SPANX Power Brief Review: Thirty-Three Dollars and a Waist That Means It

Amazon filed the brand as Generic. The garment is SPANX Power Series: a nude high-waisted brief that climbs the rib, a smooth face, a diamond-ish panel at the lower back, thin legs. Thirty-three dollars. Sixteen thousand reviews. A 3.9. We just looked at SHAPERMINT shorts — that is mid-thigh. This is a brief. No inseam. The hold lives in the waist and the seat. Catalog stills are honest: this is underwear you put a dress on.

If you wanted thighs covered, SHAPERMINT or Reamphy. If you wanted a named brief that smooths a waistband, stay. Size the hip like SPANX, not like a cotton 10-pack.

The rise is the product. The letter is a rumor.

High means under the bust on the still. Cups that spill onto the waist are a bra problem, not a SPANX problem. Size the hip. The Size Guide, then SPANX’s chart — they run firm and they mean it. Between, up if you hate a roll. Legs are cut to disappear. Too small and they sausage. Too big and the waist is costume.

The back still is the panel. It will not lift a seat into a different postcode. It will stop a thong elastic from printing through a knit. Nude is a taupe. Match it. Black is the commute if the listing has it.

A brief. Not a short. The $33 is the knit and the name.

Vs SHAPERMINT, wash, the 3.9

SHAPERMINT is cheaper and covers a thigh. SPANX is the brief you already know how to return. Wash cold, hang. Heat wrecks power net into a different size. The 3.9 is people who sized the chart, plus people who thought SPANX meant a diet and wrote about disappointment. Believe brief.

Who it's for

A high-waist dress, a brief not a short, a name you can find next year. Not mid-thigh coverage, not a $33 cotton panty, not a faja. Size the hip, hang the net, pick black if taupe is a fight.