Slips / Petticoats. A slip is a woman’s undergarment worn beneath a dress or skirt. A full slip hangs from the shoulders, usually by means of narrow straps, and extends from the breast to the fashionable skirt length. A half slip (or waist slip) hangs from the waist. The word “petticoat” may also be used for half or full slips. Reference: Wikipedia
Women’s net slip Made by EARLY 20TH CENTURY One ladies net 1/2 slip.
Reference: Museum of Applied Art and Sciences
Woman’s petticoat AmericanLate 19th to early 20th centuryPlace of Use: Philadelphia, Pensylvania, United States
Red silk taffeta petticoat with 9.5″ pleating at hem. Two hook and eye closures at center back. Interior left waistband has loop for hanging, right loops has been removed/cut.
Reference: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
A group of crinoline petticoats, Circa 1860 Six commercially and home-made including two wired purple wool examples; two Thomson’s Empress frames, plain and striped calico examples, (6)
Sold for 480 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2003
Slip made of rayon in a pastel green shade. Shaped to accommodate the bust and trimmed with lace.
This slip is stylish but it reflects the strict rationing during the Second World War that included underwear. In 1941 the Board of Trade introduced the Utility scheme which dictated the amount of material, decoration and labour allowed for all types of clothing. As a result this slip was made of rayon rather than silk and had minimal trimmings to save on costs and fabric.
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
A Lisa Gaye costume from Ten Thousand Bedrooms Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957. Comprising a sheer lavender and black windowpane check silk short-sleeved overdress with built-in lavender slip, bearing a label inscribed in black ink, “1705 / 5421 Lisa Gaye” and an MGM cleaning tag; a lavender net petticoat with a label inscribed in black ink, “1705 / 5421 Lisa Gaye”; and a lavender silk capelet (not seen in the film). Accompanied by a copy of the film. Gaye plays Ana Martelli, one of a pair of pretty Italian sisters who perform music at a party attended by Ray (Dean Martin) and Maria (Eva Bartok).
Sold for US$ 312 (£ 243) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2014
A LADY’S OPEN ROBE AND PETTICOAT OF WHITE LINEN 1770-1780s printed with a rose meander, composed of open robe and matching petticoat
Sold for GBP 4,375 at Christie’s in 2010
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