To think you don't wear knickers with shapewear?

[SnippySnappy]

Full-body shapewear like this.

Can't figure this out.

Knickers underneath give VPL (especially with satin skirts/dresses) ... but no knickers plus the lower hook & eye situation is, well, hurty?! Or am I being a wuss?!

What do you do?

I'm 62 and you wouldn't catch me wearing any underwear, ever!

What's a lillet?

Of course you should decide what you wear and I'm really pleased you find it comfortable. I hope all shapewear wearers (male and female) are just as comfy.

I thought lillets were tampons. But I can’t see how it’s funny.

Cotton gusset. Yes. No other response.

Many older women like me have incontinence issues and need to wear a pad so there’s no way I’d wear something like that without pants to keep one in place. (I have complex health issues, the incontinence isn’t curable). Having said that, I am all about comfort these days and wouldn’t want to wear something like that anyway.

Ah well.
It was the way she took us by surprise with her inventive dedication to maintaining the intended look of her dress, and the way she (the usually retiring member of our little coven) revealed it gleefully to everyone.
She made everyone’s night, but of course you had to be there.

The description says A no VPL finish ensures this lingerie undergarment remains discreet under tight-fitting clothes so I think you're meant to wear it without knickers, but they are MAD to put hook and eyes under there. What the hell is wrong with poppers? I suppose the hook and eyes are flatter when closed, but imagine trying to get them closed!!!

Aren't the hook and eye fastenings just on the bra part? It doesn't say they are on the crotch.

The OP refers to "the lower hook and eye situation" so it seems to be hook and eye down there too. Description says "hook and eye fastenings." I think it would say if there were poppers.

Personal choice.

1. Some of us aren't wearing shape wear because we're wearing a clingy dress; we're just smoothing out some lumps and bumps and it makes the dress hang better. In which case, VPL isn't an issue.

2. Some of us don't find it comfortable due to the materials (especially if there's no cotton gusset). I personally do not like the split that many have. It's meant to make it easier to use the toilet, but I find it odd-feeling.

There's no-VPL knickers, if this is a concern.

@SoftBalletShoes yes, OP mentions it but the actual page on the website doesn't say anything about fasteners being on the crotch. I've had shapewear that didn't undo at the gusset.

There seems to be a fastening at the crotch if you zoom in on the photo though.

This! I sew up the join at its fullest extent as in the past I’ve been unable to do up the hooks (when inebriated)

My chuff would be as hot and clammy as hell if I wore pants underneath too 🥵

How so? Is chuff chowder caustic?

@SnippySnappy I guess it all depends on whether you have the figure for it, I suppose.

Oh it exists alright - just look for a squeezed man with overlarge moobs and a massive arse, like a hippo encased in a piece of drainpipe, who can't breathe properly and can therefore only talk in short sentences. It's usually obvious if a bloke's wearing it, despite them suddenly assuming they are 100% attractive.
So it isn't worn at the same rates as women and shapewear, but it provides far more surreptitious entertainment if you know what you're looking for 😀

Not caustic but acidic. Yes it can bleach the colour out of underwear and it can create a hole in the fabric. It’s pretty common for this to happen.

I’m 61 and you will never catch me tethering myself into a scrap of clothing. These cheeks were made to be seen.

Goodness some out rage on the comments and some rather odd ones about going commando, I don’t wear shapewear but I think women do it to smooth out lumps and bumps and feel better in their clothing, and they do it for themselves. I don’t think this is about men v women, I think it’s about weight, and body acceptance.

I dunno why it's minging - it's underwear that you'd wash every time you wear it, like pants.

But anyway if it's uncomfortable, then wear knickers with it, obviously.

It's just made me laugh -

I don't think you had to be there, the PP just low on humour

Chuff chowder 🤢

Jesus Christ

I wear a ‘shaping slip’ under some dresses. It doesn’t feel restrictive like the old girdles or a corset (which I will also wear on occasion) - it just smooths everything out for a better line under the dress. Modern shapewear is ‘power mesh’ rather than non-stretch and boning.

But why?

You already have a "shape": your own shape.

The reason why many mothers put their teenage daughters in panty girdles and the like back in the day had little to do with maintaining a shape and more to do with keeping the boys out 😀!

Returning to the subject at hand, l wouldn’t wear knickers with the item the OP is discussing, it contains knickers built in. As for the comments on washing, the top half is so close fitting to the body l wouldn’t wear it more than once without washing anyway.

With some dresses and on certain occasions l wear a “shaping own bra slip” (M&S or John Lewis) which l find comfy and practical.

Finally, l once wore something with hook and eye fastening on the crotch, l was in a hurry after a wee as people were queuing and l deflowered myself all over again!!!!! Ouch!