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2. 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.

3. Zone (vestment) - Wikipedia

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   Caryatid wearing peplos from the Erechtheion (British Museum). Note the blousing, or Kolpos, over the Zone. Zone belt in the Russian edition of Reallexikon des classischen Alterthums. The zone (Greek: ζώνη zōnē, from ζώννυμι zōnnȳmi, "I gird") is a form of girdle or belt common in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean. In ancient ...

4. 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.

5. Zoster (costume) - Wikipedia

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   Terracotta figure of Kriophoros wearing a zoster (c. 650 BC). A zoster (Greek: ζωστήρ, zōstēr) was a form of girdle or belt worn by men and perhaps later by women in ancient Greece, from the Archaic period (c. 750 – c. 500 BC) to the Hellenistic period (323–30 BC).

6. Girdle-wearing thieves stuffed thousands in merchandise into ...

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   The pair wore girdles as part of their ploy, authorities said, and had stuffed them with merchandise — including 17 pairs of jeans. Read more: Go phish! Scammers target FasTrak system users with ...

7. Underwear - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Clothes worn under other clothes For other uses, see Underwear (disambiguation). "Intimate apparel" redirects here. For the play, see Intimate Apparel (play). Boxer shorts and boxer briefs Panties or knickers Underwear, underclothing, or undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath ...

8. All the most jaw-dropping wardrobe malfunctions of 2017 -- so far

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   Skin is in! There have been no shortage of wardrobe malfunctions in 2017, and we have stars like Bella Hadid, Chrissy Teigen and Courtney Stodden to thank for that.

9. 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 ...