Women were brought up believing that the best shape is that of the hourglass: large chests, voluminous hips, and small waists. However, a woman's body was designed for pregnancy and child bearing. Therefore, nature bestowed upon women the ability to store fats in the hips and thighs and buttocks as reserved fats to be used up in case of pregnancy. This might be nature's way of assisting women earlier in the evolution stage during prehistoric times, especially when they had little access to food. This works to the disadvantage of the modern woman who had lived all her life to the fantasy that she can be like her favorite childhood doll, Barbie: the perfect epitome of beauty and sexiness.
Countless women have spent thousands of dollars in various cosmetic surgeries to make her look more like her doll. But more women have used lesser money and yet achieved the same results: body shaper girdles.
Long ago, girdles meant belts or scanty textile by men and women. Later, the term evolved to mean a kind of undergarment worn by women. This replaced its predecessor, the corset, in popularity. Nowadays, a girdle is made of elasticized piece of fabric, sometimes with adjustable hooks, to achieve the best proportion.
The girdle comes in two major shapes: the more popular panty girdle and the extenders. Both are designed to achieve and create the illusion of a small waist line and sexy hips. Unlike the corset, which had boning incorporated for the waist line, the girdle does not have boning and is mostly made of thick material to make the waist look more real-looking than the constricted waist produced by a corset.
The modern body shaper girdle comes in more beautiful and colorful varieties. A high-waist girdle has about 6 inches of material designed to flatten the abdomen while making the hips look slimmer. For those with smaller hips, some girdles provide invisible pads to produce the effect of a sexy booty. A long girdle minimizes the chest area for busty women, cinches the waist, and slightly arranges the muscles in the hips to direct them to the buttocks to create a sexy and slimming effect.
A body shaper girdle designed to be used underskirts minimizes the abdominal and hip areas and slims down the thighs. A girdle shaped like a capri minimizes the thighs, hips, and abdomen to create the perfect sexy effect when wearing skin-tight jeans and close-fitting gowns.
Women who are pregnant should not be bothered with lower back pains. For this, a maternity body shaper girdle was created to support the lower back while allowing adjustments to be done as the baby develops. This way, the would-be mother can still feel sexy yet very comfortable. For women who just want support for their lower back, there are also girdles designed specifically to address this.
To achieve the best results, it is advised that these body shaper girdles should be worn for more than eight hours a day to maximize the support they provide and at the same time allow the body to adjust to the shaper and eventually follow its contours.
