Spanx is a US capitalist success story.
A Florida college girl build a $1 billion dollar company.
A friend of my Grandpas was a doctor. He called womens undergarment bear traps. He hated them and thought them unhealthy. And that was in 1966.
Yeah, but are you a female? The bone structure in males would make it unable to be properly worn.
” It pushed my intestines up and they crowded my lungs and I couldn’t breathe.”
...I would get so banned... :)
Back in the day, we were made to wear panty girdles, no matter what the outside temperature. Underwear for formal dances included a Merry Widow corset. They were both miserable to wear. First thing I did after moving out on my own at age 20 was throw them out, although, to be honest, I hadn’t worn either since age 18 when I went away to college.
I am a small mesomorph who never weighed more than 125 when I was young and stay at about 130, now. My mother truly believed girdles, corsets, gloves and hose were essential clothing for all women at all times. It was a prevalent belief in the 1950s.