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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Hi a an looking for a place to buy a corset can anyone let me know the best place to contact.
Hi Stefanya,
Thanks so much for responding.. I like your ideas and will do what I can to change my wardrobe.. I don’t know if it will help but I am trying.. lol
Hugs,
Marcy
Need some help here girls. I am obese per the doctors, I have broad shoulders and big arms and hands. I once helped a lot on a farm throwing bales of hay and straw. My wonderful wife has always supported my dressing. She encourages it in the bedroom adds a lot of spice. My questions are, is there a site where girls give or hold girls accountable for weight lose and maybe ideas on exercising and meals? Any and all help appreciated. Love the ideas here thanks for everything this site helps us in already.
Lacy Allen
I use under the bust Corsets for Waist Trainer in the Evenings and loosen just before Bedtime and wear overnight sometimes( Orchard Corsets).
I also purchased several kinds of Hip Pads before finding one that work, once I settled on style I purchased it in 2 colors, Black and Nude to go with different clothing.
HIP PADS not only work to give you Female looking Hips….they can offset and balance out the width of your Male Back and Shoulders giving you a more Hourglass Figure.
If you have wide male Shoulders, purchase a Wig that comes down 3-4 inches onto your Back from your Neck, this will break up the width of your Shoulders when seen from behind.
Hi all – I’m fairly small so I don’t usually wear shapewear and never girdles. I just try to wear clothes that accentuate my body and that I fit in as any normal woman wherever I go. I love high waisted dresses, skirts with nice blouses, peplum styles as well. Here I am the other day out shopping. I’m an older gal at age 74. Hugs, Suzy
For that age you look amazing.You should be very happy with your look…..really well done
74 no way suzy my goodness grl friend U Look FAB kis kis
Hi Lucille,
Thanks for such interesting transformation tips on widening the hips. Over the years I have applied some of the suggestions you mentioned in this blog. My hips are natural in this picture. 🙂
I appreciate all you do for the trans community.
Hugs,
Lynn xo
You look absolutely gorgeous Lynn! How did you do that? Oh never mind! I am way beyond help! LOL
xoxo
Hey Marcy:
Looks like we share similar physiques. If I may offer a couple of suggestions…
1. Don’t tuck your top in tightly like that, rather pull up the skirt and blouse the top out over the waistband. That de-emphasizes the belly and softens your outline.
2. Maybe try wearing some kind of cardigan, vest, or overshirt to add some vertical contrast to your silhouette.
Thanks Marcy, you are too kind. Just another girl trying to be that I can. I like your look as well. Very cute!
Hugs,
Lynn
It is a lot of work but worth it!
Girl, you are CUTE AF!
Love the look
The one thing you also need to consider is your spleen that lives just down below your left lung and control your weight. If by chance it can often get enlarges due to gas/air in your body and then looks like a bit of a football. You can get a bit more of the shape you want by rubbing in a circle clockwise around your belly button to help move or remove gas from your body. Understanding how your body also works can give you information on how to change your body. That roll you have you need to work on getting blood flow thru that fat area. You can tighten
those muscle back again. But once you stop that muscle will get replaced by fat again. Lucky are those who have that ideal control. So
of us have larger chests from playing wind instruments as well. You
need to do the best you can with some camouflage from above.
and then you hour glass will become easy but you might always have
that baby fat around your waist so you might need some of the above
tips to look the look you want