Shapewear to go with this dress

[Somethingsquishy]

I will be wearing this dress on the weekend. I'm rather more curvy & lumpy than the model in the picture so whilst I love how it looks on, I can't just wear my normal knickers as it is very fitted around my hips/bum.

https://www.next.co.uk/style/su898288/v30812

I haven't bought any shapewear for years so no longer have anything that fits. I need to get something ideally from M&S, Next or Amazon (need it by Thursday) that helps shape my bum and tummy without mega VPL and allows me to go to the loo without too much hassle.

I have this https://www.marksandspencer.com/firm-control-magicwear-waist-cincher/p/clp60498572?color=BLACK#intid=pid_pg1pip48g4r3c1%7Cprodflag_plp_ts_CBS_6
It doesn't roll down (over my tyres) and gives a smooth line all over.

Lovely dress. Do you have a multiway bra to wear?

Thank you. Going to pop in town shortly so will look out for this and give it a try.

I don't have a multiway bra but when I tried it one I was able to just slip the strap down on the dropped side with a new bra that's perfectly fitted so think that will be ok.

As a side note, I also bought one which had little shoulder straps because I was worried the one above would roll down. It was a body suit type with studs in the crotch and an absolute PITA to try to re clip after going to the loo. I'm fairly flexible, but it was a yoga workout trying to get it all sorted, whilst also holding up my dress in the toilet cubicle- so I wouldn't recommend one like that at all!

I'd have thought spanx type cycle shorts best. It's not particularly fitted on the model, is yours tighter (talk of vpl)?. Would a bigger size be better?

Nice dress

😂I'd actually kind of already discounted the full body one for that reason after I recalled wearing a body suit under my clothes in New York (thought it would be more comfortable than a standard vest top with the all other winter layers I had on). I'm never going to forget the ways in which I had to contort my body just to try and reach all the poppers so I could re-secure it after a wee. It was a full body workout and exhausting. Think my DH nearly sent a search party out. Given that I'll be wearing it all day/evening at an event with drinks flowing, I don't need that sort of headache.

The model, stunning as she is, has significantly less shape than my size 12 mum body has. As as I said, it is tighter on my hips and bum than hers but fits perfectly. I actually can't wait to wear it because I felt so good in it, I just can't wear my normal undies with it and would quite like my bit of belly sucked in a bit.

In my experience wearing shapewear to suck you in is a sure fire to ruin an evening. If you're going to wear it for smoothing purposes, size up.

Love the dress, by the way.

I have that dress in two other colours. Wore the navy to a wedding recently. Love it!

I also cannot seem to find a strapless or multiway bra that flatters, so tucked my bra strap in!

I also can’t abide shapewear knickers (too restrictive!), so wore a ‘wear your own bra’ shaper slip thingie and also tucked the strap. Held up OK all night and did the job.

My one is a firm control one from Next which I think is discontinued (helpful!) but it’s along these lines:

shaper

Shaper (with link)