>>ask them about these fabrics. I know they sell a heavy
>>and extra heavy powernet/spandex but I`m not sure what
>>it consists of.
>
>Hi Nick!
>
>Yes, I think the combination of considerably heavier
>fabric, higher spandex content
>and sizes cut smaller all contributed to that "body
>armor" feeling.
>I wonder if anybody at that company would be able to
>quote what the typical denier the 60's powernet used
>in girdles was,
>and if anything similar is still available.
>
>Workmanship was better on just about everything in the
>60s.
>
>They certainly did design girdles to be pretty back
>then.
>
>It was fascinating how they would work in so many
>non-stretch panels,
>and then criss-cross multiple layers of powernet to
>produce unique patterns.
>The tulip and double diamond girdles had some areas
>that had 4 and 5 layers of powernet overlapping.
>
>Remember how the department stores used to put the
>girdles onto clear mannequins,
>and light up the inside of the mannequin, so everybody
>could see how many power panels the girdle had,
>and how concentrated some of the areas of overlap
>were.
>
>For some reason, they always had these mannequins
>upside down, with legs pointing straight up in the
>air.
>Sometimes, the legs were also covered with hose.
>
>As a youngster, I was fascinated with these
>mannequins.
>It certainly was no mystery to me what ladies wore for
>underwear.
>
>Then I discovered the wonderful world of mail order
>catalogs! :)
>Cheers,
>JP

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