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mrsmartin · 10/02/2012 16:33

Hi Ladies,

I have put on 3 stone in the past year through depression and now that I am finally getting myself to a good place mentally, I am having to deal with the toll it has taken on my body (horrible stretch marks down the backs on my thighs etc). I have gone from a fit and toned dsize 6-8 to a slightly wobbly small 12. It doesn't sound like alot but it has had a massive impact on the way I dress etc.

Anyway, I am after some spanx style shorts that don't dig into the thigh in an obvious way. I have bought the spanx ones and the primark own brand and they both leave a clear line where they end on my thigh - like a thigh vpl!!! Has anyone found a brand that graduates the support at the bottom so that they don't dig in? I mostly need the shorts style, but I also interested in a body suit that goes under the bust (as they stay up better). I've tried the dress version from la senza but found that it rode up.

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mrsmartin · 10/02/2012 20:04

bump? Or do they not exist? :(

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MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe · 10/02/2012 20:40

I have these attractive little numbers. Not pretty but they work and no thigh line.

mrsmartin · 10/02/2012 21:21

Thanks :o

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MissBeehivingUnderTheMistletoe · 10/02/2012 21:28

Oh, I have the vest too which I tuck into the enormous pants (sounds ver' sexy, no? Wink) and I have no seams even under clingy dresses. And they're pretty comfy too. I just needed something to stop the slight wobbliness IYKWIM

mrsmartin · 10/02/2012 21:34

Oh I know - it has just been such a shock to the body. Don't get me wrong - I don't look fat and I know how to dress well for it but I could do with something for when I go into work dressed as an extra from MadMen (my fave look for the office - funnily enough DH's too!)

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johnnycomelurky · 10/02/2012 21:38

Which Spanx did you get? I find them to be amazing and no line on thigh (and I have big thighs!) - not sure which model I have though.

mrsmartin · 10/02/2012 21:41

Im not sure either - they were the half thigh ones as I didn't want people to see I was wearing them through the slit in the back of my pencil skirts. I got them fro qvc though so I got a refund at least.

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