Shapewear is booming and even Hollywood celebrities are now wearing these outfits to help them achieve their perfect figure on red carpet events. In fact, some A-Listers are so eager to look slim and svelte in front of the camera that they sometimes wear some support underwear like a waist trainer for weight loss. So why is control lingerie suddenly becoming so fashionable and how can you make support clothing work for you?
The History of Shapewear
Control girdles and corsets have been around for hundreds of years. In Edwardian times, fashionable ladies wore tight fitting corsets to give them a waspish waist. The fact that they could hardly breathe as a result because their insides were so compressed was neither here nor there. Even as recently as a few years ago, control garments were not especially flattering or effective. Fat was simply squeezed into a different area, so … Read the rest