Comments on: Who doesn’t want to look like Marilyn Monroe?

By: Retro

Retro — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:14:20 +0000

I just love the retro look with curves and style. Yes, the glamour aspect is something many can pull off if they really try with hair and make up of the era, but it is the underwear that really does it.

I can imagine that it might be ‘constraining’ in a girdle, but the pants – knickers, not panties – of the era were beautifully cut and the range of petticoats available to the 50′s girl was astounding and so feminine. A full fluffy chiffon petticoat has to be the most feminine garment ever. And the slips. So soft and smooth. They went out of fashion but were just so gorgeous to the touch. Clothes ‘moved’ over a slip with a charm that few modern clothes manage, if at all. Who can forget Elizabeth Taylor so sultry in her pretty slip in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’?

I am a man, by the way. One who appreciates the Woman in women.

By: Jacinda

Jacinda — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:48:58 +0000

I found this article by chance, and almost clicked it away. But the pictures caught my eye, and I can’t believe how sexy the old style lingerie actually looks.

I especially like the innocent look of the Doris bra and suspender belt, though the naughty side of me can imagine wearing it without panties, or with just the tiniest of thongs… or maybe something very much see-through.

Elizabeth… what does your comment actually mean?

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:36:49 +0000

This is right here, in the present, not the future.

By: Sandra W.

Sandra W. — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:01:56 +0000

Oh Helenia! Your message made me smile. I thought it was a bit weird at first as well, but I have come to really like it. When my boyfriend first saw me dressed in something like the pink outfit above it really turned him on. I have several of these retro items now — including a large, fluffy petticoat that I wear around my place with nothing underneath (or above).

By: Helenia

Helenia — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:33:40 +0000

OMG! This stuff was weird at first but Im sooooo really starting to like it! Old hollywood starlet glam is just amazing! They did it first way back when, and now designers are just making tiny chagnes to make it even better!!! From Marilyn Monroe, Audrey, Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich and Betty Page, THIS LINGERIE ROCKS!!! No matter what era youre from! Very very very coooool!!!!! Keep it coming! S-E-X-Y.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:35:04 +0000

I am young enough not to remember the old stuff, but old enough to like it.

By: Retro Fashion

Retro Fashion — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:06:03 +0000

All the old stuff I wore as a child is coming back. Kinda scary and makes you feel old, but it looks great most of the time.

By: Mr.Goose

Mr.Goose — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:07:06 +0000

In 2003 we undertook a photographic project and study entitled “modern girls in girdles”. Granted it was not particularly scientific but the results were quite interesting.

Seems that whilst structured undergarments are unlikely to attain their former ubiquity any time soon, some young women are actually having quite a bit of fun with the retro look.

http://www.garfnet.org.uk/projects/zona

Best wishes G.