Back when I started femulating in the early 1960s, most women wore girdles.
"Girdles were considered essential garments by many women from approximately 1910 to the late 1960s. They created a rigid, controlled figure that was seen as eminently respectable and modest. They were also crucial to the couturier Christian Dior's 1947 New Look, which featured a voluminous skirt and a narrow, nipped-in waistline, also known as a wasp waist.
"Later in the 1960s, the girdle was generally supplanted by pantyhose. Pantyhose replaced girdles for many women who had used the girdle essentially as a means of holding up sheer nylon stockings. Those who want more control purchase "control top" pantyhose. Many women forgo wearing girdles, stockings, and pantyhose entirely." (source Wikipedia)
I know for a fact that all the females in my household wore girdles when I began femulating and I wore a girdle, too. It held up my stockings, held in my belly, and helped give me a feminine figure.
When panythose replaced stockings, I continued to wear a girdle and still wear one today. In addition to shaping my body, it provided another function that became very important when my femulation took me out of the house: a girdle provided an effective way of hiding my private parts. It was more effective and more comfortable than wearing a gaff.
Today, few women wear girdles. I know for a fact that none of the females in my household wear girdles, but I still wear one. My guess is that a lot of other "girls" who started femulating back when I started still include a girdle or two in their wardrobe.
Long live the Sisterhood of the Panty Girdle!
I started femulating later than you did. However, I, too, wore a girdle for the reasons you mention.
ReplyDeleteI haven't worn one in some time. However, I think about wearing them again, as my figure isn't as useful as it once was. On the other hand, having had my surgery, I don't have the other issue you mention!
I may not wear a girdle but do wear a control brief and own an all-in-one body briefer. That holds me in, in all of the right places.
ReplyDeleteYo uso una faja panty teleno.Me acostumbre cuando mi madre comprobo mi topa apretada
DeleteDear Staci L.
ReplyDeleteAs a new finder to your website, I feel that there is a real place that i can relate my life long female feelings that i have almost always had as long as i can remember. As the last of 4 boys my mom had i really feel that i got a lot of that female gender inside of me.
For instance as a 45 year old i still have a full head of hair, 29 inch waist, 35 inch hips and love to wear most playtex firm control garments. My daily girdle is a ICBG or the 18 hour long leg.
Well must go for now, but really glad i found your site as i get to know this laptop i shall blog to you later!!!!
i am a new member of the sisterhood of the pantygirdle.and i do some times wear a pantygirdle but i mostly wear my poen bottom girdles as i always wear nylon stockings with them.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with being a member of the Sisterhood of the Panty Girdle is that the selection is limited today and they just don't make them like they used to.
ReplyDeletethats sadly buy true.i used to buy my girdles on the lower east side in new york city and most of those shops are gone.and you really have to look hard to find a lingerie shop today.
ReplyDeleteHi dears,
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I grew up in the girdle era. When I started femulating, at 6 if I remember, I "borrowed" a neighbor girl's pantygirdle left on the line over night. Much later I felt compelled to borrow 10 girdles from a neighbor's clothes line. As these were the undies of three sisters, I had my pick in tightness. I wore them often under my school slacks. Sometimes I even wore one to sleep. Later I purchased both panty and open bottom girdles and still prefer the later for a night out to pantyhose. I wear a sport panty or pantygirdle over my tights around the house. My wife accepts my CD'ing but finds my choice of underwear bizarre. She has not worn a girdle in decades and enjoys her "freedom" Well to each... Cheers, Kate
ReplyDeleteStarted wearing girdles when I was about 12, have been turned on wearing them for years now. Have graduated to corselettes & body shapers. Love the overall snug feeling. To meet another girdle friend would be great, love to rub my girdled cock against another girdled cock & ass.
DeleteOne of the first feminine things I ever wore was a pantygirdle. I continue to wear them to this day. Spanx just aren't girly-girdley enough!
