Girdle

The girdle or hip belt is a short form of the bodice, which is open at the bottom. He does not belong to the underwear, but is worn over it. A girdle is not a garter, although the term is often colloquially used incorrectly in this sense.

Form

The girdle consists of more or less elastic and körperformendem material and extends from the waist to the neck of the thigh. He was first put together yet again. Before the bra became popular, the ladies wore girdles for a so-called " breast camisole ". The girdle is usually skin colored or white, other colors are rare. The stockings were fastened with four to six clips on the girdle, as spandex was not yet invented, so this did not stop by itself. The girdle was a bodice with the ability to attach stockings to it as in principle. While the bra leaning above the girdle should be below the abdomen and hip region shapes. He also had the additional task of the now worn to keep stockings in place.

History

The girdle is a product of fashion, he released in 1900 on with the advent of reform and clothing corset bodice, a more natural appearance of the woman was targeted. Below or above the women wore a pair of underpants or a panties.

The girdle sat down, as a means of shaping the female body, in the 20s and through its heyday in the 50s, he was born until the 60s into it. After that he lost due to the advent of the tights in importance and was largely unnecessary. The function of the body sculpting now took the girdle. Nowadays very few girdles are still manufactured and sold.