Description
From the manufacturer
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 13 x 8 x 1 inches; 3.84 Ounces
Item model number : 1856
Department : womens
Date First Available : July 22, 2011
Manufacturer : Maidenform – Flexees
ASIN : B0055X1NTE
Best Sellers Rank: #100 in Women’s Shapewear Bodysuits
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Customer Reviews: 4,497 ratings
Flexees has redefined firm control with the introduction of the dream shape wear collection, this collection provides the essence of comfort without sacrificing control, the dream wear your own bra romper is so comfortable, you will not even realize you’re wearing shape wear
Emily Teel –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very comfortable and does what it should!
EDIT: I got the medium and like it much better! Definitely tighter, but still very comfortable and not to hard to put on!I am 5’2” and wear between a size 12-14 and got a large based on reviews, and since it says to order “true to size”. I was afraid that it may be too small, but it actually went on pretty easy and made me think i could go down a size.It made my stomach look more flattering and helped smooth my back area but i feel like it could be tighter.I got this to help hide my stomach a bit while wearing dresses and to make it less visible in pants. I feel like it does what i want it to!I did feel like the straps are a little too long for me, and they are not adjustable. They do NOT fall down though, just feel loose.I ordered a medium to see if it fits better and will update once i try it! I really like the feel and feel like i want to wear it daily!
10 people found this helpful
DC TEXAS –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect. Love it.
I have this model in Black and Beige. Both are very comfortable and give a good shape underneath my clothes. The snapping between the legs is not a struggle, and it has three levels of adjustment for different torso lengths. The strips are on the wide side, this allows them to not dig into the shoulders and make it uncomfortable to wear.I love it and will buy it again when needed. 🙂
4 people found this helpful
Sandra Cooper –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what I needed
I had body contouring surgery in September, and I needed a secondary garment to wear every day. This one has been the best I’ve found, and I actually got two of them because they were so comfortable! I was concerned at first because it didn’t have adjustable shoulder straps, and I have a long torso. But the shoulder strap material is so soft and stretchy, and it doesn’t dig in to the side of my boobs like some others that are open bust. The compression is very good, and it looks good under clothing.
One person found this helpful
Maximum Verbosity –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not as firm as I’d like, but pretty good **Fits Perfectly-see update**
** UPDATE **After I wrote the review below, I ended up finding this in my local Walmart in a size Small. What a difference! It’s very firm and holds everything in, and smooths me out. I wore it under a form fitting dress to a Christmas party the other day and I looked great in it – felt very confident that my bumps and bulges were well hidden. So if you have small hips, a defined waist but belly fat, weigh between 130-150 lbs and aren’t much taller than 5’7, small will fit perfectly and give you the control you want but still allow you to breathe! Photos added soon!Very comfortable but doesn’t really squeeze a lot. It mostly just smooths out the bumps and lumps. But I think I bought this is too big of a size to give me that tight “I can’t breathe but I don’t care because I look amazing” control I was hoping for.I’m 5’7 and 135 lbs but have belly fat from having children and no exercise. I typically wear a size 4/6 in pants and skirts and a Medium in tops. I bought this in a size Medium. I’m wondering if I should have gone for a Small instead, to get that extra control. However, at the end of the day, I’ve noticed that I am getting dents in my shoulder from this pulling down on it. I don’t think it has anything to do with the size but more the length of my torso and no shapers like these account for long or short torsos in their sizing.I still wear this every day and it does make me look smoother. I wear mine with underwear to keep it clean. For potty time, I just pull everything to the side, do what nature requires, wipe and let it slip back into place. No fuss/no muss. Have the toilet paper in your dominant hand though.I like that I can wear my own bra because the makers of stuff like this have never been smart enough to realize that just because you’re a size 4 doesn’t mean you wear an A cup. Lots of us wear C, D and even DD. But with this style, you wear your own bra and it’s no longer an issue.This is in no way pretty. It looks matronly or like some sort of medical device. But it does what I want, for the most part, and that means I’m pretty much satisfied. Again, I wish it were firmer.
