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what is the sizing difference between Rago and Cortland HWLLPG's ? Thanks

Generally, it's not sizing. They both use materials that would not have been used for girdles 30 years ago.
Cortland builds some of their "retro" style garments out of a swimsuit fabric that is anything but retro and has too much stretch for an effective girdle.

As far as sizing,if you are going to buy the Cortland, you would certainly want to get it at least one size smaller.

As I have stated before, the big turnoff for Rago in my experience is durability, or lack there of.
As you may know by now, I grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC. When a girdle does not outlast the latest political scandal, that is completely unacceptable!
Rago says it's machine washable, Cortland says it isn't Putting them in the washing machine, together, on delicate cycle, and line-drying them both as soon as the machine shuts off, The Cortland will outlast the Rago about 4 to 1!

NEVER put any kind of girdle in a washing machine.

Roberta

It's really better not to, but if you have a life, you don't have much time for hand washing. That's why I use the delicate cycle.It IS a shorter cycle than regular wash. Take them out and hang them over the shower rail as soon as the machine cuts off.

I wash my underwear in our frontloading washing machine on the same cycle as everything else (cool gentle wash, or some such). For what it's worth I threw out my first two Triumph Ideal Corselettes after they had each been worn day and night for 415 days, and during the day for another 430 days -- about two years and four months altogether. They were not worn next to my skin, and were washed once a week.

When I threw them out they had not obviously lost any strength, but were looking somewhat tired, with quite a number of broken Lycra threads, and several areas in the less durable cup replacements where most of the Lycra had failed.

If you're really interested, you can see the garments in question at
http://www.calectasia.com/Mens_corsets/Bunyip/Wardrobe.php but be warned that they look much as you would expect an old fossils garments to look.

Bunyip

Underwear is like software, there is a lot of junk out there, and you don't always get what you pay for.