Woman wearing girdle and glasses National Film and Sound Archive

One of the great things about using real women as models is that the women aren't trained in how to stand and pose like other models. Each woman has a real character that shines through their expressions and accessories instead of the more passive expressions and generic look that were fashionable then and, to some extent, still are today. We can project whatever story we want onto the images. Was this woman in her spotted corset and spectacles a spy, mother, teacher, librarian or a Country Women's Association member? 

1950`s Woman in Girdle and Stockings Stock Photo - Image of lipstick, novel: 151033870

The costume that Meryl Streep said was evil, evil

Mannequin Drawings for Sale - Fine Art America

Hailey Bieber looks *unreal* in white embroidered lingerie

Felicity Winkley UCL Researchers in Museums

Advertising and Consumer Culture in the United States

Paris Fashion Week AW22, these were your best bits Womenswear

Girdles in the Movies

Shapewear that came well before Spanx Forties ads reveal the girdles and corsets behind that hourglass silhouette

100 years of Berlei National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Girdle with garters Vintage girdle, Retro fashion vintage, Girdle

Breast supporting act: a century of the bra, The Independent