9 people found this helpful
Jade –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Many positive thoughts!
I had a tummy tuck about six weeks ago and I am supposed to be wearing my own compression garments now. After looking at several items on Amazon I decided to go with this one due to the reviews.Just a couple of things to note… If you want true compression that is not suffocating, however is very snug and pulls you very tight together, you will need to go one size lower than you think you need. You may feel like you’re stuffing a turkey at first, but within a few minutes the compression will feel so good and will not affect your breathing whatsoever.It comes with a three hook clasp in the crotch area. You’ll eventually figure out how to unsnap all three at one time very quickly the same as you learned how to clasp your bra when you were younger. If I wake up in bed with the sudden urgency to go to the bathroom, I simply unclasp very quickly in bed and by the time I get to the restroom I can roll up the compression wrap and be ready.The fabric feels extremely sturdy, even better than what my surgeon gave me, and is designed to be tugged on. It’s also silky smooth and not scratchy against your skin at all. I’m a Floridian and it keeps me cool by not stifling any heat as well.The one thing I would like to be different are a choice of more narrow shoulder straps. But perhaps that would Defeat the entire design of this compression wrap. I am still very comfortable wearing the black one under a black tank top. It does not look bad. And be sure to get a nude/beige color one To wear under light colored clothing.Highly recommend! Go for it!
8 people found this helpful
Kaitlin Pfeiffer –
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not that impressed
Honestly this shapewear did not do as much for me as I would have liked. I normally wear a large so I bought a medium hoping it would suck me in. I didn’t really feel like it was shaping me at all, it was comfortable but you could still see panty lines through it which I feel is counterintuitive. It was also super tight in the legs and left really prominent lines on my butt that you could see through a tight dress. I don’t know if they were tight because I sized down, but the body part was not tight at all. The only thing I really liked was that it did come up high on the back so bra lines and back fat were held in. Overall I don’t think it was life changing for me.
2 people found this helpful
JR, mom of 4 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great shapewear
I had been using the Spanx higher power brief for a couple months. I have had four kids and needed something that just smoothed out my middle area. I have a very large bust and no butt plus I’m only 5ft 3in so I’m a little on the short side. The Spanx looked great but I felt like I couldn’t breathe at all. It was also difficult to use the bathroom while wearing it. Not to mention that I felt like it was always going to fall down and was afraid my bra line/top of the brief line was going to show through my shirts.This Flexees Wear Your Own Bra romper is wonderful. I spend quite a bit of money on really good supportive bras so I’m glad I can easily wear them with this. The fabric is much softer and the straps are very comfortable. No digging into the shoulder and they don’t show through on shirts. I weight 160 lbs and ordered the XXL according the the measurement chart. I’m happy with the fit and support though I might be able to go to an XL if I really wanted mega support. I’d rather get a more smoothing fit and be able to breathe than mega support and feel there is an elephant sitting on my chest. When I say smoothing I mean smoothing out of those lovely rolls. My waist appears to look very flat. It’s certainly comfortable enought that I could wear it everyday and feel like I wasn’t torturing myself.I ordered this in black since my Spanx was the nude color. After trying on the new Flexees and wearing it for one hour or so, I came right back to Amazon to order it in nude as well. Also I would like to add that I’m a pretty thrifty shopper so for me to spend this much money on a product twice- I think that speaks for itself. Love this product.I will update this review after I’ve worn it with light color to see if it shows through or not.
282 people found this helpful
ButterflyGirl –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than I expected
I generally wear between a size 20 and 22. After reading some of the reviews, I was worried that the XXL wouldn’t fit…but it was the largest size available (and according to the size chart, it SHOULD fit)…so I decided to give it a shot. When it arrived, I held it up to my waist and thought to myself “there is NO way this is going to fit me!” I was so skeptical that I left it sitting on the back of a chair, just hanging there and taunting me, until the day of the first date that I had bought it for. The day arrived and I, again, skeptically held it up to my waist. I anticipated the great struggle that was ahead of me. BUT, to my very pleasant surprise, there was no struggle. It was NOT difficult to put on. It fit. AND, most importantly, it actually made me look a little slimmer! It is not a miracle worker…but it definitely smoothed out areas that needed smoothing out, and helped me to feel a million times more confident. I read some complaints about the shoulder straps digging in, but I did not experience that. It was so comfortable that I actually forgot I was wearing it. I’m so happy with it that I’m actually thinking of buying a second one. I would highly recommend!
