2012-03-19
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photo 03:25:00
Multiple exposures of a Playtex panty girdle, 1951. Nicholas de Monchaux, in Spacesuit; Fashioning Apollo:
The story of the Apollo spacesuit is the surprising tale of an unexpected victory: that of Playtex, makers of bras and girdles, over the large military-industrial contractors better positioned to secure the spacesuit contract.
