Hip and buttock padding

Hip and buttock padding

Hip and buttock padding is used by some transgender and transsexual women, as well as by males who cross-dress as females. It is used to increase the apparent size of the hips and buttocks to resemble those of a female. The padding is intended to improve the person's chance of passing as female by altering their apparent Waist-hip ratio and Shoulder-hip ratio.

These garments can be broadly classed as pre made, made to measure and home made.

Pre made

Padded underwear with pockets into which sections of padding can be inserted are marketed by companies catering to crossdressers. Many of these premade garments are often criticised for looking lumpy or false. [JoAnn Roberts. "Art and Illusion: A guide to crossdressing, Third Edition, Vol 2 - Fashion and Style", Creative Design Services, 1994. ISBN 978-1-880715-08-6]

Made to measure

At least one company specialises in manufacturing custom made garments specifically designed from the purchaser's measurements. [ [http://www.clcrv.com/crossdressing/veronicas.cfm Classic Curves "Veronica" garments] ] These garments are more expensive than pre-made or home made garments but are generally well made.

Home made

The cheapest form of hip and buttock padding is "home made". Information on making padding is available on web sites and in at least one book. [Kalina Isato. "Lower Torso Enhancement", TransVamp Publications Ltd, 2000. ISBN none]

Using the person's own measurements and a table of comparative measurements, [ [http://www.jadephoenix.org/lvtgw/Info_htm/HowTo/bod_num2.htm Barbara Lynn's "Body numerics"] ] it is possible to determine how thick the padding needs to be at various places, such as the widest point on the hips and the fullest point on the buttocks.

Home made padding is usually made by cutting a block of high-density polyurethane foam rubber to shape. This is the same type of foam as used for upholstery. The most common tool used for shaping the foam is an electric knife. The block is usually cut as a flat piece which is wrapped around the hips and buttocks, rather than being carved as a curved piece. The foam is carved only on the "inside", so that the outside surface remains smooth.

The padding is usually worn inside a compression garment such as one intended to be worn by females to lift and shape the buttocks.

ee also

* Buttocks
* Cleavage enhancement
* Cross-dressing
* Passing (gender)

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