I'm going through a dress phase. It's so much easier to get dressed each day when you don't have to agonize over the top and bottom of outfitting. Whoever came up with that Garanimals idea for kids had the right idea.
I have a dress that I really love. It's a faux Missioni with black, teal blue and silver stripes. I have worn this dress several times and the very last time I wore it as I came in at the end of the day, Fang looked at me and said, "You know you can see through this dress, don't you?" Well, NO, I wasn't aware of that. The lighting in our apartment is such that one sometimes misses these rather important nuances when taking the last look before darting out the door. This explains why a male colleague of mine was staring at everything but my face the last time I wore this dress while we had a conversation. Who knew?!
I haven't worn the dress since but I have gone to a few department stores and a few other targeted venues to purchase--of all things--a slip. Now I haven't worn a slip since I was 16 years old. And gee, retail doesn't seem to sell this kind of antiquated object anymore. At Victoria's Secret, the twenty something sales clerk shrugged and told me, "No one wears slips anymore. Wear leggings under the dress." Uh--yeah. That'll work.
Here in San Francisco I found a shop tonight that actually sells tasteful lingerie, including slips. These are not your grandma's slips--these are delicately tailored in buttery silk with delicate lace trim. I bought a nice model in black to shield what little modesty I have left. And while I was there, I picked up some other lovely bits of lingerie. I mean, while I was there and all.
It's funny that I should have to go 2600 miles to find something to cover my bits.
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I've been using the same slip for about twenty five years (when I wear one) so I didn't know you can't find them in the store anymore! That's strange.
I went to a friend's wedding way back when I was 19 or so and living at college. I didn't have a full length mirror, so I asked my friend if I needed a slip. She told me "no".
At the wedding reception all the guys in the band wanted to meet me. I thought that was odd-never happened before, but when I finally caught my reflection in a mirror, I saw that the damn dress was see-through! I looked like a little tart. Sheez.
I still wear slips on occassion...maybe once every other month. haa ha ahaa!!!! I have just a couple of items of clothing that are a bit see thru.
My slips are old and worn out.
I bought a very nice slip at Victoria's Secret just a few years ago! It has a real built in bra and everything.
Sometimes you just need a slip to keep a skirt from clinging to your bits too. Besides the full slip from VS, I have two very short half slips that I wear under any length skirt.
Kids today! They don't know how to dress, dang gummit!
I feel a bit of a voyeur being in this comment room. But i like it! :-)
Off topic, but, C&W, I hope to hear some great commentary on the new show, The Real Housewives of New York City. I'm hooked on this type of reality show. Tell us, do you know any of these women?
SR, so funny you should say that! I thought of CW, too when I saw an ad for the show.
I can't remember the last time I wore a slip. Actually, I can't remember the last time I wore a dress.....Wait, last summer I wore a little black dress, no slip needed. I don't get out much.
SR/Caryl: I am more than flattered that you think I may even know these East Side skanks, but honestly, there's a snwball's chance in hell I would. They live in the monied regions of the Upper East Side; I live on the upper, upper West Side. They vacation in the Hampton; I'm a North Fork girl. They shop during the day on Madison Avenue while their nannies raise the kids; I am a working girl (and not the kind you think). Yeah, not too much in common. Besides, the one who lives in Brooklyn with the overly possesive husband and the kids with the French names is so nasty that I wouldn't want to know her. (She of "I wouldn't want to live in the suburbs..ever" *sneer* Guess what, beyotch? You do live in the suburbs!). I'd love to meet her just to tell her that.
Skanks! LOL! I'm not fond of any of their personalities as I was the Real Housewives of Orange County. They at least seemed charitable and fun. These women of New York seem bitchy and shallow, especially that Betheney one, or however you spell her name. Remember her from Top Chef? Anyway, I was more hoping you might know them so that you could debunk their hype and give us the lowdown on them, which you've done with your comment. Thanks, just what I wanted. Missed your blog the past couple of days.
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