SPANX Women's Long Sleeve Arm Tights Layering Piece

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Billion-dollar shapewear brand Spanx, which counts stars such as Oprah and Gwyneth Paltrow as acolytes, is banking on it with a new product to help women combat batwings: Arm Tights. But the religious fashionista admits that Arm Tights go one step further by slenderizing the wearer while keeping her covered up. Whenever a dress or top doesn’t have sleeves, we’d wear what we call a shell — usually a fitted top of the same color,” says NJ-based Leah Gottfried, a 26-year-old creator of the Jewish web series “Soon by You.” “They look very much like these new Arm Tights, except ours cover the belly.”

My favorite things to invent are the ones women didn’t realize they needed and can’t live without,” Blakely — clad in glittery-gold Arm Tights — tells The Post. “Tights have been around for our legs for so many years, I was thinking, ‘Why aren’t there tights for our arms?’” Tziporah Newman, fashion and wardrobe stylist, tries on Spanx’s Arm Tights. NY Post/Stefano Giovannini

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But hey, as stated above, everyone’s different – so if wearing tights on your arms is your kind of thing, you do you, they’ll be available from 1 October at House of Fraser. Right now, it's passé to have a Trinny and Susannah–style discussion of "bingo wings" or to even consider the concept that women might want to cover up their arms for fear of the aforementioned wobble. We've come a long way, and I'm grateful for that, but let's just get real for a second: Sometimes you don't want to show your arms off, and choice is the ultimate liberator. But as everyday wear? Sorry, but we just can’t imagine wearing tights on our arms – especially as you can buy a simple shorter-sleeved top to achieve the same look. Granted, they don’t hold your arms in but they are probably much more comfortable. Spanx founder Sara Blakely insists that the invention wasn’t born out of a desire to slenderize arms but to squeeze more looks out of warm-weather clothing as temps drop. And that sounds absolutely fine – but we all know how uncomfortable tight clothing can be, I’ve experienced it firsthand – and so I can only imagine that though at first glance, someone wearing these arm tights may feel fabulous, as the day goes on they may end up being incredibly uncomfortable – especially on a hot day.

Still, there are elements of the Arm Tights that could do with some tweaking — particularly the “pronounced” seams under the arms. I like the idea of wearing them under a sleeveless dress or top — it just has to be the right cut,” she says. The arms come in a three-quarter length fashion and in all honesty, they don’t look all too bad. But that’s not the point – the point is that, well, they seem kind of pointless. The "Original" Slip-On Sleeves! Created by Ruthann Greenblat, Sleevey Wonders features patented, reversible slip-on sleeves that are made to wear under sleeveless tops and strapless dresses as a creative solution for women who don't love the look of their bare arms.

Still, at a recent launch event downtown at Marie Claire’s the Next Big Thing concept shop, it was apparent that women who had tried the new product were more taken with what it did to tighten their triceps than the ways in which it could diversify their wardrobes. I'm not an advocate for shapewear as an essential part of womanhood or as the only route to looking or feeling good, but sometimes, these pieces can make your clothes look their best. And within this new Spanx creation lies a potentially useful little layering tool that could be a great part of your lingerie capsule wardrobe.

But while the concept of Arm Tights sounds revolutionary, local Orthodox Jewish women say they established a similarly layered look in the interest of modesty years ago.

There’s no way the Spanx execs didn’t get this idea from the religious world,” Newman says. “The concept of layering has been around for decades. As a religious stylist, I’ve always honed the skill of being modest and sexy at the same time.” I'm not an advocate for shapewear as an essential part of womanhood or as the only route to looking or feeling good, but these pieces can make your clothes look their best. And within this new Spanx creation lies a potentially useful little layering tool that could be a great part of your lingerie capsule wardrobe. Additionally, if you’ve embraced the modest fashion movement, Spanx's Arm Tights just might be the things you’ve been looking for.