@ RoseRodent~
I remember reading something about those really tight, lace-up corsets they wore back in the 1800's (like in
Gone with the Wind) and it said that when they wore these for years, it actually affected the shape of the bone structure...much like altering a bonsai tree.....or binding of the feet in China long ago.
Is this true and would these have been permanent changes? Since it apparently affected what sort of position or contortion the bones actually grew into?
I'm wondering if what your body shape is can have a large effect on how well the body shapers, like spanx, work for you. I would imagine that there are certain body shapes that would cause almost a worse bulge somewhere else. The compressed stuff has to (be pushed into) show up SOMEWHERE, doesn't it?
I hate wearing anything constricting, including any sort of body shaper, nylon stockings, etc....in fact, hate wearing shoes also. I probably should have been born in the jungle, just wearing only some sort of a piece of skin/fur over the critical areas.
In fact, thinking back, the fatter I was, the more and more I couldn't stand being in anything constricting and would have preferred to just live in sweats and lounge-wear (which I changed into whenever I was home...which was a good bit of the time....hiding). I can't even imagine me wearing the body shapers back when I was 65 lbs. heavier.
deena
