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[tansy]

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@september wrote:

@VanSleepy   When I first started to wear the thigh high nylons (before pantyhose days) I wore a garter belt!  Those were kind of silly, too!  Don't know if I've ever told my daughter about these outdated things. 

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Silly maybe but kind of sexy...

[VanSleepy]

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@september wrote:

I have worn Spanx a few times, under formal wear that was very fitted.   It's not so bad, but not something I'd want to wear often. 

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One time QVC convinced me I needed to try Spanx.  It was something for the "top half".  I must have missed the part where you were supposed to step into it.  I was trapped inside of it at the shoulders. I thought, oh great I can't even return it because now I have to have someone come cut this thing off of me lol

[MomCat]

Heck no!

[HappyDaze]

lol no. I use a healthy diet and exercise/pilates (core training) to shrink my stomach, or actually I should say, to keep my stomach flat and strong.

[september]

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@HappyDaze wrote:

lol no. I use a healthy diet and exercise/pilates (core training) to shrink my stomach, or actually I should say, to keep my stomach flat and strong.

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So do I...but with tight fitting formal wear (mother of the groom, for instance) and tons of photos being taken.....a little extra help is good.

I do believe every size 0 actress wears shapewear when appearing on the red carpet for any event.

[HappyDaze]

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@september wrote:

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@HappyDaze wrote:

lol no. I use a healthy diet and exercise/pilates (core training) to shrink my stomach, or actually I should say, to keep my stomach flat and strong.

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So do I...but with tight fitting formal wear (mother of the groom, for instance) and tons of photos being taken.....a little extra help is good.

I do believe every size 0 actress wears shapewear when appearing on the red carpet for any event.

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oh I can see wearing something like spanx for lumpy bumpies that even exercise can't necessarily smooth out (cellulite)- even thin people can have this-but a corset is just overkill and used mainly to give you more of an hourglass figure not necessarily to help smooth you out under tight fitting clothes.

I personally have never used spanx or anything like that as I have been very fortunate and don't have any issues with cellulite and I've always worked out so I haven't been overweight and don't have any rolls. BUT that isn't to say I would rule it out in the future if I had to!

I disagree that all people on the red carpet uses this type of thing though- not every women has issues with cellulite or rolls. There are women who could look good under tight fitting clothes without any help.

[september]

@HappyDaze   just going by the comments they've made...that they do get a little extra help!  

And I got a little extra, too, at my son's wedding, even though I was in the best shape of my adult life at that time.  

[september]

Oh, and I think the corsets are a newer thing among the younger "in the spotlight young celebs".  But Spanx have been a mainstay for many years.

[Bird mama]

No, when I was a young girl I wore a panty girdle during a particular time of the month, but then manufacturers developed a pretty good adhesive strip on the products, lol.

I did a bustier thing once (lingerie).  My ribs have always been boney, the thought of a corset sounds like it would be painful. 

[missy1]