In turn, she developed shapewear solutions that work for all body types.

Underwear and shapewear are a hidden fashion accessory that can make a big difference.

Although Bali is best known for its bras, the label also appears on shapewear.

Many women are also viewing the new shapewear as a a more attractive alternative to getting on a diet or a treadmill.

Before Spanx, shapewear was associated with the aging and the piteous.

Get tips and learn more about underwear and shapewear.

Most women know about shapewear, but there are other tricks that help you create the illusion of a sleeker stomach.

Though not typically worn as lingerie, a unitard is considered a type of shapewear.

By the way, whoever came up with the name "shapewear" deserves a MacArthur.

Also consider investing in some shapewear.

And sales of so-called shapewear, a relatively new product that functions more or less as a newfangled girdle, grew 12.7 percent last year.

Let us now discuss shapewear.

Another form of shapewear.

Playtex Apparel sells bras, panties and shapewear.

Spanky-pants, Spankies, or Spanks, a type of shapewear most commonly worn by cheerleaders.

You can browse the new shapewear line, get some top tips from their fitting expert and maybe even win the entire range in their in-store competition.

Thomson has reformed the shapewear industry by offering modern, innovative shapewear designs that are meant to be seen.

From last August to this August, sales of Frederick's so-called shapewear, including corsets and bustiers, rose 180 percent.

Maidenform had caught up with the shapewear trend - its Subtract line had about 30 percent of the shapewear business.

Spanx specializes in "body shaping" undergarments and bodysuit shapewear, intended to give the wearer a slim and shapely appearance.

A survey of 500 American women carried out by Kelton Research for Jockey International in 2008 showed that 44% wore shapewear regularly or occasionally.

This week in the magazine, Alexandra Jacobs profiles the founder of the shapewear company Spanx, Sara Blakely.

This was not her first dip into the new shapewear - a category that takes in panty girdles, all-in-one body briefers, control briefs and waist cinchers.

A foundation garment (also known as shapewear or shaping underwear) is an undergarment designed to temporarily alter the wearer's body shape, to achieve a more fashionable figure.

Fishnet hose, patterns and colors, opaque tights, low-rise pantyhose, footless shapewear, and pantyhose for men all experienced increased sales.