Can’t write more — getting ready for my meeting.
I’m 37 1/2 and just now figured out that a slip isn’t symbolic of the antiquated values of my mother’s generation about keeping women covered in unnecessary layers but an actually useful garment to keep your skirt from sticking to your backside on a hot day. Thank goodness I was able to find my old black slip when I figured this out two weeks ago. I bought it twenty (twenty!) years ago to wear over black leggings with a white t-shirt. No wonder my mother was rolling her eyes at me back then. (Her second least-favorite outfit was the same black leggings, same white t-shirt and a short, full crinoline with rainbow ruffles that looked like it belonged to a square dancer. I thought it looked very Borderline-era Madonna ’til I saw Jody Watley in one and had to discard it.
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Man, I want that rainbow-ruffle skirt…
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oh thats nothing. you should have seen my very jewish sister (shes orthodox now) channeling madonna with crucifixes, long sleeved black-laced blouse, long black skirt, and what must have been 100 black bracelets on each arm walking in the summer on the atlantic city boardwalk.
LOL – I thought the same until I walked out of the house in what I thought was a perfectly presentable dress in dark print and found out that in the sun it was very see-through material….yepp…I still remember my mother yelling after me to put on a slip as I ran to the car thinking “what the heck for?” – I still don’t use them often but they do come in handy every now and then…I’m actually staring to consider a girdle!LOL
It’s good you have the old one–the last time I tried to buy a slip, all I could find in the dept store were the Spanx or similar ones, and I don’t like to wear things that squish my tummy. I think the local specialty lingerie store still has the regular slips…
Luo Lin, if you’re willing to wear other people’s undergarments (I draw the line at actual underPANTS but slips work for me) you can always try the thrift store. I just picked up another one for $.50 because I really am that cheap.
When I was five I was madonna for halloween, and I wore a black slip and pearls etc… And black gloves with no fingers in them.