Some will try anything in the hope of shedding a few
extra pounds - and for a while in the 1970s this method looked like the
future.
The 'Trim Jeans' were a £9 sauna belt that was billed
as the 'Amazing Space Age Slenderizer'.
It promised to miraculously reduce waists, abdomens,
hips and thighs by simply inflating the product with a pump before performing
'Magic Torso' movements in a chair.
Trim Jeans was a sauna belt billed as the 'Amazing Space Age
Slenderizer' that promised to miraculously reduce waists, abdomens, hips and
thighs in the 1970s
The user would then keep them on while
relaxing.
The product claimed that the wearer could lose six to
nine inches from these body parts in just three days.
A description read: 'The trim-jeans are a marvel of
ease, comfort and efficiency.
'Once you have slipped them on, you are ready for the
most astounding experience in rapid slenderizing you have ever
known.
'Only trim-jeans has the unique features of design,
including the exclusive super sauna-lock that permits the constant snug fit and
solid support in all 4 areas - waist, tummy, hips and thighs - without which
truly sensational
results are not possible.'
results are not possible.'
Model Cynthia Bateman claimed to have lost 13 inches in just
3 days using the blow-up 'sauna' trousers
This woman is reducing her waist, tummy, hips and thighs!:
The wearer inflated the £9 product with a pump before performing 'Magic Torso'
movements in a chair (left) ... maybe it inspired Wallace's Wrong
Trousers?