These are nice, glad I bought them... However, I tried to wear these under a tighter fitting dress and it probably would have looked better without these under the dress. I saw another person say the same thing. The belly portion stops mid-belly and creates a line across your stomach. I think they will be fine under a flowy dress but these are probably not best for a tight dress. I mainly wanted them for my thighs and they work well for the thigh area so you don't have to deal with your thighs rubbing. They are not compression shape wear if that is what your looking for.