Exposing Hollywood's Underwear Secrets

The Hollywood awards season is drawing closer and for the female stars, this means competition amongst themselves to snag the hottest dresses from the world's best design houses: Versace, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, etc. However, one name that deserves to be mentioned and is just as important on red carpet events is Spanx.

Spanx is a brand of shapewear underwear that might not be seen first hand but it certainly helps with the overall presentation of awards night. If you have problem areas you need to address before encasing your body in a slim fitting dress, Spanx will definitely help you in this area. With Spanx on, the shapewear undergarment will make your bulges disappear, cutting a svelte figure.

Spanx has different collections for their different types of underwear. For instance, the Hide and Sleek line has top compression for when you want to wear tight fitting clothes. Slim Cognito offers a lighter compression for everyday comfort. Either way, Spanx is an excellent quick fix for women to look slimmer instantly and this is why it has proven so popular with Hollywood stars.

An A-list celebrity who recommended Spanx is non other than Oprah Winfrey herself. It became one of her favourite things and she had the creator, Sara Blakely on her show to explain her invention. Basically, it was born out of a need to have comfortable control type underwear that she could wear with open toed shoes. So she did what any sensible girl would do and she cut the feet off her pantyhose. The idea for Spanx was developed and she invested her money in creating the best shapewear underwear possible. One of the reasons why Spanx works so well is because it was made for women by a woman. Blakely knew what women wanted because she dealt with the same frustrations. Back then, the CEOs of women's hosiery companies were men and they were way off the mark in terms of function and comfort. With Blakely, obviously, she hit a definite chord amongst women and pretty soon Oprah came calling. With Oprah's stamp of approval, it grew into a multimillion dollar company and its products became a part of Hollywood fashion.

The next time you watch an awards show, remember the single brand name that everyone is probably secretly wearing. The name is Spanx underwear and it deserves its own award for best special effects for making so many women look good.