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We're always lamenting the old King of Queens conundrum — you know, the overweight, schlubby television husband paired with a hot, lithe wife. Instead of impossible standards of beauty being loosened for women, now men are supposed to live up to societal ideals as well. The dowdy husband can be a schlub-no-more with a "mirdle," a man girdle. According to the Wall Street Journal, "A growing number of labels are launching elasticized 'shapewear,' 'bodywear,' 'support boxers' and other beer-belly-constricting undergarments for men." Spanx, the most heralded brand of women's "shapewear," is even considering a men's line, says the Journal. Jeff Lewis, an events coordinator in Phoenix, told the paper that trying shapewear for the first time "took an inch-and-a-half off my waist...It gave me an instant ego boost." More »
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