Even Katie Holmes Wears Spanx

It looks like Katie Holmes wears a girdle. For special outings anyway. She's lost all her weight since giving birth to her first child, but maybe she is conscious of her stomach not being as flat as a board as it was pre-pregnancy. These photos are via the Superficial. They say you can tell these are not nylons if you look how they cut into her thighs and because her feet look bare.

Here's a comment from one of their readers;

Yeah, the Spanx. Not glamorous, for sure. Definitely less sexy than the old-fashioned Scarlett O'Hara-type corset.

But even movie stars have stuff that jiggles around and needs to be contained. Underneath those designer gowns that adorn celebrities at various awards shows is an amazing array of cantilevered underwear to keep each breast and butt cheek from moving independently. And the ubiquitous duct tape, of course.

Too bad Katie's Spanx made it into the photo. How embarrassing. She looks really gorgeous. I wonder if her hairstylist managed to find a way to camouflage that Scientology plug-in on the back of her neck?

Spanx (brilliant marketing name, not spelled as Spandx for Spandex) are the modern version of yesterday's girdles. They are one of several companies vying for our attention in the growing body shapewear market.