10 Best Women's Hiking Leggings

Best Women's Hiking Leggings in 2023

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Spanx - The Latest No Line Underwear is a Hot Ticket Item - Even Oprah Thinks So!

It's the latest, best thing out to smooth your body when you wear somewhat clingy clothing or to avoid any lines, panty or otherwise in pants. Comfortable, stretchy and invented by a young gal who had started out cutting the feet of her panty hose.

With $5000 as starter money and some simple sketches she hit manufacturer after manufacturer. No takers. One even said to her he thought she was part of "You're on Candid Camera" thats how unlikely he felt her idea was to go anywhere. Bet he's kicking himself now.

Meanwhile Oprah is raving about the Spanx and this young gal is making a tremendous amount of money with her product. It seems no woman had ever designed an undergarment like this-it was an all male line of designers. No wonder nothing great came down the pike. Personally, I 'm fine with the thong panties but I have had one or two dresses where I wanted a really really smooth line and I tried girdle like underwear, uncomfortable and still cut at the waist and thigh. Spanx do not do this. No cutting, no bulges, no dimpling. A really good product.

Blakely, the inventor, has been featured in Inventor Magazine and has been on the View. With that $5,000 in savings she started out marketing this great idea out of the back of her apartment. She did her research on the internet when it came to patent writing, she did cold-calling with less than remarkable results. Her appearance on the Oprah show set the Spanx on fire. She was the 2002 woman entrepeneur of the year and Georgia Woman of the Year in 2005.She is now doing $150 million in retail sales, has 55 employees, offers 100 different styles of Spanx, four patents, and has come up with another new line of underwear. Spanx also comes in a longer and shorter version and underpants.

Now my only issue with the Spanx long line is that it's a major piece of underwear if you're in a hot, sticky climate, say, New Orleans in the summer or Florida for that matter. It is thin but it's not skin. The thong is minmalism at it's best in the underwear line. Although I'm a granny I go for the thong for everyday. It looks as though it would be quite uncomfortable but once you've worn the thong you odn't even feel it. It comes with wider and thinner back lines. On the build a better mousetrap thinking designers have come up with bejeweled and charmed back lines. In Florida, or at least in South Beach in FLorida it seems to be a "look" to wear you're pants low enough so that the charms or bling shows. Very entertaining.

Another choice, not mine, is going *Commando. I'd never given this a thought until I met up with a newly divorced gal who was going Commando. Her explanation was that she couldn't afford underwear on her new budget. My sister is a member of the Commando way of thinking. Personally it squeams me out when I think of her trying on clothing in stores.

Spanx makes, cami, tights, maternity versions, footless hosiery, full body slimmer, full slips, fishnets , hide and sleek strapless tops and more.

The Spanx run from around $28-$68 depending on which garment. Thongs can be $1.99 to $50 and up. Commando priceless

*Bare naked, no underwear

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