Do you wear slips?

[thisenglishlife]

Hello everyone

And...
Do they improve the look of your outfits?
Are they comfortable?
Which brands do and don't you recommend?

Thanks in advance!

Doobigetta, I want to hear your mother's clothing rules now! 😂

Rarely wear dresses but they do make a difference to how clothes hang on you. If you look at expensive clothes you sometimes notice how the lining works.

Yes. Mid 40s. Always have and want to shout it from the rooftops when I see women with static dresses and skirts all crumpled and sticking to them. Also think a beautiful outfit is ruined when you can see through it. M and s for me. Knee length and maxi length

I wear them for modesty or if I have a dress which is slightly see through. But also they don’t make the skirt cling to you so much. And I think it stops it creasing as much throughout the day

Late 30's and I wear one everyday under my dresses at work. Makes the dress hang better, does the job lining used to.

Always wear a slip. I have a midi-length M&S one, and a short Calvin Klein one. The other day I was wearing a pleated midi-skirt on a windy day, and was v grateful for my slip! Also if you are feeling bloated/pre-menstrual they kind of magic it away, dresses and skirts hang much better, plus yes, they stop cling.

Mine are skirt slips, if I need extra coverage at the top I would wear a vest/camisole.

Well this is all interesting... Might have to get one

Yes, every time I wear a skirt or dress that isn't already lined. For all the reasons above. I'm in my 40s and have pretty much always worn them. Now get from M&S as they do different lengths. Also recently discovered their culotte slips which do the same job for wide leg trousers (just for some pairs - helps stop them bagging at the knees). Also good for averting thigh rub at this time of year !

I have never worn a slip. Isn’t it just like wearing 2 dresses?
I practically live in dresses and tights and they have never stuck together - not do my dresses give me lumps and bumps! Well, perhaps they do and everyone is just being polite I don’t care though!
I buy clothes that fit and have not found (so far) that I need to wear a dress under my dress. I’m not ruling them out for the future,
I didn’t really know what they were for to be honest.

I have a skirt slip that I wear a lot because I find so many dresses and skirts are see through these days.

Yes, yes and yes, M&S and John Lewis. They stop skirts from getting snagged in your bum crack and crotch! And smooth your VPL. I'm mid forties and I call them petticoats. My mum and gran have always advocated them, I probably wouldn't wear them if they hadn't.

I have never worn a slip. Isn’t it just like wearing 2 dresses? No because they're very lightweight and have a silky slippery feel.

Welcome to mumsnet, by the way.

They can give you a better line. I have a couple of waist slips in the drawer one black from John Lewis and a bright red one, which I can’t remember where it came from; they last for ever. The red one is fun to add that possible quick splash of colour.

I’m not a regular slip wearer though and reserve them for certain skirts that tend to cling to (my) bumpy bits and even then not always.

I’m less bothered about skirts/dresses being slightly see through in the summer, within reason. The silhouette is fine by me. As long as if’s not for work.

Yep. I have them in black and nude, both half and full slips. I use them to make things less see-through, and to make dresses and skirts hang and move better. I love them. I very rarely wear a dress or skirt without a slip.

Yes, my Mum buys them for me in Boundary Mills - not sure what brand they are but full length, silky, slight stretch. Everything hangs better - I wear dresses every day for work.

I'm getting one.

Yes I wear a waist slip under dresses. It feels better, gives a better line, stops cling and see through, and saves your modesty when it’s windy.

Are you a man?

God yes, I've been wearing them since I was 20. 30 years later I still feel like it's a granny item but I know I look sooooooo much better with one for all the reasons already stated. I know it's bad, but I'm afraid I do look at other people and think 'oh, you need a slip with that dress my dear'. (Particularly a young woman at a wedding wearing a very thin white dress with lacy pants underneath). Always check your rear view in a mirror!

I have a knee length black dress slip from M&S which I wear under unlined dresses or skirts, for all the reasons already given.

@WalkerSisters - There are times and certain dresses when, slip or no slip, the best knickers are no knickers! Unless you are doing cartwheels that is. It’s a “summer sport” though.

I have the M&s cotton waist slips. I hate synthetic linings so rip them out of skirts and wear a slip instead. Also wear slips under sheer cotton dresses. I just wish I could buy nude cotton ones too.

Yes, ones with a bit of Lycra to cinch everything in and smooth bumps (and vpl) Wacoal for instance. Or hanro slip on top and Wolford smoothing shorts under trousers. Am a bit obsessed. Also get cold if I don’t

I wear them a lot (I have different colours and lengths) I'm early 20s

they just make any unlined dress look and hang better

cuts out that creep of almost all wrap dresses, no fear of an inadvertant boob/bra flash

no worry that everyone is seeing your knicker elastic, and tbh YES everyone can see your underwear when you wear an even slightly fitted unlined dress, no one needs to know for sure that your pants are high leg with a lace detail bum cover, or that today you went for that thong that cuts across your hip just that bit too neatly.
and as @LauderSyme said, no dress/bumcrack fiascos either!

Also lots of men like them...gives them Mrs Robinson fancies.

I think they are a must for almost all dresses tbh.