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I agree with Skirtman. Slips are fantastic.
Reading Anghared's ideal costume thread is interesting. In the end of course the question seems to boil down to whether women dress to please themselves or their partners.
I think the reason I like the fifties look so much has something to do with exactly this question. And with what Lacewing posted too. In the fifties, stockings were an essential part of an elegant wardrobe, and even ladies who were naturally slim had girdles to hand for special occasions. So when a woman dressed the question of whether or not a man would be excited by what she was wearing was not by any means a priority. Skirts went below the knee precisely because there were things to be hidden underneath - suspenders, stockings, the hem of the slip - and whether or not these things were to be revealed became the woman's conscious and personal decision.
Perfect! But impossible today as a rule, precisely because, as Ellen says, forcing women back into this sort of clothing would be oppressive. But for me the real answer to Anghared is that my ideal is a woman who dresses elegantly to please herself. The woman who does so is, to me, intensely attractive ...
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Sun, 13 April 2008 19:41  |
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I would say that I like wearing slips, either full or half ones. They are very good for wearing with split skirts where the issue of showing stocking tops is a possibility and they go some way to achieving a degree of modesty.
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Sun, 13 April 2008 20:31 |
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It would appear that we form a small but exclusive club of three 
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Sun, 13 April 2008 21:31 |
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I rather like wearing slips, usually just half slips though.
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Mon, 14 April 2008 01:43 |
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four! I've always liked half slips ...
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Mon, 14 April 2008 02:43 |
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Mmmm
I have several half slips as well has full slips. I must admit i prefer full slips!!
In fact i feel like a lot of women here like vintage undergarments including corselettes and OBG. I have yet to find a corselette that will fit me but i really like waist cinchers, corsets and OBGs.
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Mon, 14 April 2008 03:04 |
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five! I've bought my wife several corselettes and the key to getting something that fits is not - apart from approximately - the stated bra size. It is
1/, dumb luck, and
2/. in the absence of dumb luck and a trained corsetiere, buy something reasonably modern.
In other words, as I walk down the street I seem happy. But when I reflect on the number of ebay auctions I've won, only to be forcibly reminded (again, and again, and again, because hope springs eternal) that 38B really did mean something quite different in 1965 - that, in other words, there was not a ghost of a chance of my wife being able to struggle into said garment until she was only marginally fatter than Posh Spice - then my smile turns upside down. There wasn't any stretch in those days! Or not really. On the other hand I have been lucky three or four times, and these occasions, as you can imagine, are very cheering ... because when they do fit, a proper old corselette knocks the socks off anything recent. (By the way, true vintage St Michael are almost the worst for this. No stretch at all! Be careful!) As to the unfortunate victim of all this - my wife is very nice about my obsession and obliges on special occasions. Evenings out and such. And always with slips ...
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Mon, 14 April 2008 10:31 |
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I have many half & full slips and wear them almost daily.
I think a slip is a necessity with most skirts, I hate seeing the 'leg gap' when the sun shines through!
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Mon, 14 April 2008 19:03 |
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Six!
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Mon, 14 April 2008 21:27 |
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In other words, as I walk down the street I seem happy. But when I reflect on the number of ebay auctions I've won, only to be forcibly reminded (again, and again, and again, because hope springs eternal) that 38B really did mean something quite different in 1965 - that, in other words, there was not a ghost of a chance of my wife being able to struggle into said garment until she was only marginally fatter than Posh Spice - then my smile turns upside down. There wasn't any stretch in those days! Or not really. On the other hand I have been lucky three or four times, and these occasions, as you can imagine, are very cheering ... because when they do fit, a proper old corselette knocks the socks off anything recent. (By the way, true vintage St Michael are almost the worst for this. No stretch at all! Be careful!) As to the unfortunate victim of all this - my wife is very nice about my obsession and obliges on special occasions. Evenings out and such. And always with slips ...
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I know what you mean. I tried a girdle on a few years ago and couldn't understand how my poor grandmother wore one for years. I also bought a Rago all in one as well and haven't worn that at all, being much bigger than the bra size.
Nowadays, I stick to suspender belts, especially the deeper ones which give a vintage look but not the 'vintage' hassle. I have found that I'm not used to the 'tightness' of the garment and now it looks like being far too hot to wear one!
Slips are great! I have about three or four including one nice full length satin effort in cream which looks fantastic. I also bought a white one and a black one for the evenings out. Nowadays I always feel undressed if I don't wear one with a skirt.
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Tue, 15 April 2008 19:30 |
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I've recently snared a couple of wonderful slips on ebay. Van Raalte, vintage. Both nice and slinky. The black one has several inches of translucent concertina'd something at the hem, very floaty and swirly; the white one has this fantastically loopy slightly stiffened ruffle, almost sheer, getting on for a foot deep ... It's still smooth to the touch but is designed not to lie flat, and when it's on the stocking tops can clearly be seen.
I'm particularly pleased with them because my wife admits that when she puts either of these on she feels somewhat femme fatalised ... We've had them for a couple of months, and they always lead to what can only be described as saucery.
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Tue, 15 April 2008 20:24 |
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My wife too has recently discovered the allure or sensuality of the slip. Her grandmother had a closet full of vintage items and after trying them on we both found the look, fit and feel of them scintalating.
Worn under and skirt and over stockings is extremely sexy.
