Do you long achieve a more feminine figure as a crossdresser or transgender woman?
If so, the secret lies in creating a more feminine hip-to-waist ratio – that coveted hourglass shape!
In this blog post, I’ll share 5 MTF tips on how to slim your waist and enhance your hips, ultimately helping you achieve a more feminine and flattering body shape.
1. Try Waist Training With a Corset
If you’ve never worn a corset before, prepare to be amazed: A corset can take up to 6” off your waist and make you look and feel ultra feminine.
A corset can even be used for a semi-permanent waist size reduction. Waist training with a corset isn’t fast or easy, but it can work wonders when combined with a proper diet and exercise.
Check out this Guide to Waist Training from Orchard Corset to learn more about what waist training is and how to properly use corsets for this purpose.
For a deeper dive into the wonderful world of corsets, don’t miss my post on Transgender / Crossdressing Corsets: How To Wear A Corset (MTF Guide).
2. Wear a Waist Cincher
As lovely as corsets are, they aren’t always practical. A big drawback is that corsets can look stiff and bulky under most clothes. And they’re not exactly known for being comfortable.
Waist cinchers, on the other hand, are designed to be worn under clothing. A waist cincher can take 1-4 inches off your waist while still allowing you to move and breath easily.
Here are 3 top-reviewed waist cinchers available in small to extra-large sizes.
- Maidenform Waistnipper Firm Control Shaper
- Squeem Firm Control Waist Cincher
- Rago Shapette Shaping Girdle 821
Maidenform Waistnipper Shaper
Squeem Firm Control waist Cincher
Rago Shapette Shaping Girdle 821
3. Improve Your Posture
Good posture can make you look 10 pounds lighter around the middle, so pay attention to the way you sit and stand. Think: stomach in, chest lifted, and shoulders back.
Even better – put on your waist cincher! A waist cincher improves your posture by forcing you to keep your tummy in and your spine straight.
4. Do Stomach Vacuum Exercises
Traditional exercises like crunches and sit-ups can overdevelop your abs and increase the size of your waist. This is obviously the last thing you need in your MTF body shaping journey.
Instead, consider doing stomach vacuum exercises. This exercise tones the transverse abdominis – the innermost ab muscle that holds your stomach in and acts like a built in corset. Everyday crunches don’t target this muscle.
Stomach vacuums (also known as the vacuum pose) can take 2-4 inches off your waist, so it’s definitely worth a try. I personally lost 1 inch off my waist after doing this exercise for 2 weeks!
Here’s how to do it:
- Exhale all the air from your lungs.
- Expand your chest and suck in your stomach as much as possible. Imagine trying to touch your belly button to your spine.
- Hold this pose for 5-15 seconds and then relax.
- Repeat for 3-5 minutes.
Stomach vacuums should be done on an empty stomach and can be done standing, sitting, or on your hands and knees.
Watch the video above and/or check out this article to learn more about stomach vacuum exercises.
5. Enhance Your Hips
A small waist is only half of the equation. Your hips should appear approximately 10 inches larger than your waist for true hourglass proportions.
Here are some tips for enhancing your hips:
- Wear padded panties. Classic Curves carries the best hip and butt enhancers for crossdressers and transgender women. You can also find a big selection of removable hip and butt pads on LoveMyBubbles.com.
- Go for skirts and dresses with gathered waistlines. Gathers are the easiest way add inches to your lower body and create the illusion of hips.
- Look for peplum styles. A peplum is a ruffle or overskirt attached to the waistline of a top, dress, or skirt. This is a feminine style that adds instant fullness to the hips.
For more tips on enhancing your hips, be sure to see my post on MTF Hip Widening: Top 5 Ways To Get Bigger Hips.
Padded panty
Gathered waist
Peplum
In conclusion
I hope this article gave you some new ideas for getting the sexy curves and hourglass figure you desire!
I’d love to see your results, so please share your photos below – along with any other waist or hip shaping tips you might have.
Love,
Lucille
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I love the info that you have made available to us. Im in transition and im older so its more difficult the hormones are elowly making my body chamge though. Looking foreards to implimenting the things you have suggested…..
Thanks a lot ….. Sharri
hormones are a great way to have a womaly figure. it reduces musle mass and you get smaller to with a proper diet i went from a size 10/12 to a 6/4 jean size in skinny jeans . and your fat falls to the right places in your breasts and your butt.
I love and use corsets and cinchers, and they do help.
Help me lose weight please
Another product for slimming is the Spanx shapewear for women. I have many of their products and they really help with your figure. You can wear them undetected under casual tops and jeans and are great for the little black dress affair too.
Suzy
I’m really slim and struggle with the hourglass figure. What works for me is having skirts and dresses altered to fit y a real good dressmaker. My clothes just hang better and although I look skinny I fell OK. Have tried the padded panties but just did not look right on my frame. When I suggested a corset or clincher my dressmaker just laughed – keep up the good work.
You look great you should show your pretty face more I think you look great.I would love to just talk for support sometime nothing else just girl talk.
Diane,
You have an awesome figure, and that dress really accentuates your curves. You are an extremely beautiful woman!
Kristin
Good article.
About 16 years ago just after my wife and I married, ( I had told her before we married that I was a cross dresser) she told me I would be more passible if I lost some weight. At the time I weighed about 180. She suggested I set a goal of 140. She said she would then my me corset as a reward. It took 2 years and I hit the 140. I not only lost the weight and 4 inches in my waist, I lost inches in my chest and across my shoulders. My wife, true to her word presented me with gorgeous black corset. With it on my new waist measurement went from 30 inches to 26 inches. The point I want to make is; by losing weight it made my chest narrower and made my shoulders appear more womanly. My dress size went from a 16 or 18 to a 12 or 14 and my skirt/pant size from a 12 to a 8. Susan