Bodacious Bodies.
<p>I shouldn’t be passing judgement here, having never worn a body shaper. I remember author, Susan Orleans, describing them as “stuffing a sleeping bag into a sack.” That image alone is enough to turn me off cramming myself into anything.</p>
<p>One of my greatest disappointments was watching <em>The Misfits</em>, a 1961 American neo-western starring Marilyn Monroe. There’s a shot of her running from the water in a bikini, her tummy flopping around like, I mean, it was <em>really </em>flopping.</p>
<p>Now fast forward to Sara Blakely, the inventor of Spanx. In an interview, Sara said the idea came to her when she cut the feet off a pair of control pantyhose. “I looked fabulous,” she said.</p>
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