I am sure the expensive underwear were more comfortable than what the average woman wore at a price she could afford.
I guess a garter belt in of its self was not uncomfortable.
If you were in need of a girdle but not the usual heavy duty girdles, you could wear a panty girdle.
Not that comfortable but more light weight than the heavy duties. And again, lumpy under pants. Although it was called a panty girdle, you did wear panties underneath.
Nylon were miserable affairs, even when they started to reinforce them at the toes and heels to help prevent runs.
If you got past 2 uses out of one without a snag or run you were doing pretty good. If you saw a snag a dab of nail polish was good to help prevent a run. Going to high school with a run half way down your leg ending with a dab or nail polish was not an uncommon sight.
At least the nylons with the seam up the back was going out of style although you could still by them.
Like all these garments they came in different sizes. Nylons also came in short, medium and tall. How annoying when you bought the wrong height! Too short and you had to make the garters longer which might show when you walk because skirts were short back then!
Or too long you had to clip the garter right onto the nylon and not the double top which almost guarantees a run before you even got to school.
Pantyhose was starting to become popular and more comfortable than anything else being worn.
That did away with garters and girdles and nylons for the most part.
Just like slips and half slips were hardly used any more. It was not too long ago I got rid of my last half slip. I had not used it in years,
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