Foundation garment
Undergarment designed to mold and shape the body to a fashionable silhouette / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A foundation garment (also known as shapewear or shaping underwear) is an undergarment designed to impermanently alter the wearer's body shape, to achieve what some view as a more fashionable figure. The function of a foundation garment is not to enhance a bodily feature (as would, for example, a padded bra) but to make it look more presentable.
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Specific styles of foundation garments have been essential to some fashion movements, and were required in some social situations during various fashion periods.[vague]