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Erykah Badu Needs an Underwear and Career Overhaul
April 09, 2010
We here in Dallas received an eye-full last week, when R&B singer Erykah Badu stripped naked during the middle of the day in front of families at Dealy Plaza. Yes, the same place where President Kennedy was fatally shot back in 1963.
I’m not going to write about how inappropriate and tasteless this event was. But, I am going to write on Erykah’s extremely poor choice of underwear.
Whoever her stylist is should be shot. Let’s start with her bra. A great example of a terrible fit. See how the back is hiking up? This is a tell-tail sign that the band size is too large. The front of the bra looked equally bad–sagging ill-shaped breasts. Wrong bra, wrong size, wrong fit.
Now, glance down south to her bottom. Again, a very poor fit. The panty is not covering her back side. Ms. Badu has what we affectionately call a "bubble butt." With that shape, she should have considered a thong – though that would have been an even more aggregious public display, or a boyshort like the one from Dumi, style 580 which would give a much more flattering silhouette. Better yet, what about a great shapwear biker panty like the Sliminizer 12130? Any of these would have been a better and more flattering choice.
As for Ms. Badu causing a scene of indecency in Dallas, I hope they throw the book at her. It’s also a pretty poor example for all the young girls who saw the whole thing . As an attempt to relaunch a has-been career, it was a case of bad decisions, top to bottom (so to speak).
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Posted by Tomima at 7:26am
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Are You Wearing Your Panties Too High?
September 16, 2009
I know you may think this sounds like a silly question, but are you? Are you pulling your underpants up too high? I bring this up because I realized that with some of my panty styles, I was.
Here’s a little background. The thong as a mainstream panty option hit about 15 years ago. And, if you remember, the initial trend setters complained it was not comfortable. Further research discovered that these women were putting on the thongs and pulling them up so that the waistband rested high on their hips – this was the problem. Women didn’t realize at the time that the thong was designed to sit lower on the hips. After all, low rise pants were not yet making their debut on the market. Only strippers and showgirls knew that thongs were to rest lower on the hips. Since then, manufacturers either made thongs with longer rises so that women could pull them up to their waist, or put tags on them to let women know they were low-rise.
Okay, so back to my question. I was going through my panty assortment the other day and singling out the panties that I felt were not comfortable to wear. I have all styles in my drawer – boyshorts, thongs, bikinis, briefs–you name it, I have it. When I had finished sorting out the ones I didn’t like, I noticed something; they were all low-rise. So it got me thinking. I grabbed a pair and put it on like I do all my panties and realized I just instinctively pulled them up too high. When getting dressed, I have a bit of a ritual and move from item to item without much thought. All my panties were treated the same, regardless of style.
So, this time, I put on a low-rise bikini, but instead of my normal mindless pull-up, I thought about where it should be placed and I lowered the waistband to rest more on my hips. What an epiphany! This panty was now comfortable. I wore it all day and it felt great. I can’t believe I was doing this.
Here’s the lesson; stop and think about the style of panty you’ve just picked before mindlessly putting it on. If you have some panties you have been avoiding because of comfort, go back and look at them through new glasses. I think you’ll be as surprised as I that many pairs really are comfortable when put on correctly.
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Posted by Tomima at 10:19am
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What is the Proper Layering Sequence with Shapewear?
November 24, 2008
I think all of us at one time or another have wondered about the proper sequence of undergarments. Let’s say you have a pair of pantyhose, a panty, and a piece of shapewear. In what order do you put them on? Do you wear all of them or forfeit something?
We posed this question to 13 of our shapewear vendors including Spanx, Bali, BodyWrap, Va Bien and TC Fine. We were stunned to hear they all had the same response. It was, forget the panties, put on your pantyhose, and then put on your shapewear.
Are you surprised? We here in the office were. For starters, most of us felt panties should be worn. The reason the manufacturers feel they aren’t necessary is because they all make shapewear with a cotton crotch or an accessible crotch. Therefore, shapewear is specifically designed to eliminate the need for panties.
I took a poll of the women in our office about this. The responses fell roughly along age lines. Our younger crowd agreed about not wearing panties. Many had tried panties on under their shapewear, but found that the panty created an additional line – even when they tried laser edge cut panties like Commandos. Our more mature crowd simply likes the idea of panties and wouldn’t consider not wearing them.
The reason pantyhose go on first is because if put on over shapewear, they tend to slide down due to the slick nature of the shapewear fabric. You can spend the night feeling your pantyhose inching down your body and finding yourself in the ladies room several times in order to pull them back up. The panthose can also cause a line that otherwise would be smoothed out if shapewear was put on over it. Now, that said, there are several shapewear pieces that have silicone gripper tape along the legs to keep the shapewear in place. Putting this gripper tape on top of pantyhose renders it worthless, and could possibly cause a run in the pantyhose. So, there can be some conflicting results in this situation.
Personally, this is what I do. I don’t wear panties. I also don’t wear pantyhose. If I want leg covering, I buy thigh-high stockings. Since my shapewear of preference is a biker short style, I first put on my thigh-highs, pull up my shapewear, and make sure the top of my stockings are secured by my shapewear. Now, I really only have one layer on, I’m comfortable, not hot, and have a very simple solution when I need to visit the ladies room.
Does anyone have any better ideas here? If so, I hope you’ll post them here in comments.
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Shapewear
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Posted by Tomima at 11:53am
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