Don’t you just love it when the trendsetters and stylists of our times deem some piece of clothing or shoe or scarf or purse or jewelry the “it” thing?! It’s as if they themselves invented the style and by any stretch of the imagination, persuaded the rest of the worldly culture to “buy in” to it.
I’m talking about the Audrey Hepburn style (which I completely adore) or the plaid jackets circa 1985 that have recently graced the covers of magazines. Oh there are others…the platform shoe, the go-go boot, etc, etc…. what goes around, comes around, people, in terms of style and design and that includes undergarments.
I was introduced to the Spanx product line a couple of years ago. And let me tell you, it is a miracle worker for smoothing out the bumps and lumps under dresses, pants, skirts, tops, just about anything you wear…. And ya’ll, I am a marketer and PR person by nature and practice, and I do love the name SPANX…but… it is afterall, a more modern name for “GIRDLE”. That’s just the way it is. We’re wearing them, ladies, like it or not!
So SPANX is to girdle as bra is to brassiere. And I’ve had to explain to SB that what we wear on our legs nowadays are tights and leggings – NOT “leotards” – as he keeps repeating. But this is also the man who once told me he worked in a cuticle (but meant cubicle). And he tells everyone we “courted” for four years before we married. I wish he’d quit saying that because I think some people think I’m being sued! Oh I am joking.
I love that about him.
And I love SPANX…er…the new girdle…it’s okay to be old-fashioned, just with a modern twist.
Hey there… It’s always nice to meet a new friend and find another “favorite” blog to peruse with my morning coffee.
Now, on to commenting about SPANX…
Girdles? Nup… I don’t wear them. I NEED to wear them, but I just don’t like the name… ya know? G-i-r-d-l-e. It sounds so 1950’s. So June Cleaver-ish.
So my wobbly bits wiggle and jiggle and make me look like a human Jello.
But I’m telling you right now… SPANX is definitely going on my Christmas list to Santa. :o)
I see that my friend, Tater’s Mama, has found you! Check out her blog! She’s in Australia, and I know how you and SB love New Zealand, so…. She seems to be a real dear.
Okay. On to SPANX. You know I love ’em. And you can get them in pantyhose, too. Yes ma’am, you can.
As our friend, Truvy, would say, “Well, I haven’t left the house without lycra on these thighs since I was 14.” And Clairee would reply, “You were brought up right.”
Amen. And, amen.
Hilarious! I love the cuticle deal… my neice once told my sister in law that she had worms… but meant wrinkles. HA! The same little girl has spent entirely too much time with my in-laws who are ummm… older. It’s strange to hear a 5 year old call her play clothes “knock abouts” – oh but it is funny how things come back and we all act like it’s something new.
Oh – I wish I would have thought of Tater Mama’s Steel Magnolia reference!
I wear Spanx and absolutely love them. I’m 30 and I like to call them Spanx. It makes me feel better about wearing them all the time. So my mother notices how good I look in a dress and she asks, “Carol! are you wearing a girdle?” I say, “No ma, they’re Spanx.” “Oh,” she says, “sure, I’ve heard of them. Well I’m glad you finally discovered what a girdle can do for you.” Groan. And then my husband and I are walking on a pier and a wind comes and blows up my skirt. I pull it down, laughing, saying to my husband that everybody got a good look at my Spanx. “Your what?” he asks. I explain. “Oh, yeah, he says, that girdle thing you always wear.” Double groan. A girl can’t win. No matter how much I think I wear Spanx, I’m just plain wearing a girdle. I love them anyway.