Underwhere?
Posted by McHugh family on Jan 10th, 2008
Lois: Do you remember the scene in "Steel Magnolias" when the girlfriends are dissing on a guest at the wedding who has probably spent a lot of money on a dress and not had the decency to wear the much needed appropriate undergarments?
A few weeks ago, I attended a wedding held in a beautiful Christian church. Sitting in front of me was a young woman dressed in a very sexy strappy clingy fabric dress. She was very young, beautiful, and skinny, so the dress and style fit her body type fine. But TMI ! She was wearing nothing beneath that dress but a tiny pair of bikini underwear that were not satiny smooth. Nope, that dress stuck to her every curve and to every inch (about 15 square inches) of those panties. AND we are in a C-H-U-R-C-H!
There are entire industries out there that do nothing else but make women look great in their clothing. These are multimillion dollar businesses that depend on generations of all ages of women to shop their stores and catalogs. The designers have made incredible strides in accenting the beauty of women’s bodies, and smoothing away the flaws. Undergarments lift, tuck, shift, maximize, minimize, and voila capitalize! So, why go without? Not to mention that it’s a little loosey-goosey. Must be chilly, too.
So, here’s the new challenge to the industry: clothing designed with mysteriously undetectable underwear. In the meantime, thanks to the all the people who have made it possible for me to lose 5 pounds every morning between 6:45 and 7 a.m.!
Chrystin, 30: Let's face it. The special sucks-you-in, lifts you up, smooths you out underwear is not comfortable, but it is needed. Even the skinniest gals I know where Spanx under tight dresses. Paying the price of discomfort and restriction is so worth looking pulled together.
There's a lot of information coming out right now generations and the differing characteristics of the boomers vs. the Gen X-er vs. the Millenial. I believe this underwear issue should be taken into consideration and analyzed by the generationalists.
Someone told me a story about a corporation that's entire dress code was developed because of women wearing improper undergarments. So, you see, this problem stretches beyond just social situations and is starting to affect corporate America ... maybe even those very companies my mom eludes to in her writing.
Laura, 25: Okay, okay. Guilty as charged. I have worn Spanx under a size zero dress. I couldn’t breathe, but otherwise my belly would have looked poochy!!! And I would pay good money if someone could figure out how to make Spanx look sexy!
The intimate apparel department is one where I experiment frequently searching to find the perfect bra and panty combination to make my top look its biggest and bottom look its smallest. You name it, I’ve probably tried it. Push-up, demi, Brazilian, hip-hugger. I like them all with my different outfits. I was glad to bid farewell to pantyhose when they went out of fashion, but still rock stockings with a short skirt from time to time. But I have to admit, I’ve never gone without — maybe I’m too fearful of a Paris, Lindsay or Britney moment. Of course, my hoo-ha wouldn’t end up in the tabloids, but who knows with Google Earth!
Jaclyn, 19: So I am 19 years old. I have been in one wedding, five formals, zero important job interviews, a few hot dates, and a priceless amount of sports games. I know of the effects of good underwear and wearing it when it matters the most. However, I have not really had the ideal occasion to really wear appropriate or invisible underwear and the stockings that make the "baby fat" disappear. I mean for the wedding I went all-out, but for proms it was not as important.
After 12 years of Catholic-school uniforms, six years of field hockey, and 12 years of softball, I am done with stockings and spandex. Maybe not for life, but definitely until I have to wear them. And as far as what you wear goes, whatever happened to going commando? ... As long as its not noticeable, and you're comfortable, who cares!
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