Talk:Girdle

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in line 4 it should be distinguished between open bottom girdles (brief or hi waist) and pantie girdles (brief, hi waist or long legged). Hi waist girdles are very often zipped.

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Arguably the most famous girdle, made by Playtex, was known as the "24-hour girdle", as it could be worn comfortably for long periods.

I think this is speculative at best and POV probably, and I think it refers to the 18 hour girdle, not 24!

Agree with the anon comments above, there's lots of room for expansion (no pun intended) here. A list of manufacturers might be a good start; Types of girdle and historical styles and fashions are another obvious direction, zips, panels, step-ins, pantie girdles, control briefs, the connection to stockings vs panti-hose, suspenders, "belts", girdle cover gussies vs briefs underneath, modern fettishists - all sorts of possibilities. Andrewa 16:02, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

No more stub
I added the literature section and some headings, and it didn't look like a stub anymore. No more stub! However, I failed to notice I wasn't signed in. So here's my sig: Wrad 01:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I think there should be a BETTER GUR=DLE paintings — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.101.66.130 (talk) 02:59, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * William Robert Colton - La ceinture.jpg

Perhaps this is relevant to the article.--Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 10:32, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

Split this article
This article should not be about the word "girdle" but about the things themselevs. I recommend the article should be split into two - one for the liturgial and medieval belt, and one for the elasticized undergarment. This will allow proper categorization. If there are no objections here, I am happy to make the split myself. - PKM (talk) 19:10, 2 April 2017 (UTC)


 * I agree that separate topics would read easier in separate articles. Make the split :) Ericandrewlewis (talk) 04:45, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Agree 100%. Just stumbled on this topic and have zero interest in the liturgical topic. The garment worn by large numbers of women for several decades is of much more interest to me. The overlap between the people interested in both liturgical garments and women's girdles is likely quite low.
 * I also agree. Having these two combined in one article is rather like having fingernails and carpenter's nails share an article.
 * 70.89.176.249 (talk) 23:42, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Agree. The undergarment portion is buried. I am locating sources to use before splitting. infonetall (talk) •
 * I agree with the split, the only issue I have is the ladies' undergarment should be the one titled "Girdle", as it is the primary topic, the other article should have the dab (possibly, "liturgical belt"). Onel 5969  TT me 01:33, 16 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Girdle split to Girdle (original), and Girdle (undergarment) Infonet4all (talk) 02:19, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Unclear: material
The last paragraph in the History section is a bit unclear and I don't quite follow it. It first states girdles were made of metal and then states they were made of white leather. Which one of that is true? I suppose they were metal as they were used to support a sword and protect the waist.

In addition, the paragraph states that girdles were richly embroidered and made of white leather, but then mentions that monks wore them. Is it true that monks wore such precious items? --TadejM my talk 16:58, 28 October 2023 (UTC)
 * A girdle is just a belt without a buckle. All sorts of people wore all sorts of girdle. I'll take a look. Johnbod (talk) 17:17, 28 October 2023 (UTC)