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Berlei Sarong Body Magic (1968)
This black-and-white television advertisement for the Berlei ‘Sarong Body Magic’ girdle demonstrates the wonders of a girdle that adjusts to the figure, no matter what your shape. A woman’s voice-...
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Lingerie on ice
Foundation garments for women were popular in the 1950s, bolstered by the fashion for Dior's wasp waists and an exaggerated feminine silhouette. 'Girl's Best Friend: Foundation Garments Modelled on...
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Dancing Sarong
A woman in a dress dances to cocktail music as a female voice-over explains the features of the ‘Sarong’ girdle the woman is wearing beneath her clothes. The action freezes as the camera zooms in and...
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Golfing Sarong
A woman dressed in golfing attire practices her golf swing as a female voice-over explains the features of the ‘Sarong’ girdle the woman is wearing beneath her clothes. The action freezes as the...
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Camp-Berlei Foundation Garments - modelling fashion
Fashionable garments are modelled displaying a range of designers clothes include a dress by couturier Melnotte Simonin; a hand-embroidered coat with fur trim by designer Jacques Heim, a painted...
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Berlei Corsets: Beautiful Lines of Woman Triumphant
Two women dressed in dark underwear, silk stockings and shoes model two styles of Berlei corsetry. They stand on raised platforms in front of a plain backdrop, the larger space of the studio visible...
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Camp-Berlei Foundation Garments - The basis of all frocking
In the closing minutes of this advertisement, mannequins and live models appear in Berlei’s figure-hugging foundation garments, the ‘basis for all frocking’. After an elaborate pyramid display of...
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It Isn’t Done - The 'futility of careless dressing'
In an elaborate fitting room, careless Barb is always losing things. She has lost her shoes, and she just may lose her heart this evening too! But she despairs that her evening dress is ‘frightful’...
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It Isn’t Done - The Berlei Figure Type Indicator
After taking Barb’s measurements, Ms Blake calls Ms Trent and asks her to check them against the Berlei Figure Type Indicator, which indicates she is a ‘slender average type’. A suitable foundation...
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Abdominal control
Berlei have always catered for different shapes and sizes of women. This glass slide was part of the training program for Berlei fitters and illustrates the 'Berlei Wrap-on 650 for heavy figures...
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