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Spirella Corsetieres of the Past

Spirella and the Film Industry

The Spirella Magazine

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The Older Woman

An Alternative Social History

 

 

 Spencer

 

Spencer pre-War

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Spencer 1962

The Spen-All

Barcley

 

 

The Ivy Leaf Collection

Making the Calendar

 

Fan-Lacing Corsets

 

 

S.H. Camp and his Amazing Corsets

Decades of Camp Brochures

Girdles    Panty-girdles

The Scientific Support

Maternity Engineering

 

Jenyns - The Australian Rival<

Surgical Corsets

Pul-Front Corsets

 

 

Reducing Corsetry

Alstons

Playtex

 

Corsetry Compendium

 

What is the difference between

a Girdle and a Corset ?

Zippers and other Perils

General  Girdle  Questions

The Audibility of Underwear

The Visibility of Underwear

Foundations (how many?)

The Feel of Foundations

Corsets and the War

Sleeping in Corsets

Vestigial  Lacing

Awful  Corsetry

Strange Names

The Bad Back

Tight-Lacing

Hip-spring

Pet Names

Big  Hips

Under-belts

Girdle Hooks

What lies beneath?

Knickers  and  Corsets

Stewardesses and Girdles

Trapped inside my Panty-girdle

How to Lace your Corset,  Madam

How to don your girdle, young lady

Reminiscences  of  Wearing Corsets

When were Foundations worn ?

What was the best foundation ?

The  Trendelenburg  Position

Roll-ons, Step-ins and Belts

Suspenders  and Stockings

The Otherside of Corsetry

The Old Corset Shop

Unusual  Boning

Unmentionables

Glorious  Satin

 

 

Technical Corsetry

A Lengthy Subject

And a Weighty One too!

Who wore what, when? 

Corset Detectives!

Bra Sizes

 

 

 

Corsetieres

 

Berlei

Camp

Charis

Spirella

Spencer

Playtex

 

Alison

Isobel

Rosalind

Marianne

Iris Norris & Gardner's

Wilbro

Dorothea Allen

Ethel Granger

 

 

Corsetieres' Tales

Cautionary Tales

Letters

 

 

The Stout Woman

The Stout Woman's Point-of-View

A Panic in Fat

Cartoons

 

 

Advertising

The Amazing World of

Before and After Woman

 

Corsets and the War

 

 

Roger's Ramblings

Advisories and News

Shapewear Revival

Other Stories

Humorous Articles

Girdle Sales Statistics

 

Bras: Bewildering and Bewitching

Bra Sales Statistics

Rechargeable Bras

 

 

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European Corsets

 

 

French 

Dior

Colour and Satin

A Discussion

 

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