
I just had a windfall of finding a whole armful of lovely pastel full slips from the ’50’s and early ’60’s, but I’m going to show you this one first, which I found a few days ago. It’s older, and longer, and more elaborately-styled in a design which I rarely find.
This slip is from the era when lingerie was made as if it were the main attraction of your whole outfit. Forget what you’re wearing on top of it – the beautiful underthings is what’s really going on. Look at those stunning crystal pleats on the bodice and the flounce at the hemline.
A slip that is so well-styled, carefully-made and of a wonderful, heavy nylon or rayon (or cotton, for summer) that it could stand alone as a dress is the kind of slip that our grandmothers wore every day. Some were fancier than others, but even the more day-to-day items were elegant.
More pretties to come, and more to discover. Stay tuned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MORGANA MARTIN, THE MAGICVINTAGESPY
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