Fashion experts predict a boom in slip sales in spring-summer 2006.

Originally, a slip is worn by women under a dress to prevent translucency and to protect fine fabrics from perspiration. Besides, it provides warmth and a better look of an outfit. Men may also wear slips under kilts and man skirts. Some lingerie manufacturers offer men slips, which are basically the same garments as women’s with only slightly different body cut.

During the last decades, the garment has seemed to take its course, but this year it is forecast to be back in vogue with some innovations according to the latest lingerie trends.

The slip allegedly began to catch on after the release of the movie King Kong starring Naomi Watts, where Naomi’s heroine Ann Darrow emerges in the refined apparel. Apart from Naomi, it seems that almost all pop divas (Madonna, Catherine Zeta Jones, Kylie Minogue and many others) had appeared in films and on covers of fashion magazines in delicate slips before.  

Fashion pundits mention a tendency to proliferation of slips offerings. Today leading lingerie retail stores such as Victoria’s Secret, Frederick’s, Trashy and others are pumping up their stocks with new slip styles in anticipation of increasing demands. The boost is expected this summer, when the slip reportedly will turn screamingly popular among underwear consumers.

Lingerie manufacturers are designing new slip styles to satisfy the requirements of the trends of the coming season. New ingenious slip designs are generously trimmed with dainty or bold lace and embroidered with beads, crystals and fur. They come in classic black, in soft pastels and even in rich radiant colors, which are favorites this summer. 

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