Monday 18 October 2010

Maxi, Midi, Mini - growing pains

I dunno about you but some days I wake up larger. It could be the time of the month or an excess of goodness knows what. Therefore on such days I turn to shapewear. Usually a M&S big knicker number but for dresses you need a good all over number to deal with ones growing pains.

The crème de la crème has to be Agent Provocateur's Zelma satin contour dress £425 from Net-A-Porter. So good you'd probably take a punt on wearing it out on its own!



For one that does the job with no fancy pants details, then the Wolford Individual Nature Forming Dress £75 from Net-A-Porter is the perfect cover all.



Good old ASOS sells the Flexees Firm Control Full Slip £36 which performs the job of slimming down stomach, thighs, muffin tops and wait for it...back fat.


17 comments:

  1. Oh God I love the AP dress .. that is pure Jessica Rabbit .. which I am not, but wearing that could be xx

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  2. Lusting after the Agent Provocateur - too good to hide! I am definitely in the market for something like this, my tum is no long suck-in-able and I detest sit-ups.

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  3. Hi there-the ASOS one is gorgeous! x have a great week!

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  4. If only they'd model them on someone who actually needed them ...

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  5. I do like that Ap one - for a large item of underwear it's very glamorous!

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  6. I'd so wear that AP slip as a dress, it's stunning. xxx

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  7. The AP one is gorgeous! The ASOS one looks like a cute little slip too but I sense it might not look so good on anyone who's not a model and actually needs its suck-you-in properties.

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  8. I want the AP one! And if I had the place to do it, I'd wear it out.

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  9. Very sexy! Any of these would be perfect for Halloween, especially teamed up with the spider's web belt at ShopCurious (see my latest post).

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  10. Im with Tiffany, why cant they get a model who actually needs to wear one! I have never tried one like this only the shorts style, might have to give the ASOS one a go!

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  11. I wore a similar thing once...boy, was I glad to take that off at the end of the night! I just gave it away the other day because that kind of torture is not for me!

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  12. Of course the AP is the most gorgeous. But for practical reasons I would like to check at the Wolford one. xoxo

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  13. Love that top number, yowza, but I wonder if one can sit down when wearing it?

    I've tried a couple of the ones like the Wolford, but they give me uniboob. :-(

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  14. I didn't realise that you could get hold-in underwear could be so sexy! I will definitely has to check some of these options out!

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  15. Dear Kate, I've been lusting after the AP Zelma dress. I might have to ask for it for Christmas. My friend works there so The Actor and I get discount. I think I've already asked for contributions towards a new laptop so may be pushing my luck.

    I love anything by Wolford and the ASOS one is a great shape. I might give that a go. Wonderful choices by the way xx

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  16. Oh, I love the fancy pants one! Who needs skinny with lingerie like that. And, while on Figleaves the other day, I noticed that Gok Wan (is that his name?) is doing a line of shapewear. I've only seen How to Look Good Naked once (years ago), but I do admit I remember it - and I loved it. Mind you, his stuff is really disappointing to look at. Badly made, you can tell.

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