Girdle Stories from Long Ago

Girdles have been around for a long time and they are here to stay; albeit in a very different form called 'shapeware'.

Here's a very entertaining video of a girdle fashion show from the 1940's in Britian. In one scene we see a mother of nine children. Yep, nine children. I doubt she has time to put on girdles. They are foster babies and she spends her days changing diapers, washing them, and putting them on the laundry line outside. And you thought you had it rough!