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(historical) Padding worn by actors and other performers to expand their body shape..
[…] what were known as "symmetricals," lumps of batting strategically placed, distorting the girls' natural curves to the masculine truck-horse taste of the times.
The symmetricals he refers to were a false rubber “skin” that gave men a female torso or shape.
After some soulful discussions with Annabelle, Charlotte found what seemed an ideal solution: the stage padding then known as symmetricals, used not just by women but by men to fill out thin legs and upper body mass.
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Symmetricals means (historical) Padding worn by actors and other performers to expand their body shape..
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[…] what were known as "symmetricals," lumps of batting strategically placed, distorting the girls' natural curves to the masculine truck-horse taste of the times.
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