Every girl has dreamt at least once about being a beautiful princess living in a wonderful palace with magnificent park ensembles and multiple servants. Then the girl grows adult but her dreams are almost the same except for one detail. Now she pictures herself as an elegant and sophisticated woman with a sense of style. But not a single wardrobe of such a coquette can do without sleek, slinky and sensual slips.

Just for some additional information: there are two types of slips, a full and a half slip. The full slip reminds me a sort of chemise, while the half one is an undergarment hanging from the waist. Few lingerie items look as sensual and womanlike as a slip. To tell the truth, my attention was completely driven by full slips, while half ones looked rather old fashioned. Well, that is only my first impression, besides slips are vintage lingerie, so everything comes right.
The variety of materials they are made is vast: from silk and satin to taffeta and rayon. Their styles are simple but will definitely satisfy tastes of every fashion lover. Slips are trimmed with lace, ruche, sheer, ruffles, pleats, embroidery, and so on and so forth. Not so simple, you may say.

During the golden era in the industry of lingerie the most renowned manufacturers of a slip were Van Raalte and Vanity Fair. But they are not the only ones to produce such a popular lingerie item, among others there are Movie Star, Gossard Artemis, Gotham Gold Stripe, Barbizon, and so on.
By the way, I wonder if you know that there is a slip dress designed specially for street wear. It looks like a full slip featuring thin shoulder straps. Today in different languages “slip” refers not only to chemise but also to female and male undershorts.

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