my great granny used to tell me what I couldn’t go out to school without my ‘body’ on!! Now as I’m sure you can image that prompted all kinds of comments from me and my brother. And even today my little niece still has a wee white vest - sorry I mean, body - for underneath her tops.
Dear me, I’ve heard of one, but not seen one, let alone worn one!
I do remember the dreaded “panty girdle”, though, that’s like an extra cast-iron pair of knickers, that you put on over your normal knickers, and over your tights. They do stop your tights going like Nora Batty’s, I’ll say that for them, but otherwise, so hot, uncomfortable, and impractical.
Can you even buy them any more? Not thought of or seen them for ages. I think I’d collapse of exhaustion, just trying to get them on and off now.
Think the dreaded “panty girdle” has been replaced by Magic Knickers which are, apparently, ideal under trousers as they are supposed to give the bottom a lift and avoid a VPL. Haven’t tried them but perhaps I should as the rear end is going south a bit!
l did laugh at Tina’ joke about the Liberty Bodice - lf they were called spacejackets all the kids would wear them - Tina - you could be on a good money-making scheme there. l remember them as being warm/cosy/comforting - but we zilch ‘allure’. So yes, a good name.
lts back to my ‘heat holders’ - to-day its the tights - and they do stay up well - [without a pantie girdle Tina] So no Norah Battys