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The Coppelia girdles were, in fact, very well made, however, when they came on the market, the era of the corsetiere as a skilled trade was on the wane. The pictures come from Spirella's last catalogues produced early inthe 1980's. Latterly, Coppelias became (in Britain) the first girdles sold by Spirella in stock sizes. The lady in the 45 doesn't look as pleased as she does above in her 41!

But let us return to the heyday of the girdle.Ĭoppelias 40, 41, 41, 43, 44 and 45 from 1969 to 1972. The panty-girdle, or shaper if you must, is the lower foundation of choice, if, of course you chose to wear a foundation. Today (2012), the girdle is probably less well known than the corset that still has a small, but dedicated, following. In fact, Spirella introduced the Spirelette 122, their first pantie-girdle, in 1953, but withdrew it in 1955. Even in November 1968, a report fromKayser Bondor disclosed that in a survey of over 3,000 women, 70 per cent stillwore conventional girdles and the vast majority of women needed and wantedcontrolling garments.Īs we will see ( weddings), 1968 probably sounded the death-knell of the girdle, as British woman suddenly adopted the panty-girdle that her American sisters had been wearing for nearly a decade. (By 1966, the term 'corset' was having image problems in themarketing department). A fair proportion of thesewere accounted for by Spirella's 6,000 consultants as the corsetieres had becomeknown. Girdles started to replace corsets in the 1930's and in 1966 sixmillion girdles were sold in Britain in nine months.

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