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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The investment in a good quality corset is definitely worthwhile especially those with the padded hips.
Over time and correct posture , your figure does adapt.
Cinchers I also recommend, as these can be more appropiatein cooler weather and casual clothing.
Padded pants , I must say have been most disappointing, as they have a tendency to slip off the waistline giving the impression of a “very saggy ” backside..
I almost have an hourglass shape its just I have little scoliosis so one side is straighter then the other if not for that I would be an hour glass shape my mom suggested geting a corset customized to help fix that and help with my posture I want to but a custom one is expensive but I have a bustier that goes down to my wast it helps but I dont ues it that much the pic is is me wearing a shirt I made no wast snitching at all it makes my straight side look curvier and the other pic with the straps attached to my paints that’s my natural hips some time on HRT so I just ues clothing to help get the hour glass shape.
You’ve a lovely figure Christy. I think you’re like me, in that corsets are okay for special occasions, but not great for day to day. Natural is everything! You look fab in jeans!
You have a great shape, Christy! You are lucky to have been able to start HRT so young.
Well either way I think you look hot! just the way you are…
Ckeck out this corset I got, It helps with boobs and waist, I love it…
I used (and am currently wearing) the Bali: Never Ending Control Waist Cincher. I found this because I wanted something I could wear under clothes with out any embellishment that shows through. Only thing that’s possibly noticeable is the line across the midsection where the top of the garment stops. I got it in my normal size (L) and then got a second a size smaller (M). I wore the first one for 6 months (when I noticed a change in size and shape) I then started wearing the second one which dropped my waist even further. I’ve been happy with the results. Now if I could just afford the corset.
Dear Lucille
When i was younger 20 to 30 i used to have an ourglass figure, quite feminine and now i am 57 have let myself go a bit, the vacuum
pose will help me get that lovely waist again, have been doing laps in the pool also, so won’t be long.
Thank you so much for all your wonderfull programs and helping us girls, i now have A cup breasts and growing thanks to your flat to fem program, you are a wonderfull person.
Best wishes for the new year
Gayle
if you want i can send you a pic of my bottom in panties and you tell me what you think the only thing its on my phone and i dont have the int on it
I have been using a Waist Cincher for about three mouths and there is much improvement but I was hopping for a lot more. Hormones have helped also and I am now 38-28-38 but my hips still look strait to me . But I don’t think to bad for a 59 year old T-Girl. Love all you girls…Gail Smith
Gail : you simply look Fabulous. ..you are doing a great job of being a woman!
For your age, now, you must be close to 60. Being 71 yo, it does not get any easier. ..T.J.
ENJOY BEING YOU! !
Enjoy my pics. ..opinions? ?
Hey Miss Lucille, I bought this red satin corset 4 yrs ago….and yes it was kinda $$$…i think it was 200.00….but i wears very well…and all i can say is u get quality with $$$….I have bought cheaper corsets….but they really dont last or look as good a real quality one!!!…love your work girl!!!! Luv Kerry
I have cinchers and padded panties from Love My Bubbles and Feeling Foxy. I like the cincher from FF better as it has a more definitive waistline and it is tight but it looks so good. I ordered it 4 inches smaller than my measurements 2 inches over my belly button. I would like to try a full blown corset but I would need one I don’t have to reach around my back to tighten, bad shoulder.
I have molded panties from FF and silicone from LMB, both at their respective thickest. The molded ones from FF give a nice rounded shape in the right area and ample booty but they are stiff. The silicone insert panties from LMB ride a little lower with not as much boost but add a bit of jiggle and fit my tall slim figure better. I have long legs, a short torso with broad shoulders and narrow hips, UGH.