I’ve been hearing and reading about Spanx from my friends for quite a while now and not until Oprah Winfrey mentioned it in her show did I become interested in it (You gotta know I love Oprah!)

Hide & Sleek Slip-Suit
$84 to $88

5% slip, 95% personal trainer! The Hide & Sleek Slip-Suit takes the best features of two slimming silhouettes to create an all-in-one style with unmatched coverage.

• Cool fabric offers smoothing double-layer compression
• Light compression from below the bra line to the tummy, rear and thighs
• No center seam! Remains invisible under light fabrics
• Surged edges and flat seams eliminate pinching, binding and bulging
• Cotton double gusset for convenience when nature calls
• Wear with clingy, form-fitting dresses for extra thigh coverage

I might need one of these before we have a photoshoot for our holiday photo cards this year (late, I know).

Here is an interesting view from the Fashionator though:

She clearly isn’t for Spanx:

My Reasons

1. Wearing a minimizer is painful. Yeah, yeah, some might say those high heels are just as painful. My feet might ache in them, but I draw the line at suffocation. A girl’s gotta breathe.

2. Shapewear gets rid of curves. And sorry, stick figures, I’m a huge fan of curves. Why minimize them when they should really be embraced? I say, shake what your momma gave yah and let it all hang out in its rounded goodness.
3. You’ll be presenting a facade. On the one hand, onlookers will think you’re super-tight and tone everywhere–because yes, shapewear can work wonders–but in reality, it’s all a lie. You may be duping your date! It’s false advertising if you think about it.
4. When your clothes come off, it’s not a pretty sight. Remember that scene from St. Elmo’s Fire when Rob Lowe’s character reached into the skirt of that one nerdy-esque girl–sorry, kind of graphic here–and discovered shapewear? He tugged at its end and the unsightly undie recoiled and smacked the poor girl’s leg? Can you say humiliating?!

I can’t take off the vision on how I would look like when I do number 4! It’s good that I am already married so there will be no surprises like that one!