ReplyDeleteMs. Playtex:
ReplyDeleteI have worn a girdle since a teen and still enjoy them at age 60. Classic satin paneled girdles can still be found on the net. The feeling of a snug girdle and tight longline bra with a sheer pair of stockings is very fem. I am in a girdle frequently at work as well as femulating completly on weekends.I Love wearing girdles!
The real key to wearing a girdle is to find a Professional Corsetier and be properly fitted. First the corsetier consulted me as to my life style, I am fairly active but I work on computers a lot. She then measured both my hips and waist. After talking with me and looking at me she put me in a long legged high waisted firm boned and zippered panty girdle. She had to also teach me how to properly put on a girdle, she had me lie down pull up my legs lean way back and pull up the girdle then hook up the hooks and eyes and pull up the zipper. She also explained that I needed to just keep my stomach muscles very relaxed and let the girdle just hold and support me. She then had me stand up, what a great experience - I had never really experienced before I felt absolutly fantastic my clothes fit so much better, my posture improved 100 percent, and the best of all I felt a dramatic increase in energy and confidence. I was amazed that wearing a girdle would have that much of benefit.
ReplyDeleteThe corsetier explained that over a week to even a few weeks of daily wearing a girdle that I will be become quite dependent on being girdled. And yes this does happen and I love it being daily well encased in a girdle. Now I wear a girdle even when just relaxing around the house.
If you are interested in locating a great corsetier email me at toms_0321@yahoo.com
15 years ago I returned to wearing panty girdles again cause I just needed them. Many I bought from Sears sales ladies who were very helpful. I chose the older girdle styles on discount and they all tried to sell me the whole store. Never ever was I treated oddly for my interest. I needed girdles and they all seemed to be okay with a man buying girdles for himself. Most appreciated my honesty and said I was far easier to sell to than many men. Most sales ladies are puzzled bye men that tell false tales. Girdles are for all that choose to wear them.
DeleteHello Everyone,
ReplyDeleteI am a new member of the Sisterhood and would really appreciate if anyone could give me some information as to:
Where I can buy panty girdle patterns or
If seamstresses would actually make them to specifications.
Thank you kindly,
Leslie
I've seen patterns on ebay regularly. Good luck!
DeleteSo glad i found this blog. I had never heard of femulate, but obviously have been doing it all my life. Just Love wearing any and all girdle styles
ReplyDeleteI agree, I just adore Panty Girdles with garter tabs. In the sixties there were so many pretty colors that panty girdles came in--I had a pretty pale blue one with ruffled lace at the hem.
ReplyDeleteAlso wore a very FEMININE lacy Yellow one with metal garters. So wonderful and you are correct, helps me keep tucked WAY BACK so I have a smooth Feminine front.
I grew up in a household with women only. I often saw my mother in her girdle and stockings when she changed. So it was quite natural that one day I tried one of her girdles and a pair of stockings. And what can I say. I was hooked imediately. From then on I was wearing a girdle whenever possible.
ReplyDeleteNow many years later I still wear girdles almost daily. I love the obg style but sometimes I wear a llpg too. A while ago I tried a bra. Now I am always properly girdled. My wife wears girdles too and approves my girdle wearing.
I am in the same situation . The wife and I wear girdles and she loves me in a girdle and stockings. Also we both wear long Line bras and mostly hwobg,sometimes hwllpg. Love the feeling to be completely girdled,more males should try.
DeleteCouldn´t agree more. More men should try a girdle. I think most of them would be hooked immediately. Aside from the feeling wearing a girdle has a lot of benefits. I wouldn´t want to miss it anymore. Like you my wife and me we both wear our girdles every day.
DeleteFor a male you have to get past that society considers a girdle a women's only garment. Once I experienced the benefits of what it is like to be in a vintage girdle daily truly amazed how great I feel. The real key to experiencing the benfits of a girdle is to keep your stomach muscles relaxed, and just let the girdle support your posture. Personally it is beyond me why both males and females wouldn't want to be daily girdled, the benefits are real, you look great and you sure feel great.
