amusing safety garment photo

[Trickeration]

Oops! Sorry. I'll just post a photo later.

 

[Andykev]

Delete it

Hmmm, Live Ebay auctions are not allowed. Thanks you.

 

[Trickeration]

Auction's over, so now I'll post the pic. Sorry about the posting blunder.

Anyway, I stumbled on this while poking around ebay last night. I was familiar with some of the things women did for safety such as wearing snoods or bandanas to keep hair out of machinery, or straps at the ankles to keep pant legs secured, but this was a new one on me. The box says it is "Vital Protection For Women In Industry" . Interesting. Trix

 

[scotrace]

Actually

These found use post-war.
All the women I dated wore them as armor, it semed.

 

[Naama]

°_0 ugh.................. looks rather disgusting, and not very comfortable........

Naama

 

[LaMedicine]

These found use post-war.
All the women I dated wore them as armor, it semed.

Yikes!

 

[MissQueenie]

They look exactly like the breast guards I used to wear for fencing...

~ Q.

 

[Trickeration]

Matt Deckard suggested them for paintball . I kind of wondered where you would have purchased them (I'd guess a catalog). It looks like the box says they're a size medium. Seems to me that small, medium and large would be rather limiting, and uncomfortable.

I agree with Naama, though, they look uncomfortable anyway.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Auction's over, so now I'll post the pic.

Trickeration, THANK GOODNESS you didn't post the pic while the auction was on! I was worried that hordes of ladies around here would go into a bidding frenzy over this most attractive and practical garment. Now that the auction's over, I can breathe easily.


(You know I'm pulling your leg, right? You did the right thing.)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

They look exactly like the breast guards I used to wear for fencing...

~ Q.

I fenced too! Junior Olympics. Saber. At the '84 Summer Olympics in L.A., I worked as a volunteer at the fencing competitions.

I wore a cup, but on a different part of my body ...

What was your weapon, MissQueenie?

 

[Trickeration]

Marc, I know just what you mean. Such an essential part of a ladies vintage wardrobe, and only one to be had. The girls all needed an equal opportunity to bid on it.

Seriously, though, there were 8 bidders and the auction closed at $73.76.

It's pretty cool that there are two fencers here. My son says he'd like to try it sometime.