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Slimpressions History

Candidly, our leap into the body shaper industry was inspired by a personal need after an embarrassing moment.  When dropping her children off at preschool, Amy Pedersen waved to a friend.  Unfortunately, when she stopped waving, her arm (sadly) did not.  The embarrassing part for her was not the fact that she lacked tone arms. She already knew that. The embarrassing part for her was that she could see in her friend’s face that SHE SAW that Amy had some serious arm swing going on.  Yikes.

Amy has always been a big fan of shapewear and, at the time, thought she had something to cover about every squishy part of her body.  Apparently not.  When leaving preschool that morning, she called her sister-in-law Jennifer Daniels and jokingly told her what happened.  She asked Jen to Google arm flab shapers and order her three of them!  Curious, Jen did just that yet an arm shaping slimmer was not to be found.  Knowing Amy wasn’t the only woman with this kind of drama, a business idea was born and Amy and Jen co-founded Slimpressions.

Despite their extensive business experience in corporate America, neither Jen or Amy had any experience developing, producing or marketing shapewear.  To ensure they were on the right path with an arm shaper, they solicited input from women of all shapes and sizes. They learned that what women really longed was a body shaper that slimmed and sculpted jelly belly, muffin top, back fat AND arm flab. Finding a body slimmer for the midsection that actually stayed in place had been a challenge for most women and they begged Amy and Jen to make one. It was not easy but after three years of research and development, they proudly launched Slimpressions’ patented designs The Haves and The Have Nots to meet this need.

Since this infamous preschool parking lot moment in 2005, the company has grown substantially over the years expanding the product line based customer demand and shipping internationally.  Recognized by top stylists and fashion magazines like InStyle, Redbook, O – The Oprah Magazine and more, Slimpressions has become a trusted brand for women with loose skin who want to look and feel their best every day – not just on special occasions.
After years leading the helm, Amy Pedersen and Jennifer Daniels passed the baton in November 2016 and announced a change in operational management. Dawn Hurlebaus, formerly Slimpressions’ Director of Possibilities, now serves as President and CEO.    Read the press release .