Target areas: tummy, sides, rear, hips
Also known as “all-in-ones”, “body shapers”, or “bodysuits,” bodybriefers are fabulous one-stop solutions for all of your shapewear needs. Providing support for the bust, and control for the midriff, tummy, hips, backside, and sometimes the thighs, this silhouette can take the place of as many as three garments from your dresser drawer.
Target areas: tummy, hips, rear
Briefs provide the easiest way to smooth, control, shape, or transform your tummy, hips, and backside. Hi-waist versions will also eliminate any muffin top, while padded and rear-lifting versions can enhance your derriere. Some styles of shaping briefs are even comfortable enough to be worn every day in place of panties!
Target areas: bust, upper-back, tummy, sides, underarms
The camisole (also known as “cami”) smoothes and shapes your upper body, and eliminates the need to wear a bra. This silhouette provides bust support, addresses problem areas of the upper back, midriff, and tummy, and is a great shapewear solution for those whose upper and lower torsos are not in proportion to each other. Though designed as underwear, some of these garments may be worn as visible complements to your everyday clothing.
Target areas: tummy, sides, lower-back
A classic shapewear silhouette, the cincher is the ideal garment for shaping or transforming your waist and tummy as well as supporting and controlling your lower back. Designed as step-in or front-closure varieties, cinchers can help deliver that sought-after hourglass figure.
Target areas: tummy, sides, back, thighs, rear, bust (full slips)
Whether dressing for work or a special occasion, shaping slips can help you look your best in your favorite dress or skirt. Full, half, hi-waist, strapless, or torsette styles can smooth, shape, or transform your body and perfect the elegance of your silhouette.
Target areas: thighs, hips, rear, tummy, sides
Thigh slimmers (or “long legs”) comprise a wide variety of garments that provide smoothing, controlling, shaping, or transformational solutions for the lower torso. While thigh slimmers have legs that fall to the mid-thigh area and may be available in waistline or hi-waist silhouettes, other styles, known specifically as pantliners, generally rise only to the waistline and have legs that end below the knees. Long legs may target the midriff, tummy, hips, backside, thighs, and/or calves.
Target areas: bust, upper-back, underarms
While the top shaper certainly provides bust support, it’s not a bra. Rather, it’s a piece of shapewear for a woman’s upper body. In addition to providing full bust coverage, it shapes, controls, and smooths the sides of the torso, as well as areas of the upper back. It’s a great solution for underarm and back bulges.
Target areas: tummy, sides, upper-back
One of the newest of all shapewear silhouettes, torsettes can control, shape, or transform your upper body while still giving you the freedom to wear your favorite bra. All styles address problem areas of the upper back, midriff, and tummy, cover bra lines, and provide extra definition for the waist. Though the bottoms of conventional versions rest at the hips like camis, variations may end as slips, briefs, or thigh slimmers.
