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One of the rules of femininity that has always puzzled me: why is it no good for a slip to be showing beneath the hem of a skirt, but it's OK to wear a sheer skirt so that the slip shows right through the skirt?

I include this image of me only by way of illustration.

I think the point of wearing a slip under a sheer skirt is not to show the slip but to prevent other, even more intimate garments from showing instead.

I agree with you, Terri.

In addition, the slip that Aileen is wearing is at odds with the cut of the dress. The correct slip, in this case, should be flared like the dress or skirt. The slip shown is more for an A-line or straight (sheath-type) outfit.

- SL

I wear my slips eithereven with the hem, or about one inch above the hem. This gives the impression that you are concerned of a proper look, but will allow the slip to slow slightly when sitting down, but not showing when walking or standing up

I will always remember my mother telling my sister "A lady never shows her unmentionables unintentionally" and I have lived by that. I prefer to leave some to the imagination. I generally even will wer a camisole under a sheerer top to prevent my bra from showing.

Deidre sounds like your mother and my mother came from the same school. I still remember an incident a few years ago when I stopped at the local K-Mart on my way home from work. I was in male drab and stopped to pick up some shaving cream and deodorant. I noticed a woman in probably her 30's with a cute skirt on and under it was probably 2" of white lace. I debated for a second and thought if that were me wouldn't I want someone to tell me so I told her her slip was showing. She looked down and blushed before thanking me and disapperaing to the next aisle. She must have hiked it up because I saw her a few minutes later at the checkouts and no white lace.

Over this side of the pond we would whisper to the lady "George is dead" if her slip was showing. Why? Who knows......

Kay

Here we would say, "It's snowing down South".

Back in the olden days before I when I was in male drab I would have'nt thought to say to anyone whose slip was showing for fear of being slapped or worse in the business world be charged with sexual harrassment. Living FT as I do now I would not to hestitate to say something to a woman that her slip was showing as I hope she would if mine were.

Donna, what do you say if it is a black slip peeking down and not a white one.

Kay wrote:Over this side of the pond we would whisper to the lady "George is dead" if her slip was showing. Why? Who knows......

Kay

I thought it was Charlie's dead I don't know why either!

That reminds me of 'Red hat, no knickers'