On 7/1/2016 2:01 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 6/29/2016 6:36 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Cheryl" > wrote in message
>>> eb.com...
>>>> Gary > Wrote in message:
>>>>> Cheryl wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Cheri" > Wrote in message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > 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
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thankfully before my time.
>>>
>>> They're still sold and commonly used. Spanx is one such brand. Some
>>> women wear them under pants.
>>>
>> Spanx are not the same as an old-fasioned girdle. They are like a
>> pair of spandex shorts to be worn under clothing. The girdles I
>> remember had hooks for attaching loose stockings. The crotch was
>> open. Some had cinching around the waist (hi-lines, I think they were
>> called) but they were mostly for slimming the hips and smoothing
>> bulges under dresses.
>
> There were and still are all kinds of girdles. Spanx is one type.

Look it up. Spanx came to market in 2000. Girdles have been around
since the turn of the last century.

Jill