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The word girdle originally meant a belt (or metaphorically speaking, something which confines or encloses, as in Tolkien's Girdle of Melian). In modern English the term "girdle" is most commonly used for a form of women's underwear that replaced the [[corset]] in popularity.

Constructed of elasticized fabric and sometimes fastened with hook and eye closures, the girdle constricts the tummy line to shape and smooth a woman's figure, thereby producing a more aesthetically pleasing and attractive clothed silhouette. Most girdles extend from the [[waist]] to the [[thighs]]. Some included a built-in [[bra]]. Older girdles were simply sheaths of fabric that did not cover the [[crotch]].

In the 1960s, these models fell from favor and were to a great extent replaced by the panty girdle. The panty girdle resembles a tight pair of athletic shorts. No one would confuse these reshapers with lingerie. Your grandmothers and great-grandmothers wear girdles. Women wear girdles when the sexy little dress from a few years ago is a bit too tight.

Both models of girdles usually include [[garter]]s to hold up [[stockings]].

Girdles are to [[corset]]s what [[white cottons]] are to sexy [[panties]] - they aren't.

[[Image:Girdle-kath55-20040222-75680-1.jpg|thumb|left|Kath55 a constricting girdle.]]

[[Image:Girdle.jpg|thumb|left|Bella Jewel wears a sexy bustier-type corset (merrywidow) that does not constrict her already shapely figure, that no one would call a girdle.]]
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Administrator: Created page with "The word girdle originally meant a belt (or metaphorically speaking, something which confines or encloses, as in Tolkien's Girdle of Melian). In modern English the term "girdl..."