tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post4715977242272088484..comments2024-03-27T13:00:23.279-06:00Comments on Letters from Lin: Article #52-Corsets and SuchGreat Grandma Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791149428495689835noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post-53539058792142249022009-04-26T18:20:00.000-06:002009-04-26T18:20:00.000-06:00I have a girlfriend who still wears a gfirdle ever...I have a girlfriend who still wears a gfirdle every day... and she's a size seven. What a miserable way to live. I can't even handle the constraints of panti hose. I also wore nylons with seams in the back. My hubby still thinks they're sexy. Back then I had good legs and didn't need stockings to make my legs look great.... My California tan was all I needed for sexi legs. My nylons made mewispy willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194020052008879681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post-28537595600452513542009-04-25T23:08:00.000-06:002009-04-25T23:08:00.000-06:00One of my early job was in a store waiting on wome...One of my early job was in a store waiting on women and selling them stockings...wow......No more...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post-66824075536198092282009-04-25T08:19:00.000-06:002009-04-25T08:19:00.000-06:00Yes, I remember my grandmother's heavyweight armor...Yes, I remember my grandmother's heavyweight armor plated corsets.<br /><br />My sisterlaw now 74 tells me she was a secretary in a law office at 18. She was expected to look smart and wore a firm control girdle (anyone else remember those?). When sho got home in the evening she took off her harness and wore a light girdle - it was a no no to be without "something to keep you in, dear".<br /><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post-32382247348106978112009-04-25T07:21:00.000-06:002009-04-25T07:21:00.000-06:00Hard to believe, but I did wear a girdle 40 years ...Hard to believe, but I did wear a girdle 40 years ago. Can't imagine doing that now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post-85521945977903221422009-04-24T10:59:00.000-06:002009-04-24T10:59:00.000-06:00I'm so glad I live now and not then!! They say th...I'm so glad I live now and not then!! They say that's why women of that era fainted all the time - they couldn't draw a decent breath!Deborah Godinhttp://notesfromthecloudmessenger.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5972303700635004202.post-10554113970690338862009-04-24T08:54:00.000-06:002009-04-24T08:54:00.000-06:00I've noticed the stores seem to have lots more "fo...I've noticed the stores seem to have lots more "foundation" items in their lingerie sections. Maybe sloppy is on the way out. <br /><br />I saw a segment on the Rachel Ray show about how we can all look 20 pounds thinner simply by the way we dress. <br /><br />Maybe soon we'll all look slimmer. I'd like to.Jo, a retired teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802261544848161766noreply@blogger.com