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Other improvements were made too. Julie Newmar, an actress known for portraying Catwoman in the 1966 Batman series, is credited with having invented the "derriere-shaping" pantyhose. Newmar's improvement consisted in an elastic band connecting the crotch of the pantyhose rearward with the waist-band in order to better define and accentuate the wearer's buttocks. Come to think of it, the modern T-band design on some pantyhose may well be a spin-off of Newmar's buttock-shaping improvement
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