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Berlei Underwear Collection and Archive

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Berlei Ltd was a highly successful Australian international company that manufactured bras, corsets, underwear, medical support garments, girdles and suspender belts. The company played a major role in producing women's underwear that fitted the shape of the female body (and undertook the first anthropometric study of 6,000 Australian women in the 1926 National Census of Women's Measurements). The Berlei company is also significant for its progressive approach to business and marketing.

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Berlei Limited Archive - Underwear Design and Manufacture
1912-1970
P3645-28/8 Chart, The Berlei Type Indicator, cardboard / plastic / metal / cloth, Berlei (UK) Ltd, London, England, 1930s
'The Berlei Type Indicator' chart by Berlei UK Ltd
1930s
P3645-41/2 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei corset, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei corset
c 1930
P3645-41/8 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei girdle and brassiere, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei girdle and brassiere
c 1930
P3645-28/3 Chart, The Newman - Berlei Type Indicator, cardboard / plastic / metal, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia / I Newman & Sons, Inc, New York, New York, United States of America, c. 1930
'The Newman - Berlei Type Indicator' chart by I Newman & Sons
c 1930
P3645-28/9 Chart, Berlei Figure Type Indicator, cardboard / metal, Berlei Ltd / Websdale, Shoosmith Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1940s
'Berlei Figure Type Indicator' chart by Berlei Ltd
1940-1949
P3645-41/3 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei corset, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei corset
c 1930
85/1757 Corset brassiere, womens, nylon lace / spandex, by Berlei Limited, Australia, 1950-1955
Womens corset brassiere by Berlei Limited
1950-1955
P3645-28/4 Chart, The Berlei Type Indicator, cardboard / plastic / metal, Berlei (UK) Ltd, London, England, c. 1930
'The Berlei Type Indicator' chart by Berlei UK Ltd
c 1930
P3645-28/13 Chart, Berlei Figure Type Indicator, metal/plastic/cardboard/string, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1940s - 1950s
'Berlei Figure Type Indicator' chart by Berlei Ltd
1940s - 1950s
P3645-41/4 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei girdle and brassiere, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei girdle and brassiere
c 1930
87/1197D Lingerie, bra and pantihose (2 pairs), lycra / nylon / cardboard / plastic, by Berlei Limited / Kolotex Glo Australia Pty Limited, Australia, 1987
Womens lingerie by Berlei Limited / Kolotex Glo Australia Pty Ltd
1987
P3645-28/5 Chart, The Berlei Type Indicator, cardboard / metal / cloth, Berlei Ltd / Websdale, Shoosmith Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1930s
'The Berlei Type Indicator' chart by Berlei Ltd
1930-1939
P3645-28/18 Chart, Berlei Figure - Type Indicator, cardboard/plastic/metal, Berlei (UK) Ltd, Slough, England, 1959
'Berlei Figure Type Indicator' chart by Berlei UK Ltd
1959
P3645-41/5 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei girdle and brassiere, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei girdle and brassiere
c 1930
93/336/1 Brassiere with packaging, various materials, by Hollywood-Maxwell / Berlei, United States of America / Australia, 1952-1953
Brasserie with packaging by Hollywood-Maxwell / Berlei
1952-1953
P3645-28/6 Chart, The Berlei Type Indicator, cardboard / metal / cloth / string, Berlei Ltd / Websdale, Shoosmith Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1930s
'The Berlei Type Indicator' chart by Berlei Ltd
1930s
P3645-28/19 Chart, Berlei Figure Type Indicator, cardboard / plastic / metal, Berlei United Ltd / Websdale, Shoosmith Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1960s
'Berlei Figure Type Indicator' chart by Berlei Ltd
1960-1969
P3645-41/6 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei girdle, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei girdle
c 1930
2002/105/1-1/12 Photographic print, black and white, large wall sign advertising Berlei apparel, designed by Rousel Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1920s
Photograph of large wall sign advertising Berlei apparel
1920s
P3645-28/7 Chart, The Berlei Type Indicator, cardboard / plastic / metal / cloth, Berlei (UK) Ltd, London, England, 1930s
'The Berlei Type Indicator' chart by Berlei Ltd
1930s
P3645-41/1 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei girdle and brassiere, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei girdle and brassiere
c 1930
P3645-41/7 Photographic print, black and white, model wearing Berlei girdle, Berlei Ltd, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c. 1930
Photograph of a model wearing a Berlei girdle
c 1930
2002/105/1-2/44 Photographic print, black and white, advertising billboard for Berlei designed by Rousel Studios, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, c 1930
Photograph of advertising billboard for Berlei
c 1930