50s Undergarments and Girdles
Women and teens wore girdles and petticoats. They were so uncomfortable. They were hot. They were mandatory!
The Fifties came at the end of a long history of trying to enhance the female form to allure men. No need to say that curves were essential to getting the all important husband, thus insuring one’s economic future and fulfulling the proper career of wife and mother.
Even young girls wore petticoats, which were often starched with a mixture of sugar and water. Then they were hung to dry. Those wonderful “swing” skirts got their rhythm from layers of such petticoats.
The corsetry of previous generations was by far more restrictive. Steel and whale bones were replaced by man-made materials. Girdles became less rigid. And as for bras…some of these had more uplift than a Saturn rocket booster…
[source:fiftiesweb.com]
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