Womens Shapewear

Shapewear is stepping out at celebrity Red Carpet events and photo shoots, at Spring and Autumn Racing Carnivals, at end-of-school Formals and Proms, at weddings and nightclubs under slinky, sheer figure-hugging mini, knee-length and full-length dresses. But, you wouldn’t know it because today’s shapewear is designed to fit like a second, barely there skin and to remain undetectable under even the tightest clothing! Every day women are sporting shapewear under business wear, jeans and casual wear instantly reining in muffin tops, smoothing thighs, flattening tummies and firming bottoms. Whether you want to uplift or flatten, enhance or control, shapewear solutions are for every woman and the latest styles are more comfortable and invisible that ever before.

Shapewear Solutions for All Women

Today’s styles and superior fabrics are a long way from great-grandma’s corsets and girdles and early attempts at creating body shaping undergarments from thick, tight, bulky and uncomfortable material. Soft, stretchy and super-light fabrics that move with you make the latest shapewear a pleasure to wear. A sleek, smooth silhouette that highlights your natural contours is a very now look and reconfiguring your shape to suit the latest fashions has never been easier.

They are called ‘shapewear solutions’ because, at every turn, modern shapewear designs evolved from innovative women finding solutions to their underwear and clothing dilemmas. Mary Phelps Jacobs was looking for something other than her bulky whaleboned-corset to wear under a sheer evening gown in 1913 when she created for herself what became the first patented bra – two silk handkerchiefs tied together with ribbon. Instant solution – no bulky under garment, smooth silhouette!

100 years on and Sara Blakely, creator of one of the world’s leading brands of shapewear, Spanx, re-fashioned a pair of pantyhose that she could wear under her white pants to eliminate an unsightly Visible Panty Line. In the process, she discovered that not only did the lines disappear but the pantyhose worked to shape her body around the waist, stomach and thighs – instant solution!

Shapewear works, firstly, on two important levels – it eliminates the lines, bulges and bumps of some regular underwear and modifies the lines, bulges and bumps of our beautiful bodies!

Secondly, today’s shapewear is made from the most advanced textiles and fabrics integrating natural fibres and synthetics to ensure that each garment stretches, conforms and holds its shape, and yours, while also being silky soft, smooth and almost like a second skin for the wearer.

Finally, contemporary shapewear really is for every woman! With variations in degrees of firmness and compression and in styles specifically-designed to sculpt different parts of the body and be worn under different styles of clothing, there are shapewear solutions for slim women who would like to enhance their natural contours and attain a more curvaceous shape, for women who have lost some firmness after pregnancy, for women who would like to instantly lose a few inches around the waist, for women who want to shape their thighs and hips and for women who want to flatten the tummy!

So what’s the best shapewear for the right outfit and the look you want to achieve? Let’s start at the top and work down …

Midriff

Bella Bodies Body Boost is specifically designed for this area and the singlet-style cut scoops low under the bustline and also tucks in the tummy. Nearly Nude’s range of tanks cover a wide variety of sleek styles to work under all of the latest fashions with Round Neck, Extra Low V Neck, Skimpy Strap Tank and the Halter Tank. Orablu also caters to different fashion styles with the Dolcevita range that includes V Neck Long Sleeve (great for the arms!) and the Turtle Neck and Boat Neck sleeveless designs.

Tummy & Waist

Nancy Ganz’s Belly Buster gives extra tummy control by incorporating a comfortable, wide belly band and the Spanx Power Panty flattens the tummy, thighs, hips and bottom for a firm and flattering foundation everyday under skirts and dresses. Levante’s Waist Cincher Control Brief firms the tummy and bottom while emphasising the waist and the Miraclesuit Waist Cincher in a long torso, seamless cut, pulls in the waist for a more hourglass figure.

Hips & Thighs

The Miraclesuit Thigh Slimmer is a spandex and nylon shaper with a double layer control panel front and Nancy Ganz’s Bike Short, Levante’s Light Shaper Brief and Bella Bodies Anti-Cellulite Capris and Lovely Leggings all give the hip and thigh area a great shaping and firming experience! Spanx Higher Power firms and shapes from lower thighs to waistline and is leg band-free to give extra comfort and invisibility under clothes.

Full Body Slips

These are perfect for achieving a smooth silhouette under evening wear and sheer dresses. The Nearly Nude collection includes the Slimming Slip and the Strapless Slip that accentuate the waist, minimise the tummy and shape around hips, thighs and bottom. Finishing just above the knee, these slips are ideal under strapless and spaghetti strap dresses. For extra-firm shaping and versatility under different styles of clothing, Nancy Ganz has a clever Body Slip that shapes top to bottom with 4 –way convertible and removable straps. The Body Smoother from the Trinny and Susannah Collection is a high waisted skirt that firms and shapes from thighs to midriff.

Full Body Suits

Depending on the areas you want to control and flatter, there are a range of full body shapers to suit. Working to sculpt the upper torso, the teddy-style cut of

the Miraclesuit Shapewear Body Brief and Extra Firm Body Brief and Nancy Ganz Shaping Body Suit Body Briefer are great choices.

For a full bodyshaping experience that covers hips and thighs, Hollywood Shapes has the Full All Over Body Shaper and Miraclesuit offers the Long Leg Extra Firm Body Briefer.

Why Shapewear?

Simple. Shapewear improves a woman’s overall appearance under clothing by enhancing the body’s natural, beautiful contours and firming and controlling areas to get that ultra smooth body silhouette. Bottoms and busts can instantly lift and firm, tummies can be flattened, thighs and hips can be shaped in the most flattering way!

We want fullness where we are flat and we want curves where we have none. We want firmness where we feel fleshy and we want to feel confident and look sensational whatever our body type and whatever we choose to wear.

The latest shapewear collections are designed to feel like an extension of our own body and work invisibly under all the latest fashions – easy to wear, flattering and functional.