DeleteThe wife likes me in a girdle and stockings, she started me off and I love it. I like hwobg and long line bras.
ReplyDeleteWhen your wife not only accepts you wearing girdles but likes you wearing one this is the best thing that could happen. I read so many comments from guys who have to hide it and wear in secret. That can make life difficult. I am so happy that my wife reacted positive when she became aware that I love girdles. She liked it and even encouraged me to wear a bra too. It is such a nice thing when we go out for dinner and both wear girdle, bra and stockings.
ReplyDeleteMy mother and dance teacher put me in a light control pantie girdle when I was 7 back in the mid fifties. After about six months I was fitted for a boned high waist pantie girdle. It was explained that I needed a trimmer waist for the end of year recital. By the age of 10 I was wearing a boned high waist pantie girdle full time. I was the only boy in my age group at the dance school in fact there were only two older boys in the school. I don't think either one of them wore a pantie girdle. Sometimes I was required to wear the same costumes as the girls, never a skirt or dress just sequined leotard or similar. That may be why I'm one of the gurls now.
ReplyDeletesad but true.
ReplyDeleteMy Girdle wearing began when I tried on my mothers Merrywidow left over from her wedding. I think i was about 12. Id been dressing since i was 6 but never encountered such a piece of clothing. When i was about 15 my mother found out about my dressing and bought me several panty girdles and my first pair of heels. I now have close to 100 different styles of girdles in my collection and most of them are vintage finds i found on Ebay and other places. i also have many 50's housewife dresses, slips, crinolines and long line bras. I love being a 1950s housewife and hope to someday find a woman who would want a feminized , girdle wearing 1950s male wife.
ReplyDeleteI am proud to say that I wear a tight open bottom girdle most every day. It holds in my belly and holds up my silky nylon stockings and I wear silky nylon panties 24/7 and they cover the bottom of my girdle.
ReplyDeleteYou are not the only one. For more than 20 years now I wear a girdle every day. My favourite is obg with stockings. Sometimes llpg with pantyhose. I don´t want to miss the feeling of the nylon on my legs and the encased feeling of the girdle. I often wondered where does the magic of the girdle come from? Like many others I started young with my mother´s girdle a long time ago. When I was caught by my mother in one of her girdles and stockings she made me wear it for a week during summer holidays. It was her attempt to cure me. But with that she achieved the contrary. Since then I never gave up. I found a lot about girdle dependency in some forums. It happens. I do not feel well without a girdle.
ReplyDeleteI started wearing pantygirdles more than 20 years ago. I always enjoyed the catalogs with models showing off their bras panties and of course the pantygirdle. Pantygirdles are sold in waist sizes which helps so much. Panties hip sizes. One of my first pantygirdle was the""Loseit!" brand Loved it had the wonderful split crotch. For me not wearing a pantygirdle feels strange.
ReplyDeleteThese days I only feel "right" in a girdle. The only complaint I have is that sometimes my nylons feel too tight over my toes as I usually buy nylons a size too small so as to keep the girdle firmly lashed down!
ReplyDelete" I only feel "right" in a girdle" Couldn´t agree more. For more than 20 years I was wearing a girdle every day. I don´t go without my girdle anymore. My wife often wonders where my fascination for girdles come from. I do not feel properly dressed without a girdle. I need the support it gives. There are a lot of benefits of girdle wearing. Who has never felt the sensation of a tight fitting girdle does not know what he or she misses.
ReplyDeleteI agree you - you do get to the point where you do not feel right unless you are well encased in a girdle. Wearing a decent vintage girdle like Rago 6210 a long legged high waisted boned and zippered panty girdle gets to the point when you experience benefits, you keep you stomach muscles relaxed and just relay completely on the girdle to support your posture, it is amazing how great you feel all supported. I also do not feel dressed, something seriously feels missing without the needed control and support a decent vintage girdle does offer you. What you experience is much more energy and confidence, it really is amazing, and yes you will become quite dependent and need to be girdled daily, but it really is so well worth it.
