Maidenform Firm Boyshorts Review: Thirteen Dollars, a Short Inseam, Twelve Thousand
We just wrote the Maidenform firm brief (ten dollars, no inseam) and already had SHAPERMINT boyshorts (Amazon volume, loops). This SKU is the drugstore short: black, a waist that climbs under the bust, a boyshort that stops at the upper thigh, a horizontal seam at the hip. Thirteen dollars. Twelve thousand reviews. A 4.0. The bra in the still is not in the box. It is not the brief. It is not SPANX Power mid-thigh. It is the short you put under a skirt that is not a mini.
If you wanted no thigh, the brief. If you wanted mid-thigh, SPANX or the Cool Comfort slimmer. If you wanted thirteen dollars and a short inseam, stay. Size the hip. Firm charts lie if you shop a dress size.
The inseam is the product. The brief already exists.
High means under the bust on the still. On a long torso it is a tank you did not order. The boyshort cut is honesty: enough leg to stop a brief from riding, not enough to peek under a midi. Too small and it is a bikini that chews. The nude still is the same job in beige. Match it or the short is a headline under white. The Size Guide is a panty chart that runs firm. Between, up if you hate a roll at the underbust.
Black is the commute. Nude is a beige. Compared with SHAPERMINT you save money and you lose the slogan. Compared with Power you save twenty dollars and you buy a shorter hem. That is the only reason this listing exists next to the brief.
Nude still. Same waist. Same short leg. The bra is yours.
Why 4.0, vs the brief, skip
Twelve thousand reviews is a photo that matches more often than Amazon 5-packs, plus people who wanted Power and bought thirteen dollars. The 4.0 is kinder than Power’s 3.8 because the expectation is lower. Heat still exists. A boyshort will still migrate if you size a dream. Wash cold, hang, no fabric softener.
Who it's for
A skirt that is not a mini, a thirteen-dollar waist, a short inseam. Not the brief, not SPANX mid-thigh, not SHAPERMINT’s loops. Size the hip, match the beige, hang the knit.
Pros
- A real Maidenform boyshort — distinct from the firm brief
- Twelve thousand reviews is not a rumor
- Thirteen dollars next to SPANX mid-thigh
- A short inseam that will not peek under a midi
- Black and nude that you can find next year
Cons
- Not Power — compression is a cheaper knit
- Not mid-thigh coverage
- Waist height is torso-picky
- Beige nude is a beige
- The bra in the still is not included
A $13 Maidenform firm boyshort. Size the hip, pick the inseam on purpose, and do not buy it as the brief or as SPANX mid-thigh.
