My Gran wore girdles, corsets for peasants, I was so scared when I was little that I would have to wear them too. I remember taking hers and putting it on, it was my first taste of existential despair.It was enormous on me, of course, Gran was "stout". I would help hook her up in the back. Thank goodness when i hit adolescence I only had to deal with garter belts, yes boys and girls, I am from the pre panty hose era.