DeleteCouldn´t agree more. No longer I can and want to go without a girdle. I feel that I need the support of my girdle. It doesn´t matter which style, I wear hwpg as well as obg. Although I have to admit that most days it is obg with stockings for me. Ok, I´m girdle dependent by now. But I like it and feel so well. First thing in the morning after showers I don my girdle and simply feel great. It´s true what you said about energy and confidence.
ReplyDeleteAs a male once I went through girdle training and was fitted in a vintage girdle like Rago 6210 and I experienced the real benefits of being daily in a girdle it is way beyond me why women in the present day refuse to be in a girdle - the benefits are real you really do feel great and you really do have much more energy. A vintage girdle back during the "Golden Age of Girdles" the 40ties, 50ties, and 60ties was I believe "A women's best kept secret" and for good reason. Once you get to the point where you experience being girdled you will be hooked, and you will love being daily in a girdle. After I experienced the real benefits that a vintage girdle offers you I did some research and interesting enough I found there are some real serious health benefits to daily being girdled, it has to do with the fact as humans we stand erect standing erect has a very negative effect on our internal organs from gravity and time. A decent vintage girdle that is firm and boned will for sure counteract the negative effect of gravity and support and hold your internal organs in their normal natural position, this is why when girdled you experience a dramatic increase in energy.
DeleteI came up with this concerning the health benefits of being girdled.
https://toms0321.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/the-health-benefits-from-daily-wearing-a-vintage-girdle/
Also come and post your comments about your girdle experience:
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I first started wearing a long leg girdle when I was 12 years old. I became fascinated with them when I noticed my mother squeezing into one before going to a party. As she rarely wore them anymore, one day I got up the nerve to borrow a few of them from her drawer and the feeling was incredible as she always bought tight girdles. It was tough though as I had to be real careful as they were her girdles, and she found out that I was wearing them in secret when I turned 16. My fondest memory though comes from when I was 17 and went to a garage sale and spotted a couple of long leg girdles and I asked the young lady if she had any more girdles. She asked me if I meant "ladies girdles "? I said yes, and she then asked me Did I mean "long leg girdles "? I said yes and she said give me a minute and she went to her friend who was her roommate to talk to her. I was certain that I had overstepped my boundaries by asking her as she went inside. However, much to my surprise she came back out with 15 long leg girdles. She said they didn't wear them anymore and to buy as many as I liked. I bought them all and I have never stopped wearing long leg girdles as I am proud to be a "gurl" and a member of the Sisterhood of the Panty Girdle!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was about 13 years old, I tried on some of my mother's clothes while I was alone. I tried on panties, a bra, a rubber playtex open bottom girdle, nylons, a lip, a blouse and skirt and some heels. I got caught when she came home early. She was very upset and could not believe I would choose to wear a girdle. She always thought wearing a girdle was uncomfortable and only wore her girdle once in a while. She asked me why I would want to wear a girdle and I had no answer. She never told my father or brother about this incident but after a couple of weeks presented me with my own Playtex long leg panty girdle and insisted I wear it all the time. I was hooked and still wear girdles everyday and I am 71 years old.
