'Berlei-Camp Convalescing Support 2703 for Post-operative Wear'.

The 'Berlei-Camp side fastening maternity support 2711 for medium figures.' The Berlei-Camp range was from the mid-to-late 1920s at around the time when Berlei was performing the studies that would

The 'Berlei controllette [corset] no. 6181 SBW (short below waist) type'. The design is particularly beautiful and has echoes of art deco in the triangular shapes and filigree font.

This beautiful design has echoes of art deco.

This slide is another used in the educational training series for Berlei fitters. It compares the tight-laced corsets of the early 1900s with the modern foundation garments of the 1930s.

This hand-coloured glass slide shows a male model in a brown hat, jacket and cane with yellow waistcoat standing before a garden wall.

Medical images like this one offer an explanation of the benefits of wearing corsets.

Two women in white lab coats measure a woman for her foundation garment in a clinical-looking setting complete with scales.

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.