half-slip

• “You can made a petticoat by finding the waist marking on the pattern and making a half-slip with a casing for elastic, or you can cut the front and back of the dress and make a full length one, turning under the neckline and armholes twice at one fourth inch each time.”

  Same Pattern, 2nd Dress

• “A lame question about making slips: The only time I've ever made myself a slip, I drew up a "pattern" hardly deserves the word, really for a half-slip and sewed it up out of cotton and lace.”

  Your (New) Slip Is Showing - A Dress A Day

• “My favorite half-slip is one I made many years ago from a remnant piece of Duchesse satin and some cotton lace.”

  Your (New) Slip Is Showing - A Dress A Day

• “Worse yet, these efforts are most commonly met with a coldly-written half-slip of paper sent back in your own SASE.”

  Lucinda Week, Day 5: How Many Rejections DID Lucinda Get?

• “There's no room for a crinoline under that, unless you wanted to construct some kind of half-crinoline/half-slip undergarment.”

  Fashion Sewing on A Budget ... and the Walk-Away Dress! - A Dress A Day

• “Angelina Jolie wore a sturdy bra and half-slip in the 2005 film "Mr. & Mr.. Smith" -- in a scene depicting the fastidiously uncarnal nature of her life with Mr. Smith.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Pardon Me, Your Slip Is Not Showing

• “A simple nylon half-slip is often enough to do the trick.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Are Slips In?

• “I have one "half-slip," which actually started out life as one of those teeny short silk skirts for women who are a lot younger than I am.”

  the necessary infrastructure - A Dress A Day

• “I'm wearing a half-slip and the ivory silk blouse I had on last night.”

  Excerpt: Bread Alone by Judith Ryan Hendricks

• “Next comes a long cotton hip wrap, like a half-slip, then a pair of long bloomers to preserve modesty should the front fold of the kimono open.”

  Simon & Schuster: Geisha, A Life

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