One of the great things about using real women as models is that the women aren't trained in how to stand and pose like other models.

Berlei have always catered for different shapes and sizes of women.

A woman dances wearing a red dress and feathered hat.

A young girl fills the cup of her smaller companion with milk with a somewhat deadly look in her eye.

This cinema glass slide advertises the services of Berlei corsetiere Mrs Winifred Doyle. Galton's was a department store in Maitland, NSW.

This stern-looking woman is a perfect example of Berlei's use of real women as models.

This educational glass slide shows an illustration of a 'Lady of the Court of Charles X of France' and 'The first Corset of the Modern Period, approaching our own Corset Waist about 1825'.

This educational glass slide would have been shown to prospective Berlei fitters.

This glass slide illustrates the difference in corset waistlines from 1900 to 1931 in five steps. It was used as part of the Berlei training for prospective fitters.

Berlei were ahead of their time in using real women as models for their underwear.