Body Shapewear
Time to Shape Up!

Time to shape up! Although festivities tend to be more casual these days and our minds are often focused more on being with loved ones than shopping for a new dress, it's what you wear underneath that decides how good you will look and how confident you FEEL!

Whether you're dressing up or casually relaxing in an old favorite, investing in the right piece of Body Shapewear will banish the lumps and bumps, eliminate the visible panty line and give you the smooth contours you deserve.

Where did 'Shapewear' come from?

When did the word SHAPEWEAR creep into the vocabulary anyway?

Up until the 1960's it was perfectly normal for women to always wear girdles and foundation wear to flatten a tummy and create a neat little waist. Our mothers and grandmothers accepted the fact that modesty was required and figures were kept under control whether necessary or not. Sculptured curves adorned the screens.

It was only with the advent of mini skirts and tights in the 1960's that girls could throw away suspenders and disregard the restrictions. The pill brought a new age and girls began to show off their 'assets' throwing caution to the wind!

Since those days....

Since those days there has been little restrictive underwear and women have begun to expect that they can stay in shape without any help. In a perfect world we'd all cultivate and maintain supreme muscle tone but let's be realistic!

Well fitted underwear is even more important as we get older not only to support muscles but for comfort too. Good under-garments provide an excellent base for your clothes to sit well and look their best.

In recent years, the buzz word has been Spanx to control your curves and they are incredibly effective - even if they're far too restrictive for many! You can of course choose your coverage and the effect you want to create. 

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It's easy to shape up!

Body Shapewear has been around for a few years now but many women still don't appreciate how easy, comfortable and figure smoothing it can be.

Without the rigid construction of previous generations, modern fabrics and sophisticated techniques have produced light, smooth, comfortable, seamless and even SEXY products to firm, lift and slenderize with instant results. 

I'm a Marks and Spencer girl myself but, Shapermint, well known in the US is now selling in the UK and advertises with these images. I'd love to know if you've tried them! 

It can be 'instant slim'

No doubt about it, shapewear can mean 'instant slim' and there's a pretty piece for every part of the body, you can...