At sizes ranging from XXXS/XS to 4X/5X, their options are even broader than Spanx's. Touted as “the new, solution-focused approach to shape enhancing undergarments, created by Kim Kardashian,” Skims Solutionwear includes the usual stretchy shapewear items, designed to provide “solutions” for tummy, butt, waist, and thighs, in different support levels (medium, high, and “super high”). We decided to put the two brands to the test, and here's what we learned. The star made waves in 2019 when she announced that she’d be entering the “foundational garment” game, and her Skims shapewear brand has skyrocketed as a leader in the space-especially for its wide size-range and inclusive range of nude colorways. The brand started by Sara Blakely almost 20 years ago has become the contemporary gold standard for shapewear and the brand now includes underwear for men and apparel in addition to its fan-loved compression garments.Įnter Kim Kardashian. You can't have a conversation about shapewear brands without mentioning Spanx. While finding the right shapewear can be a challenge, there are simple tips (and some staple brands) that can make the process easier. While it's important to feel confident in your body regardless of its curves, I'm always down to try anything that might make me look or feel better in my clothes. The creative team would reunite in 2014 for This One Summer.I’ve never cared much for shapewear, but heading into my thirties meant that my body looked different than it had previously. Kim herself is an engaging character, with her qualities and shortcomings, her hopes and unsaid dreams, her life still in front of her. Skim is a complete success it’s not surprising that this graphic novel won the 2008 Ignatz Award as Outstanding Graphic Novel and the 2008 Doug Wright Award as Best Book as well as the 2009 Joe Shuster Award for the writer. In any case, her art is very atmospheric and easily draws the reader into the story, without manipulating his/her feelings. One can’t help thinking that her faces look somewhat like early Chris Bachalo’s, especially his work on Shade, the Changing Man. Her storytelling is solid, with a balance of small panels and full pages, in a way reminiscent of Craig Thompson’s work on Blankets. Jillian Tamaki, the cousin of the writer, is an illustrator with only a few comics behind her at the time. Instead, we have a sensitive and caring portrayal of youth at a certain time, in a certain place–and as with all good stories, the specific becomes universal. It removes any voyeuristic quality.īetween Skim’s secret crush, which she doesn’t share even with Lisa, and the boy’s death, which resonates throughout the entire book, the story could have lapsed into melodrama, but doesn’t. The reader keeps his/her distance from the character, while the character tries to find a bearable distance from the overwhelming feeling of loss of control that a lot of people experience at her age. The diary also gives a glimpse of Skim’s inner life, while at the same time hiding very important things who has to fill the void left by the unstated feelings and thoughts of the main character. Used only sparingly, this technique greatly enhances the realism and the involvement of the reader. Even more impressive is the way she uses the literary device of having the story narrated by Skim herself through her diary entries, by scratching some words, showing partial rewordings, and the like. That is far from the only intelligent choice made by writer Mariko Tamaki. This is appropriate enough as it’s Skim’s story and she’s still discovering what the world is all about. Kim’s best friend Lisa doesn’t understand her, one of their classmates finds grief very rewarding when her boyfriend kills himself, and Kim–or “Skim” as she’s nicknamed by her friends–might be falling in love with her English and drama teacher, a kind of post-hippie woman who remains something of a cypher throughout the book. No, this isn’t a new version of Mädchen in Uniform, although we do get lesbian references, as with the street named “Deneuve”, where one of the main character lives. Kimberly Keiko Cameron is a young, somewhat plump, would-be Goth girl whose everyday life as a budding adult is the subject of the excellent Skim, set in 1993 in an all-girls private school around Toronto.
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