Like all women’s lingerie these days, extra firm shapewear has undergone a transformation from the rubbery, boned girdles of yesteryear. Today even women who need firm or extra firm control can find undergarments that are both supportive and stylish.
The range of extra firm shapewear rivals that of its lesser-control sisters. There are bodysuits, tummy briefs, long-line bras, high-waisted long leg briefs and high-waisted briefs that offer the maximum amount of shape and control.
Extra Firm Shapewear Gives Total Control
Probably the top manufacturer of shapewear in the United States is Rago, maker of such popular lines as Lucette, Facette and Shapette garments in various levels of control. Shapette offers the most containment in undergarments and has the styles that resemble shaping garments of previous generations. There’s even a traditional girdle with garters in the Shapette line.
Shapette features Rago’s Power Inner Circle design, a type of construction in which the extra firm shaping is provided by circular elasticized bands woven into the garments. Not to be outdone by the latest innovations in shapewear, Shapette also offers a body shaper in brief and long leg styles ranging up to size 48D in white, black and beige, which retails for around $80.
Parisian designer Va Bien has developed a wide-ranging line of extra firm shapewear that also maintains the current trends toward undergarments that are both stylish and supportive. Va Bien’s Style #1260 is a full-figure, firm control body briefer with underwire in sizes up to 52D. This style features shimmery stretch nylon with floral embroidery along the bustline and a bow accent on the center front. The underwire cups are unlined with inner slings to provide excellent support. Designed specifically to flatter fuller figures, this style has no crotch closure; the wearer simply steps into it like a bathing suit.
Va Bien also features Style 1191, a seamless underwire body briefer also in shimmering satin with comfort straps that adjust in back. The bra has foam-lined inner slings to give the bust a flattering uplift. A double lined front panel gives extra support for the tummy, while reinforced side panels trim the waist. This model ranges up to size 48 D in white, black and beige. Both Va Bien models retail for around $60.
Body Wrap, the innovator that originated seamless shapewear, offers its Style #45300, an all-day firm control bodysuit with long legs and an underwire bra built in. The seamless microfiber construction firmly controls and slims tummy, hips, thighs and rear. This model comes in nude and retails for around $85.
Another well-known name in women’s lingerie, Flexees, features extra firm shapeweaer in a mid-priced line. For instance, its Women’s Instant Slimmer® Take Inches Off Firm Control Strapless Minimizer® Body Briefer retails for around $50. Flexees also features its Women’s 360 Degrees of Slimming Firm Control Body Briefer with Flex-to-Fit Cups, another highly controlled option retailing for around $50.
These are only a few examples of the excellent extra firm shapewear that’s now on the market for women who desire the ultimate control in their undergarments.
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