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{{Short description|Garment consisting of a strip of cloth between the legs}}

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[[File:Fine-art-buttocks.jpg|thumb|A black and white photo of a woman in a G-string]]

A '''G-string''' is a garment consisting of a narrow piece of material that barely covers the [[genitals]], a string-like piece that passes between the buttocks, and a very thin [[waistband]] around the [[Hip (anatomy)|hips]].<ref name="M-W">{{cite web|title=G-string meaning and definition|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/G-string|website=Merriam-Webster|access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> There are designs for both women and men. Men's G-strings are similar to women's but have a front pouch that covers the genitals.<ref name="Cole">{{cite book|title=The Story of Men's Underwear|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdtUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT242|first=Shaun|last=Cole|publisher=Parkstone International|year=2018|isbn=9781785256837|page=242}}</ref> G-strings are typically worn as underwear or [[swimsuit|swimwear]] or as part of the costume of an [[exotic dancer]].<ref name="M-W" />

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The G-string first appeared in costumes worn by showgirls in the United States in [[Earl Carroll]]'s productions during the 1920s,<ref>B. Foley, ''Undressed for Success: Beauty Contestants and Exotic Dancers as Merchants of Morality'', page 143, Springer, 2016, {{ISBN|9781137040893}}</ref> a period known as the [[Jazz Age]] or the [[Roaring Twenties]].<ref name="Shteir2004">{{cite book|first=Rachel |last=Shteir|title=Striptease:The Untold History of the Girlie Show|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mn48DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA202|access-date=10 March 2013|date=1 November 2004|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-19-512750-8|page=202}}</ref> Before the [[Great Depression]] most performers made their own G-strings or bought them from traveling salesmen, but from the 1930s they were usually purchased from commercial manufacturers of [[burlesque]] costumes.{{sfnp|Shteir|2004|page=201}} During the 1930s, the "Chicago G-string" gained prominence when worn by performers like [[Margaret Hart Ferraro|Margie Hart]]. The Chicago area was the home of some of the largest manufacturers of G-strings and it also became the center of the burlesque shows in the United States.<ref name="Shteir2004"/> Early performers of color to wear a G-string on stage included the Latina [[stripper]] Chiquita Garcia in 1934, and "Princess Whitewing", a Native American stripper near the end of the decade.{{sfnp|Shteir|2004|page=205}}