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{{Short description|Garment consisting of a strip of cloth between the legs}}
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A '''G-string''' is a garment consisting of a narrow piece of material that 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=Mirriam-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" />
G-strings are usually made of fabric,<ref name="IH">{{cite web|title=7 Things You Never Knew About G-Strings|url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/style/7-things-you-never-knew-g-strings|date=7 March 2022|website=Inside Hook}}</ref> [[lace]],<ref name="Preminger">{{cite book|title=My G-String Mother: At Home and Backstage with Gypsy Rose Lee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZwKTFdIE5sC&pg=PA14|first=Erik Lee|last=Preminger|publisher=Frog Books|year=2004|pages=14–18|chapter=Chapter 1|isbn = 9781583940969}}</ref> [[leather]], or [[satin]]. They may serve as a [[bikini]] bottoms or they may be worn alone as [[monokini]]s or topless swimsuits. G-strings are also be worn by [[go-go dancing|go-go dancers]].
As underwear, G-strings may be worn in preference to [[panties]] to avoid the creation of a visible [[panty line]],<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Cosmopolitan|title=8 Ways to Disguise Panty Lines Without Going Commando|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/advice/a5855/ways-to-banish-panty-lines/|first1=Lauren|last1=Adhav|first2=Alexis|last2=Bennett|date=28 April 2020}}</ref> or in order to enhance [[sex appeal]].
The two terms ''G-string'' and ''[[thong]]'' are sometimes used interchangeably; however, technically they refer to [[Thong#Design and variety|different pieces of clothing]]. G-strings have a thinner back strip than thongs, and usually a thinner waistband.<ref name="IH" /> These connectors are often made of string rather than a strip of fabric.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fashion For Dummies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTCWAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT390|first1=Jill|last1=Martin|first2=Pierre A.|last2=Lehu|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date=2009|isbn=9780470595664|page=390}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
The etymology of the term ''G-string'' is uncertain, with the [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary describing it as "unknown".<ref name="IH" />▼
▲The etymology of the term ''G-string'' is uncertain, with the [[Merriam-Webster]] dictionary describing it as "unknown".<ref name=IH/>
In the 19th century, the term ''geestring'' referred to the string which held the [[loincloth]] of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]<ref>{{cite book |first=John Hanson |last=Beadle |year=1877 |url=https://archive.org/details/westernwildsand01beadgoog |quote=geestring. |title=Western Wilds, and the Men Who Redeem Them: An Authentic Narrative |publisher=Jones Brothers |page= [https://archive.org/details/westernwildsand01beadgoog/page/n251 249]}}</ref> and later referred to the narrow loincloth itself. [[William Safire]] in his ''Ode on a G-String'' quoted the usage of the word "G-string" for loincloth in ''[[New York Times]]''.
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== History ==
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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"/> Before the Depression most performers made their own G-strings or bought them from travelling 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}}
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