ReplyDeleteI am about five years older than you so I would say we went through a lot of "growing up" experiences at about the same ages. I was about 13 years old when I started trying on some of my mother's clothes but fortunately never got caught. One of my household jobs was to take out the trash. One day I found one of my mother's pantygirdles in the trash which, of course, I "rescued" and hid in my closet. All of the stretch had gone out of it which was probably why my mother was throwing it away but now I had a girdle I could call my own and wore it as much as I could. When I turned 16 I got a part time job in a grocery store. As soon as I got my first paycheck I went to what today we would call a self service discount department store and bought myself a baby blue pantie girdle with garters and a pair of nylons off a rack. I took them to a cashier, said nothing and paid for what I was buying. The cashier put my girdle and nylons in a paper bag and handed them to me without saying a word. I did not know what she was thinking about me as I took my bag and left. As soon as I got home I took a shower and put on MY very own girdle and nylons. I loved the feel of my girdle and the way it held all my male anatomy in a comfortable position. For a few days I wore my girdle and nylons only at home but within a week I went to school with them on. I found them very comfortable all day and, if anyone suspected what I was wearing, they did not say anything. Like you, I was hooked and bought more girdles so I could wear one all the time. I could write a book about wearing girdles and how I still enjoy wearing them every day.
DeleteDid Playtex really advertise for men to wear their girdles and bra's? Somehow I missed it in the sixties an I really looked good in a girdle then.I want to buy a girdle now but don't know where to start. I wore my sister's then and they felt so good. I wish I knew then what I know now.
ReplyDeleteNo - that ad is a parody I created.
DeleteHi Anonymous. I was happy to see your reply in my email box. This is fun for me. I am not as fortunate as you to have a wife who approves of your alternate personna. I have tried to get her on board several times but had to give it up. Anyway I still have a secret supply of nice things including girdles. Thanks for thinking of me.
ReplyDeleteHere is what it is about vintage girdles like Rago 6210. It doesn't matter if you are a male of a female wearing daily a vintage girdle really is very beneficial for your overall health and well being. It has to do with the fact we as humans stand erect. Standing erect without a girdle does has a very negative effect on our bodies and our internal organs with time and gravity. Having our bodies well supported daily in a vintage girdle is good for our overall health. The key is get a proper fit if you follow this https://toms0321.wordpress.com/ you will experience the real benefits women back during the Golden Age of Girdles really did experience. The benefits of being well girdled daily is truly amazing.
ReplyDelete"I Love Wearing Long Legged Panty Girdles" Straight Crossdresser.
ReplyDeleteFirst apanty girdle then a llpg and over that tight body briefer
ReplyDeleteWomen no longer wear girdles as they are totally propagandised by the media against any real feminine clothing now. Many gave up girdles etc in the first place due to Womens Lib politics.
ReplyDeleteNow they wear leggings that emphasise the arse, the arse wobble and even the arse hole!
Love to wear 2 panty girdlesand2 body briefers
ReplyDeleteI love wearing a pantygirdle daily Underneath is a panty usually a brief Of course I’m wearing a maxi pad with a regular tampon.
ReplyDeleteI have purged all my stuff but I miss my panties and girdles and intend to get some more. I wish I could get the 1960's style though. I used to wear my sisters and it felt wonderful. She didn't want me wearing hers but I couldn't help it.
ReplyDeleteI have replenished my panty collection I have over 300 pairs Maxipads and tampons keep the undies clean and fresh Like most women I keep my snatch full shaved
DeleteA shaved cock and balls always looks pretty Don’t forget to change your tampons often I like to change every 4 hours
DeleteA douche is very refreshing😊
DeleteDarn it. I wrote it outonce and now it's gone just like the wind darn it.
ReplyDeleteI love that. Please respond here again. Are you a submissive? So am I and I would like to know you better.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so wonderful. Please keep responding here to me. You're wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi again.
ReplyDeleteWomen today think they;re stylish - but they dress like the peasant women at the time of the Russian revolution of 1917 - if you look at the films of that period you will see I'm right. The younger ones want to show their arse holes joggling in 'come on' typ[e of walking.
ReplyDeleteThe middle aged show ugly bare legs, There's not much to choose from any of them here in Ireland today.
Hi Katie glad to know you. I have got to find myself a nice paneled girdle to wear everyday. I cannot wait. Do you sell anything like that? Just asking.
ReplyDeleteDo you sell girdles?
ReplyDeleteI adore girdle.
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