SPOTLIGHT: 1950s Underwear and The '50's Breast Obsession (An Ultimate Fashion History Special)

After assuming more masculine roles in The War Years, the '50s saw a return to femininity, the ideal body shape reverting to that of the hourglass. No matter what a woman's natural body type may have been, corsets, girdles, and incredible cone bras helped her achieve this Atomic Age shape! This Spotlight segment undresses the 1950s to take a good look at the undergarments that created this uber-feminized ideal, as well as theorizing on why the decade was so obsessed with boobs!