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 need to learn how to alter my upper body to make it smaller.
I haven’t tried the corset yet but I will, very soon.
I’m a closet cross dresser and I checked out the bubbles page you listed but a lot of the product focus on bigger butts. I need something that will give me a female shaped butt and not for $200 like the other sight you listed. Any suggestions?
I ordered my butt panty and hip pads off of eBay from a Chinese supplier. As they are Asian sizes you will need to go up a size or two.
Hello, I’m a pear shape and am looking to slim my tummy and thighs. I also have a nice big round ass it just needs shaping. I would rather do exercises than have things I wear. Can you suggest routines for me. Thank you!
how do i work on looking more like a women I started hormones on 7/20/18 its 4/30/19 and i still look masculine
It takes time, hard work and positiveness thinking and motivation to succeed, at first i used to wear corsets at night only for 2 months then started taking hormones and wearing corsets, gradually my hips took shape and now i enjoy wearing lingrie and bra while enjoying the under cover private life of a secret women but long way to go as i have facial hair to focus on next and body hair. at times i enjoy wearing female shoes at home in privacy in room and in bathroom, at times sexy lingrie at night, feels great,
Hey, you should ask this on asktransgender on reddit
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Jessica Would love to know what your doing. To look the way you do.you look beautiful. Jealous of you
Wish that I looked like you how did you do it
Honey, you’ve already got that taken care of!!!
You’re a very beautiful women, you look amazing.
Hi Jessica, I have to say that you lol amazing!! From the pics that you have shared with us, you have worked very hard and it has truly paid off!! Your beautiful and look spectacular!!! Well done girl… Jessica.
Thank u I just dont feel feminized yet I still feel manly and I dont like having to tape a little thing hanging in front.
You look great and I’m so jealous. Let me know how you did it.
I ordered myself a corset a few days ago. Counting the days till it gets here.
Just wondering, are there ways to tell that you’re doing the ab exercise correctly? It seems to hurt my back just a bit so I want to make sure I’m doing it right.