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  2. The Story Behind Shapewear: From Girdles to Spanx - AOL

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  3. Clothing fetish - Wikipedia

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    Farmer and pig costumes Woman wearing blue PVC shorts and top. Clothing fetishism or garment fetishism is a sexual fetish that revolves around a fixation upon a particular article or type of clothing, a particular fashion or uniform, or a person dressed in such a style.

  4. History of bras - Wikipedia

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    Literature from Ancient Greece suggests the use of a specialized garment meant to support and contain women's breasts. In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, written in the archaic period of classical antiquity, Homer refers to Aphrodite's "embroidered girdle" (Ancient Greek: κεστός ἱμάς, kestós himás) as being "loosed from her breasts", indicating a decorated breast-band rather than a ...

  5. Bralessness - Wikipedia

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    A local news story in the Atlantic City Press reported that "the bras, girdles, falsies, curlers, and copies of popular women's magazines burned in the 'Freedom Trash Can'". [71] [72]: 109–110 But individuals who were present said that no one burned a bra nor did anyone take off her bra.

  6. Girdle (undergarment) - Wikipedia

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    By 1970, the girdle was generally supplanted by the wearing of pantyhose (called tights in British English). Pantyhose replaced girdles for most women who had used the girdle as a means of holding up stockings; however, many girdle wearers continued to use a brief style panty-girdle under or on top of tights/pantyhose for some figure control.

  7. Little Birds (short story collection) - Wikipedia

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    The book is a collection of thirteen short stories. The sexual topics covered are quite varied, ranging from pedophilia to lesbianism, but linked by an interest in female subjectivity [3] and in the dialectic of discourse and intercourse. [4] Many of the same characters that appear in Delta of Venus, her first published book of erotica ...

  8. Girdle - Wikipedia

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    A Christian priest wearing a white girdle around his waist to hold his alb and stole in place. A belt without a buckle, especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity until perhaps the 15th century, especially for women ...

  9. Worshipful Company of Girdlers - Wikipedia

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    Girdlers, or makers of belts and girdles, are no longer closely related to their original trade. Along with the products of many other Livery Companies, girdles have become less important than in medieval times. However, the Company continues its long tradition as a charitable body. [1] [2]