Does nobody wear slip any more?

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I have 3 slips, a mini skirt style one, a midi dress style and a long maxi one. I would never ever wear a dress or skirt without a slip underneath, unless it's really well lined. It smoothes out lumps and bumps, makes the dress less see through if light in colour, and stops it from getting stuck up my bottom if I stand up. I see so many dresses from behind that would look so much better with a slip underneath. Have slips been confided to history? Is it like wearing a corset, codpiece or hoop under my dress?

Kayser Bondor used to manufacture for M and S. My great aunt used to run one of their factory outlets. Great bargains!

@GreyDuck I wear my cotton ones with very flared dresses (Lady V, Lyra's) which I think are polyester, so there's no clinging. Mine give a bit of extra swirlyness and volume without having to resort to those net ones

Matalan have good ones too

Yes I am a slip person and a Uniqlo thermals person!
I don't find either to be sweaty or smelly. They're very breathable. But I'm generally freezing cold and not very sweaty.

Same here - Uniqlo and M&S slip wearer - don't find either sweaty or smelly but like you, I'm not a particularly sweaty person 🤷🏼‍♂️

There are loads of very pretty/detailed slip/chemise available but I prefer the plain M&S slip as, personally, I hate fussy lumpy bumpy lingerie under clothes where you see the outline of them. It's why Gossard Glossies are my preferred bra - my clothes hang, move and look better.

M&S have plenty. And John Lewis

If you wear a knitted dress with tights, the dress clings unless you wear a slip?
Sadly M&S don’t make nice attractive slips anymore.

I have one of my mum's old slips from the 70s that I used to wear as a dress, with grungy bovver boots. I didn't realise exactly how see through it was!?

I only wear cotton slips. I really dislike the feel of synthetic slips. I bought up several of the cotton M&S waist slips in the sale several years ago when they were discontinuing them. Now my preferred ones are the Hanro ultralight cotton full length slips. So light they're suitable for tropical weather conditions.

I hate the feeling of the Uniqlo thermals & just can't wear them.

No I don’t wear thermals, unless in sub zero conditions. I tend to run hot.

The M&S “cool comfort” ones I find are much comfier than a traditional polyester lining. But unlike some other posters I would not wear them on a really hot sticky day. I haven’t got any cotton ones at the moment but have been planning on buying one as I have some thin cotton dresses that I love but are far too thin to be worn alone.

The Gok Wan etc point is very good. I think they became unfashionable and replaced by Spanx. They’ve never been away but recently making something of a come back!

It depends what they’re made of. I loathe nylon slips but a silk skirt slip under a dress or skirt helps them hang better and stops them being see-through. It also stops the dress from clinging to tights. But many dresses and skirts are lined for that reason

@greengreyblue people used to say "it's raining in Paris" if your waist slip was showing 😂

@BatshitCrazyWoman I bought this from BHS easily 30 years ago

I do. Trying to emulate Elizabeth Taylor in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof. Sadly, not the same figure.

So basically, you've never worn one but your superior knowledge means everyone who does is wrong.

Very few skirts and even fewer dresses are lined these days, and that's at any price point.

What I also do sometimes if a dress is pretty but comes with a horrible nylony inner slip is to cut that out and use a nice cool one instead

Oh dear, I didn't intend my post to be insulting to people who wear slips. Perhaps I should have clarified that I'm not convinced that they'd work for me.
That was why I raised the question of the thermals. I presume the people who wear them happily don't smell bad, but I can't wear them. I wondered if the same might be true of the slips.
I do wear a lot of dresses so am curious about options that would make them look better.

well I was going to try my new slips out yesterday as I was going to a village fete and it seemed fitting, but it was too fucking cold and drizzly so I was in jeans and a hoody. Wish this weather would piss off.

Every time I've seen a narky or dismissive post on this really quite nice thread... it's from you. Nobody, but nobody is making you look at them, or buy one or wear one.

As for shapeless well, I suppose you have to have some shape yourself. The slips follow your form, they certainly do mine so, if you're lacking a figure then no, you're quite right, they will be shapeless. They are foundation clothes, not miracle workers.

You've been very bitchy to someone who made a perfectly pleasant and neutral post @LyingWitchInTheWardrobe .

Nothing 'really quite nice' about this thread thanks to you and other ridiculously defensive posters.

(Edited with my apologies for confusing you with one of the other posters ripping people's heads off for no reason. )

To answer your questions I don't think a cotton slip wouldn't work under a cotton or silk dress. Cotton sticks to cotton and silk. A cotton slip would work under a polyester or similar material which is itself slinky.

Markies thermals are brilliant.

I'd be prepared to try fine lawn cotton anyway.

I wear my cotton slips under everything. I wear predominantly natural fabrics & they work under all my summer dresses.
I've just been investigating silk slips but Hanro only sell satin ones. They're made from Viscose though & not polyester & therefore should be more breathable. I should imagine Bamboo ones made by Boody will be the same.

My gran could always tell if you weren’t wearing one just by the way your dress/skirt hung. They definitely make a difference and I need to get some.