About "Shaping Tights"
Dec. 31st, 2005 09:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebI finally tried on these tights I got that were totally cheap (on clearance for $1.24 vs. $10-20 for my normal tights). They are called "Shaping Tights." I already have a shape, of course, since, like most live people, I am made at least partly of matter. But I thought, what the heck, it's just tights. What can they do?
It turns out that "shaping" means "at least one size too small in the seat and upper thighs." So that you look more like a child? This too-small part is made of a darker (more opaque) color and is thus unsightly. So I tried pulling it up to maximize the length of constant color, in case my skirt whooshes up too high or something. This just cuts my womanly thigh fat in half so that the bottom half is Debbie shaped and the top half is squooshed in. So then I pulled it back down make the curve be more gradual.
After walking around a few minutes, though, I switched to wearing old tights that are my size all the way up. I like to be comfortable unless there's some good reason not to be. By good reason, I mean cuddling when I have an extra arm in the way, or riding in the car with too many people so we all go together, or sitting in coach instead of business class for a couple of hours to save hundreds of dollars. I don't mean trying to look more like a movie star someplace where it's going to be dark while I am trying to dance. Bleh.
It turns out that "shaping" means "at least one size too small in the seat and upper thighs." So that you look more like a child? This too-small part is made of a darker (more opaque) color and is thus unsightly. So I tried pulling it up to maximize the length of constant color, in case my skirt whooshes up too high or something. This just cuts my womanly thigh fat in half so that the bottom half is Debbie shaped and the top half is squooshed in. So then I pulled it back down make the curve be more gradual.
After walking around a few minutes, though, I switched to wearing old tights that are my size all the way up. I like to be comfortable unless there's some good reason not to be. By good reason, I mean cuddling when I have an extra arm in the way, or riding in the car with too many people so we all go together, or sitting in coach instead of business class for a couple of hours to save hundreds of dollars. I don't mean trying to look more like a movie star someplace where it's going to be dark while I am trying to dance. Bleh.
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on 2005-12-31 08:46 pm (UTC)