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History

Spirella Offices

Foundations & Catalogues

Spirella's Numbering System

Brassieres

Girdles

Panty-girdles

Corselettes

Corsets

Surgical Corsets

Waist Nippers

 

 

Spirella Corsetieres

 

Training

Sales Technique

Measuring and Fitting

Corsetieres in Real Life

Headquarters and the Models

Spirella Corsetieres of the Past

Spirella and the Film Industry

The Spirella Magazine

Weddings

Stereo Images

Sport & Health

The Older Woman

An Alternative Social History

Demise

 

 

 Spencer

 

Spencer pre-War

Spencer post-War

Spencer 1951

Spencer 1962

The Spen-All

Spencer Adverts

Barcley

 

 

Surgical Corsets

 

The Bad Back

German Back

The Abominable Corset

 

 

Fan-Lacing Corsets

 

 

Samuel Higby Camp and his Amazing Corsets

Decades of Camp Brochures

Girdles    Panty-girdles

Bras   Corselettes

The Scientific Support

Maternity Engineering

Memories

 

Jenyns - The Australian Rival

History

Corsets

Demise

 

Other Fan-Lacers

Reducing Corsetry

 

Alstons

Playtex

 

 

Corsetry Compendium

What is  a Girdle

and what is a Corset ?

Zippers and Other Perils

General  Girdle  Questions

The Audibility of Underwear

Stewardesses   and   Girdles

Foundations (how many?)

The Feel of Foundations

The  Sporting  Woman

Corsets and the War

Sleeping in Corsets

Garters and Lace

Strange Names

Hip -spring

Brabarella

Pet Names

Swimsuits

Big Hips

Curiosities

Under-belts

Tight Lacing

Impedimenta

Girdle  Hooks

Equestriennes

Dating Girdles

The  Stewardess

I Scream Cones

Making a Girdle

Vestigial  Lacing

Multiple  Lacings

George's Thoughts

Colourful  Corsetry

Corsets and the War

Petticoats and Divas

Foundations in 1938

Girdles in  the Movies

Knickers  and  Corsets

Women  and  Motoring

How to don  your  girdle

Transparent Foundations

The Other Side of Corsetry

The Trouble  with Basques

Stockings  and   Suspenders

Women's  Attitude  to  Girdles

Il  faut  souffrir  pour ętre belle

Getting it right; getting it wrong

Trapped  inside  my  Panty-girdle

How to Lace your Corset,  Madam

Reminiscences of Wearing Corsets

When were  Foundations  worn ?

What was the best foundation ?

The  Trendelenburg  Position

Roll-ons, Step-ins and Belts

Fashionable Young Lady

The Old Corset Shop

Unusual  Boning

Invisible Lacing

Glorious  Satin

 

 

 

What lies beneath?

 

The Visibility of Underwear

Structured Gowns

 

 

Technical Corsetry

 

A Lengthy Subject

And a Weighty One too!

Who wore what, when? 

Corset Detectives!

Dating Girdles

Bra Sizes

Famous Waists

 

Ethel Granger

Cathie Jung

 

Lady Annalai

 

 

Corsetieres

 

Tales and Anecdotes

 

 

Brand Corsetieres

 

Berlei

Camp

Charis

Spirella

Spencer

Strodex

Playtex

Warners

 

Individuals

Alison

Isobel

Anna

 

Madame Medeq

Illa Knina

Madame Caswill

Marianne

Rosalind

Wilbro

Dorothea Allen

 

Iris Norris & Gardner's

 

 

Other Famous Brand Names

 

Ambrose Wilson

Axfords

Berlei

Charis

Court Royal

Dominion

Felina

Gossard

Lane Bryant

Maidenform

Marks and Spencer

Nubone

Poirette

Pul-Front

Realform

Rengo

Rigby & Peller

Roussel

Sarong

Sears

Spanx

Stayform

Strodex

Symingtons

Triumph

Twilfit

Warners

Other Brands

 

 

European Corsets

 

 

Belgian

 

French 

Dior

Colour and Satin

A Discussion

Le Corset de France

 

Italian

Modern

Berné

 

Spanish

Dutch

 

German

German Abdomen

German Back

Figesta

Other Brands

 

Scandinavian

Spirella in Malmö

Spirella in Copenhagen

Miss Mary

 

Finnish

 

 

The Rest of the World

 

 

The Ivy Leaf Collection

 

Making the Calendars

The History of the Calendars

Pulling Together

Writing the Book

 

 

 

The Stout Woman

or infamous waists!

The Stout Woman's Point-of-View

 

A Panic in Fat

Cartoons

 

 

Advertising

The Amazing World of

Before and After Woman

 

 

Roger's Ramblings

 

Lightweight News, Snippets & Memoirs

Advisories and News

Articles by other Authors

Bras: Bewildering and Bewitching

Pan Am and Girdles

Humorous Articles

 

Trends

Bra Sales Statistics

A Bra that Fits

Girdle Sales Statistics

Shapewear Revival

 

RK's Opinions

Visibility of Underwear

DDumb

Pantyhose: A Relic of the 20th Century

Hideaway Holsters

Renewable Bras

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