On the rubber garments issue... Does anyone remember the "joys" of wearing a Platex girdle in the 1950s?My husband to be used to call it "body armor".
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Rubber garments to hide or lose weight > I cannot speak for some of the stuff in the original post but I have a couple > of bits to add: > > When I was much younger -- well, not that much for I am still.... bahh, you'll > never believe it -- I used to do odd things like try to keep fit. Part of that > was to make arm and head holes in a dry cleaning plastic cover and wear it > under my track (sweat) suit while training. I know, I know, I know, there are > good reasons not to do this but, hell, it works when done right. > > As to hiding flab, these days I often work with those mountains of fitness > called professional wrestlers. For one popular wrestler who has a second, > masked and bodysuited character, I made a neoprene (wetsuit fabric) bodysuit to > wear under the costume to thin him in. It works, > > -C. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
