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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.
As the daughter of a corsetiere, Olga worked in a sweatshop making girdles and bras. Meanwhile, Jan found work in sales. After spotting a woman on a trolley with hosiery rolled to her knees, Olga noted that many women didn't have at least some bit of finery to hold up their stockings. Jan encouraged her to create something herself to address ...
Before the 1950s, underwear consisted of simple, functional, white pieces of clothing which were not to be shown in public. In the 1950s, underwear came to be promoted as a fashion item in its own right, and came to be made in prints and colors. Manufacturers also experimented with rayon and newer fabrics like Dacron, nylon, and Spandex. [5]
1950s France France Maidenform: 1922 US US Marlies Dekkers: 1993 NL Unknown Nichole de Carle: 2009 UK UK Olga: 1941 [2] US Paraguay Peach John: 1994 Japan China Playtex: 1947 US Unknown Pretty Polly: 1919 UK Unknown Rigby & Peller: 1939 UK Thailand Schiesser: 1875 Germany Unknown Silhouette: 1887 UK Unknown Spanx: 2000 US Thailand ThirdLove ...
Pantyhose, sometimes also called sheer tights, are close-fitting legwear covering the wearer's body from the waist to the toes. Pantyhose first appeared on store shelves in 1959 for the advertisement of new design panties (Allen Gant's product, 'Panti-Legs') [1] as a convenient alternative to stockings and/or control panties which, in turn, replaced girdles.
Both corsets and girdles remained popular throughout the 1950s and 1960s, especially with the creation of Christian Dior's "New Look" in 1947. The "New Look" silhouette featured full skirts and nipped-in waists which appealed to the nostalgia of post- World War II America.
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Then, by the early 1960s, the introduction of pantyhose offered a new alternative to garter belts and girdles. [4] This change in fashion coincided with the female empowerment movement and the sexual revolution. [12] [13] Since the mid-20th century, men's adult magazines featuring images of women in underwear reached mass-market popularity.