Miss Desolie Richardson ***** Berlei House to-day. Shell make a peach out of a pear. Desolie Richardson.. some facts about figures. Those girls with pear-shaped figures should play sport and wear a good foundation garment. This is the advice of Sydney corsetier, Desolie Richardson, of Northbridge. Desolie was commenting on a newspaper report that typists claimed their jobs gave them middle-aged spread. "Naturally a girl will spread in the wrong place if she sits all day," she said. "And she's more likely to gain unwanted inches by not wearing the correct foundation. September 14, 1955. (Photo by Vivian Jenkins).