30 people found this helpful
Tammy –
5.0 out of 5 stars
EXTREMELY Comfortable!
I wish I’d tried this Maidenform brand prior to wasting literally hundreds of dollars on trendy shapewear brands that may rhyme with ‘thanks’ or ‘sims’. This is no frills, no enhancements, does what it’s supposed to do, and does it comfortably. I mean ALL DAY comfort.
Bee –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Really like the straps but don’t trust the sizing chart on a 2x
I bought this to wear before my first date in years.I stood in the middle of my bedroom just staring at it. The sizing chart had said a 2X would fit sizes between 18 and 24. Landing generally between a 20 and 22 I figured it would be snug, but here I was looking at something that was at least half my size. In my right mind would have taped a return label back on the bag and sealed it up before I ever had to look at it again. However, I had recently put on weight. Not the kind of weight you don’t notice until you step on a scale and have to start formulating hypotheses about what happened. It was, it is, the kind of weight that you feel every time you stand up. The kind that weighs on you constantly like a particularly bad memory that you should be able to shake or at least grow accustomed to and yet continues to bother you well after you thought you had moved on. It was in this mindset that I stared at the tiny garment in front of me.And so I resolved to put it on. I didn’t just “decide” to put it on, I “resolved” to put it on. After it barely fit over my head I knew we were going to have trouble. I unhooked the crotch and stepped in and pulled it snugly up one of my thighs. “There’s no way.” I said out loud, but I had resolved to put it on. This was the last comprehensive thing that I would say for some time. The rest of the noises that were made during this endeavor cannot be translated. They were a series of guttural noises paired with desperate attempts to breath as I pulled the shape wear and pushed around my stomach as if I was trying to hide it from the shape wear as a child pushes around vegetables on a plate in a failed attempt to hide them from a disapproving guardian. By the time I had made it over and onto most of my stomach, it no longer resembled itself. Rather than look like a chubby stomach it was all pushed down to look some thing like a very awkward pregnancy. Still. It was on.From there I put on the straps. The fat on my back had always been what prevented me from wearing my regular shape wear in the past without the straps. It would either roll down or push that chub into weird, unsightly places. I wore it only where I knew I would be photographed from the front and fought to sit in seats near walls to avoid showing my newly formed back boobs. The straps not only made short work of this, but were very comfortable. It was as if the top of the shapewear was trying to apologize for what the bottom of it was doing.And here, my friends, is where I admitted defeat. I had originally liked the idea of hooks instead of the strange opening of other shapewear that served no determinable purpose I wished to imagine. However, I hunted and hunted for the back side of the hooks to no avail. And even that much was the kind of workout I should be doing to take this weight off. Looking in the mirror I could see that while my stomach had been smoothed out, it was still oddly shaped. Perhaps if I could reach the claps it would finish the look a little cleaner, but I knew those clasps would never been hooked. Not today.Having completed my mission I slipped out of it in a faction of the time it took to get into it. I felt like a partially digested animal escaping the throat of an anaconda. I was, and am, still slightly sore from trying to get into, out of, and breath in this contraption. I loved the feel of the straps, but my stomach was clearly too large for the built in curves of this shapewear. I resolved to keep it and throw it into my growing pile of “things I will fit into again soon, I swear!” since this doesn’t go up to a 3X and isn’t extravagantly priced.I had agreed to a date sometime this week, but not a specific day or time. In the process of writing this review I got a text from him. The idea that I could just buy something to make me feel ready to date was naive, at best. I haven’t answered him. At this point the shapewear did not help me find confidence and love, which is what I bought it for, so 4 stars.
483 people found this helpful