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Tue, 15 April 2008 20:47 |
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yes, yes. Yes!
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Thu, 17 April 2008 15:35 |
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Until very recently slips had not featured on the clothes to wear list. Just one of the things that gets forgotten over time. A slip did come this way, and it has to be said it is very nice. We did a set of pictures showing it, and the response was very good. It will be a to wear item in the future, it is lovely.
Les and Paul
xx
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Thu, 17 April 2008 15:57 |
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and I'm sure you will look lovely in it ...
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Fri, 18 April 2008 01:04 |
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I love the feel of a satin slip under a dress or skirt
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Sat, 19 April 2008 17:01 |
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Slips are wonderful! They also keep your clothes looking nicer and hide sussie bumps, so what's not to like? I'm still questing for the perfect silk slip, but I suppose things like that are meant to be elusive in life.
Half slips- I hate the elastic, if I could find (or make) a good one with a button at the waist instead I would be sold on them.
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Mon, 21 April 2008 13:28 |
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| misterwilton wrote on Mon, 14 April 2008 03:04 |
five! I've bought my wife several corselettes and the key to getting something that fits is not - apart from approximately - the stated bra size. It is
1/, dumb luck, and
2/. in the absence of dumb luck and a trained corsetiere, buy something reasonably modern.
In other words, as I walk down the street I seem happy. But when I reflect on the number of ebay auctions I've won, only to be forcibly reminded (again, and again, and again, because hope springs eternal) that 38B really did mean something quite different in 1965 - that, in other words, there was not a ghost of a chance of my wife being able to struggle into said garment until she was only marginally fatter than Posh Spice - then my smile turns upside down. There wasn't any stretch in those days! Or not really. On the other hand I have been lucky three or four times, and these occasions, as you can imagine, are very cheering ... because when they do fit, a proper old corselette knocks the socks off anything recent. (By the way, true vintage St Michael are almost the worst for this. No stretch at all! Be careful!) As to the unfortunate victim of all this - my wife is very nice about my obsession and obliges on special occasions. Evenings out and such. And always with slips ...
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I received a vintage corselette ebay purchase this morning, unfortunately I'd placed the bid before reading MrWiltons above post!
My how right you are!
Have inches really shrunk that much?? Were our mothers actually measuring in metric before 1970? Do emaciated women need shapewear??
Better luck next time ! 
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Mon, 21 April 2008 20:13 |
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As the only grandaughter of my gran to actually wear skirts & dresses, my granny when she died left her collection of half & full slips. Compared to the ones that are made today there are lashings of lace on the bust & hem.
I have priced some of them on e-bay and the Kayser ones go for a phenomenal price, though I wouldn't part with any of them as they are so comfortable to wear with stockings or hold-ups.
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Wed, 23 April 2008 18:51 |
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Oh dear Strawberry. My sympathy! What make was the vintage corselette - was it ST Michael by any chance?
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Wed, 23 April 2008 19:45 |
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The corselette was a 'fantasie'
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Wed, 23 April 2008 19:52 |
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The first one I bought my wife was a Contessa Di Roma - sized a 36B. The seller assured me that it was sufficiently stretchy to fit my wife's 38B, 32" waist etc - and it did!
That led directly to me assuming that the same would be true of other vintage corselettes. Several of which - in 36 AND 38B - are now in a box. Not gathering dust, but not seeing any use either. The Contessa was the only example I've come across of a real vintage garment being stretchy in the way we now expect these things to be in the era of S, M, L, XL etc ... Everything else might just have fitted her around the bust but ALL assumed a waistline of about 29" at the extreme outside ...
Sigh. Moan, whimper.
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Thu, 24 April 2008 11:45 |
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Ebay the ones which don't fit and replace with newer ones!
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Thu, 24 April 2008 12:34 |
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Can someone point me in the direction of wht you mean by 'slip'...is it like an underskirt ?
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Thu, 24 April 2008 15:24 |
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Yes, a slip is an underskirt or petticoat.
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Thu, 24 April 2008 16:36 |
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how can bra size affect slips from fitting or not then ?
Unless you wear them like Simon Cowell wears his trousers ????
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Thu, 24 April 2008 17:22 |
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Full slips or half slips!... full slips are like fitted satin nightdresses, hence you need a bra size
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Thu, 24 April 2008 17:32 |
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My full slip is based on a standard British dress size, not a bra size, otherwise I wouldn't get into it.
It fits very well and lends an air of modesty.
I wear a half slip to work most days, again for modesty purposes. It works particularly well when you have a split skirt and don't want to show all and sundry everything.
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Thu, 24 April 2008 20:10 |
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Rich and paula - we are slightly at cross purposes! In the middle of the thread we digressed to vintage corselettes, which are sized by bra size, but of course were much less generously sized at wasist and hips than the modern stuff.
Slips, as mich says, are sized by dress size. And ladies look lovely in them.
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Fri, 25 April 2008 09:18 |
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Bugger - i just find out what a slip is then you all go and confuse me even more with 'corselettes' - its a weird world out there...
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Fri, 25 April 2008 10:47 |
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I'd love a corselette but sadly they all seem to be too small. Anybody know of anywhere that does them for a G cup?
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Fri, 25 April 2008 11:11 |
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Here Miss Fox, have my dish of hens teeth...
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Fri, 25 April 2008 12:38 |
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G cups.........and 10 strap belts - I have got get to Hull  
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