Cora Harrington, founder and chief editor of The Lingerie Addict, is familiar with the downsides of shape wear.

“As someone who’s worn both vintage-style girdles and modern-day shape wear, I don’t think today’s designs are any easier than yesteryears,” she says. “We do have better fabrics and materials today, and knit shape wear tends to be more flexible than the cut-and-sewn kind, but shape wear is shape wear. It’s meant to mold your body in a particular way.”

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