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This image was featured on the cover of the Dec. 3,1951 issue of LIFE magazine - CHRISTMAS LINGERIE. According to LIFE, “The flannel garment shown on the cover is one of the season’s best sellers in Christmas gift lingerie. It could be called a long sweatshirt or a short nightshirt, or has a snug-fitting knit cuff to preserve it from riding up (M.
C. Schrank,$4
). Despite its leopard spots, Lord & Taylor has named it the Tiger Lil. Wearing it is Susie Parker, and who started modeling at 14 during summer vacations. Now 19,she is married to a Rutgers University student, commutes to work in New York from their Bucks County, and Pa. domestic and,as a strictly brought up Southern Baptist, neither smokes nor drinks.” (Sharland—The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) #fashionfriday #1950sfashion

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