Young Blonde Girl With Blue Eyes Reveals Her Necklace, Blue Brassiere, Panties And White Stockings With Garter Belts Suspenders On The Bench In The Wooden Cottage

In the 1940s to 60s, suspenders became a common, popular alternative to the girdle, especially among teens and young women. Suspenders are simpler and more practical than the girdle when used only to hold up stockings. It was considered more comfortable than the larger girdle. Some men's magazines, such as the Spick and Span magazine, featured models in suspenders and stockings, sometimes with slips or petticoats.Waafs were issued low-grade suspenders.
For everyday wear, many women wore stockings without suspenders by simply rolling the top of the stocking, because it was more practical, and thus creating a kind of ancestor of the modern hold ups.