Your Afternoon Chat: Your Holy Grail Shapewear

In case you missed any of our holy grail series, we've covered jeans! Socks! Sheets! Eye cream! Face cream! Pens! Tote bags! Notebooks! And bras! And now, by reader request: Shapewear! I don't really wear shapewear very often, but when I do....I regret to inform you that I've found Skims to be quite excellent, and they have a HUGE variety of permutations. (It makes sense that Kim Kardashian might dash off a note that says, "what if you're wearing a dress with weird cut-outs??") I, tragically, also find their layering tanks and tees to be very good. (I do need to size up though, I find they run small.) Listen, there is a reason it does huge business! But bring us your recs and queries!

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