Cheryl wrote:
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> "Cheri" > Wrote in message:
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> >
> > Yes, and that newer commercial about that corset thing to cinch in the
> > waist, people passing out etc., but...I can't believe they actually sell or
> > buy those contraptions anymore.
> >
> > Cheri
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> >
> Are you talking about that thing called Miss Belt? I saw that thing and was shocked that people would cinch their waist like that! And if you're not already slim, that belly fat has to go somewhere. Ouch.

Do you not recall the common "girdles" that women often wore to fit into
a dress for an
occasion or whatever? When I was young, I remember my mom had one.