Gone are the days of needing to choose between ill-fitting undergarments and restrictive, downright painful girdles. These days, innovative clothing companies help usher in the golden age of shapewear—garments that can do the additional work of sculpting and supporting your body. Thanks to high-quality shapewear, you can feel like you fit better into your clothes, all without having to sacrifice your mobility or your comfort.
In fact, a good problem exists for today’s shapewear shoppers, namely the fact that there are now so many great choices when it comes to women’s shaping legwear and hosiery. There’s a good chance that you’ll get choice fatigue just looking at the range of options available to you, whether you’re trying to buy more leggings or purchase your very first shaping garment.
To help you out, here are some of the best tips for choosing your next piece:
How to Choose the Right Shapewear:
Buy the Shapewear in Your Size
It may already seem like common sense to buy shapewear in your exact size, but unfortunately, many shoppers don’t do that. They instead opt to buy a size smaller, assuming that it will slim them down even more. If you did the same, the opposite would happen: your curves wouldn’t be smoothed out as evenly as you wished. In the worst-case scenario, ill-fitting shapewear could make you look bigger while at the same time making you feel more uncomfortable.
It’s best to buy shapewear items—like shaping hosiery or shaping leggings—that come in your exact size. Find your measurements and compare them to the sizes listed in each brand’s detailed size charts.
Suggested read: 8 SIGNS THAT YOU ARE WEARING A WRONG LINGERIE.
Check the Material and the Level of Constriction
You may be wondering, how snug will your new shapewear be, and how effective will it be at sculpting your curves? To get a good idea, you should look at how it’s made and what material it is made of. This will determine how effective your new garment will be in terms of its shaping duties.
The very lightweight pieces are likely meant to smooth out only certain curves, like in your calves or your thighs. It’s the shapewear pieces with dedicated compression zones that do the most effective job of sculpting your body.
Shapewear under $150:
See How High You Should Wear the Garment
One important thing to find out about your shapewear item is where it will start its shaping action. Some are exclusively meant to firm up the lower body, while others, like the high-waisted type, can streamline curves from the torso downwards. If the latter is what you’re looking for, search explicitly for high-waisted shapewear. Check out the different varieties I have found below and how they’re worn.
Keep the Weather in Mind
True, it’s called shapewear because it’s meant to shape your figure. But articles of clothing like shaping tights should still do an adequate job of keeping your legs warm and protecting them from the elements.
Keep climate and weather considerations in mind when you’re shopping for shapewear. Be sure to choose a dependable item with the right style and the right fabric thickness for your situation.
Buy to Show Off Your Best Assets
Lastly, remember that you’re buying shapewear for a specific purpose: to flaunt what it is that you’ve got. What you show off with the use of your shapewear is entirely up to you. You could use your new leggings, tights, or hosiery to highlight the shapeliness of your legs, or you could use them to streamline your midsection and help you carry a daring, boldly-patterned dress.
Whichever it is, buy the shapewear that complements your best assets. That’s how you’ll make good on your purchase—and succeed at pulling off your favorite outfits!
With these tips in mind, you should have a more enjoyable and relaxing shapewear shopping experience overall. You’ll also be sure to buy the most well-fitting and comfortable garments for yourself each time. Keep it real, and don’t be afraid to be in the spotlight! Read more: 5 Wardrobe Mistakes That Make You Look Older and How to Look Younger.
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