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Employer Partnering With Spanx
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For a different perspective, I previously worked at a Victoria's Secret and there was no mention or recommendation of any specific undergarments that we should wear- although it was made very clear during the interview they preferred for women to wear heels (unless there was a medical reason we could not) as well as makeup and simple jewelry.
We were given the option to receive free samples of new products (bras, underwear, and shapewear) from time to time to try out so that we could have better discussions with customers on the fit/performance of the item and what our personal favorites were- but again you did not HAVE to.
Just interesting to think that a company that is in the undergarment business has (at least they didn't when I worked there) no undergarment policy or "suggestions", as this might be one job that I could see that argument being made for.3 -
Correct me if I'm wrong. But aren't Spanx just a particular brand of compression shorts, but specifically designed for women?
I user UA and C9 compression shorts bit only for the gym. I don't know how someone can wear that compression all day long.3 -
I am in a representative function and can early too address 400-500 people
No dresscode what so ever If I wanted I could wear sneakers etc.
However my employer trusts that as professionals we know how to look and dress representative in a way to fits the occasion.0 -
I had to look up Spanx on Google as I'd never heard of it and now I'm fascinated. Do they work? To me they look like the awful girdles my mother's generation used to wear which I thought had been done away with years ago. And in answer to the original question, yes I do think it's body shaming if that's how it's worded.1
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Correct me if I'm wrong. But aren't Spanx just a particular brand of compression shorts, but specifically designed for women?
I user UA and C9 compression shorts bit only for the gym. I don't know how someone can wear that compression all day long.
No, Spanx (at least the version we're talking about) is "shapewear" - it's similar to compression type clothing but designed to be worn under street clothes. It's function is to "smooth lines", meaning it compresses jiggly bits to be firmer, and comes in various shapes for top, bottom or bust-to-thigh control.2 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »I had to look up Spanx on Google as I'd never heard of it and now I'm fascinated. Do they work? To me they look like the awful girdles my mother's generation used to wear which I thought had been done away with years ago. And in answer to the original question, yes I do think it's body shaming if that's how it's worded.
Yeah that's basically what they are with a trendier name than "girdle". They do work in the sense of smoothing your lines and sucking in your gut. I will use them for special occasions if I want to look better in a slinky dress. But IMO they would be uncomfortable to wear all day, every day.2 -
Correct me if I'm wrong. But aren't Spanx just a particular brand of compression shorts, but specifically designed for women?
I user UA and C9 compression shorts bit only for the gym. I don't know how someone can wear that compression all day long.
They're not intended for athletic activities and wouldn't work for that purpose (for several reasons including many styles are dress/slip style and the shorts have a hole in the gusset so you can pee without taking them off since they're so hard to get on). They're just intended to smooth and firm up the appearance of fat etc. Women wear them under formal wear, very thin fabrics, etc, where they might want to avoid pantylines, look a little firmer/trimmer, etc. They are 100% cosmetic.3 -
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Yeah, it's real. I have one - I use it maybe once a year when I'm wearing a dress with a tighter bodice that would force me to unzip the back to get the Spanx off. Yeah, it's a little gross.0 -
Yeah, it's real. I have one - I use it maybe once a year when I'm wearing a dress with a tighter bodice that would force me to unzip the back to get the Spanx off. Yeah, it's a little gross.
Yep! It's incredibly gross. I've never been able to bring myself to use it when wearing them and instead just spend 15 minutes wrestling everything back into place in a bathroom stall, which is one reason of many I prefer non-bodycon gowns for events whenever possible. I go to a lot of cocktail and black-tie events for work, and my favourite formal gown has basically a t-shirt style top and a full, gathered a-line skirt so I can literally wear a sports bra and any underwear with it.
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Yeah, it's real. I have one - I use it maybe once a year when I'm wearing a dress with a tighter bodice that would force me to unzip the back to get the Spanx off. Yeah, it's a little gross.
Yep! It's incredibly gross. I've never been able to bring myself to use it when wearing them and instead just spend 15 minutes wrestling everything back into place in a bathroom stall, which is one reason of many I prefer non-bodycon gowns for events whenever possible. I go to a lot of cocktail and black-tie events for work, and my favourite formal gown has basically a t-shirt style top and a full, gathered a-line skirt so I can literally wear a sports bra and any underwear with it.
A-line and fit-and-flare dresses are your friends! I refuse to wear anything that makes using the restroom an event.3 -
Ha ha that's exactly what I thought! Not all women pee in a straight downward stream.....0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »I had to look up Spanx on Google as I'd never heard of it and now I'm fascinated. Do they work? To me they look like the awful girdles my mother's generation used to wear which I thought had been done away with years ago. And in answer to the original question, yes I do think it's body shaming if that's how it's worded.
Yeah that's basically what they are with a trendier name than "girdle". They do work in the sense of smoothing your lines and sucking in your gut. I will use them for special occasions if I want to look better in a slinky dress. But IMO they would be uncomfortable to wear all day, every day.
So I have a naturally fairly rounded belly which means I don't look great in slinky dresses. This would smooth it out? What happens to it, though? Sorry but I'm intrigued (and tempted)0 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »I had to look up Spanx on Google as I'd never heard of it and now I'm fascinated. Do they work? To me they look like the awful girdles my mother's generation used to wear which I thought had been done away with years ago. And in answer to the original question, yes I do think it's body shaming if that's how it's worded.
