IN FORM®

By Marcy Montgomery Jones
Cupid Intimates

If you’ve gone browsing through the shapewear section of your department store, you may have found yourself doing a double take when looking at the size of the garments on the hangers.  You may even have been shocked enough to hold one up to your body and think to yourself, “Is this the wrong tag” or “This has got to be a mistake – isn’t that a child’s medium?”  A common mistake made by shapewear shoppers is upsizing a garment because it looks too small or fits too snugly. This is unfortunate, for wearing the wrong size will prevent you from getting the true functional benefits of the piece you’ve selected.  What follows is a set of steps to help you find shapewear that will fit you properly. (more…)

By Marcy Montgomery Jones
Cupid Intimates

Whether walking around the intimates section of your favorite store, or searching through an infinite number of intimate-apparel websites, you can quickly find yourself overwhelmed when trying to choose the right shapewear. There are a multitude of brands, control levels, and silhouettes out there. To make this task more manageable, it can be helpful to focus on one variable at a time – for example, the part of your body you want to address.  Here are some tips to help you choose the best silhouettes for your lower-half shapewear needs.

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By Marcy Montgomery Jones
Cupid Intimates

When women think about shapewear, pieces for the lower body come to mind.  But there are a multitude of shapewear silhouettes for the top half too. Something to address every conceivable insecurity or unruly bulge exists, and it seems like the products just keep coming. Within the last year there’s been a tremendous growth in consumer-driven demand for upper-body shaping products of all varieties.

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By Marcy Montgomery Jones
Cupid Intimates

When trying to imagine the perfect item of intimate apparel you might envision something that controls or supports, while being comfortable, smooth, and seamless. But when considering buying seamless shapewear or seamless bras, be careful. Seams are the backbones of these types of garments.

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