Girdle - Vintage Fashion Guild
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Girdles: the 20th century descendant of the corset, beginning in the 1920s. Girdles have progressed from boned, open-end, control garments of coutil, to lightweight elastic roll-ons, with or without legs. One distinguishing feature is that the girdle confines the body below the waist. Their function was to both smooth and control the body and hold …
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Girdle - Vintage Fashion Guild
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Girdle - Vintage Fashion Guild
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