Yeah that's basically what they are with a trendier name than "girdle". They do work in the sense of smoothing your lines and sucking in your gut. I will use them for special occasions if I want to look better in a slinky dress. But IMO they would be uncomfortable to wear all day, every day.
So I have a naturally fairly rounded belly which means I don't look great in slinky dresses. This would smooth it out? What happens to it, though? Sorry but I'm intrigued (and tempted)
It wouldn't smooth out your belly. You might look a little smaller, but you won't go from 9 months pregnant to washboard abs wearing Spanx.
If your belly is loose, it'll go up or down or both.2 -
comptonelizabeth wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »I had to look up Spanx on Google as I'd never heard of it and now I'm fascinated. Do they work? To me they look like the awful girdles my mother's generation used to wear which I thought had been done away with years ago. And in answer to the original question, yes I do think it's body shaming if that's how it's worded.
Yeah that's basically what they are with a trendier name than "girdle". They do work in the sense of smoothing your lines and sucking in your gut. I will use them for special occasions if I want to look better in a slinky dress. But IMO they would be uncomfortable to wear all day, every day.
So I have a naturally fairly rounded belly which means I don't look great in slinky dresses. This would smooth it out? What happens to it, though? Sorry but I'm intrigued (and tempted)
It basically just squishes it in. Like when you take a deep breath and hold it. That's kind of the result you'd get. It doesn't work miracles but can make you look a little trimmer and firmer without having to hold your breath.4 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »comptonelizabeth wrote: »I had to look up Spanx on Google as I'd never heard of it and now I'm fascinated. Do they work? To me they look like the awful girdles my mother's generation used to wear which I thought had been done away with years ago. And in answer to the original question, yes I do think it's body shaming if that's how it's worded.
Yeah that's basically what they are with a trendier name than "girdle". They do work in the sense of smoothing your lines and sucking in your gut. I will use them for special occasions if I want to look better in a slinky dress. But IMO they would be uncomfortable to wear all day, every day.
So I have a naturally fairly rounded belly which means I don't look great in slinky dresses. This would smooth it out? What happens to it, though? Sorry but I'm intrigued (and tempted)
It basically just squishes it in. Like when you take a deep breath and hold it. That's kind of the result you'd get. It doesn't work miracles but can make you look a little trimmer and firmer without having to hold your breath.
Think I'll give it a miss then, sounds pretty uncomfortable!0 -
You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.5 -
Why #1 and #2 and #6 in your list?You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.
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Charlene____ wrote: »
Why #1 and #2 and #6 in your list?You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.
Cool. I've worked 3 jobs before too and socked a lot of money sway.0 -
Charlene____ wrote: »
Why #1 and #2 and #6 in your list?You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.
Cool. I've worked 3 jobs before too and socked a lot of money sway.
I am asking why you put them on your list. They don’t seem like positions where Spanx would be necessary. I’m not saying I work in any of those fields.
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Charlene____ wrote: »Charlene____ wrote: »
Why #1 and #2 and #6 in your list?You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.
Cool. I've worked 3 jobs before too and socked a lot of money sway.
I am asking why you put them on your list. They don’t seem like positions where Spanx would be necessary. I’m not saying I work in any of those fields.
I think she was being facetious- I thought it was pretty funny4 -
Back in the day, female flight attendants had to wear a girdles by some, maybe all, airlines.2
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Charlene____ wrote: »Charlene____ wrote: »
Why #1 and #2 and #6 in your list?You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.
Cool. I've worked 3 jobs before too and socked a lot of money sway.
I am asking why you put them on your list. They don’t seem like positions where Spanx would be necessary. I’m not saying I work in any of those fields.
I think she was being facetious- I thought it was pretty funny
#8's not being questioned? LOL.1 -
Charlene____ wrote: »Charlene____ wrote: »
Why #1 and #2 and #6 in your list?You must tell us what you do for a living which would require professional Spankification.
I'm thinking:
1. Cocktail Waitress
2. Airline Stewardess
3. Restaurant Hostess in Beverly Hills or Vegas
4. Weight Watchers Receptionist
5. Planet Fitness Assistant Manager
6. Babysitter for a Manhattan socialite's children
7. Moderator at My Fitness Pal hoping for a promotion to a paid position.
8. Keto Spokeswoman for a You Tube channel.
Cool. I've worked 3 jobs before too and socked a lot of money sway.
I am asking why you put them on your list. They don’t seem like positions where Spanx would be necessary. I’m not saying I work in any of those fields.
I think she was being facetious- I thought it was pretty funny
#8's not being questioned? LOL.
I think that one sealed the joke for me. Really, it could be any way of eating. With just about every way of eating, there will be someone trying to sell it to you by presenting you with a good looking spokesperson. Not that the way of eating doesn't work but, at least in America, there's always that "this person lost 20 pounds in 30 days with this one trick. Find out how!!" way of selling things.1 -
Ok you're a serious career girl, officey type, 9 to 5ish, college after high school, spring break at Virginia Beach. Since you just won't tell I have to guess.1
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Charlene____ wrote: »Do you think an employer who promotes (not requires) the wearing of Spanx under a work uniform is participating in body shaming? I will not disclose my industry or employer though I will mention I am not in the modeling line of work.
I have always found spanx to be ridiculously laughable. Who do people think they're fooling? 😝3 -
MaggieGirl135 wrote: »Back in the day, female flight attendants had to wear a girdles by some, maybe all, airlines.
And/or fanny pads0
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