Sandwhiches & Stockings

Via the 5th edition of New Vintage Reviews carnival, I found this review of The 39 Steps which had this still from the movie. Make you hungry, hmm? But not so much for the sandwiches, right? *wink*

You're Going To Be Busy The Next Few Days

Why? Because you've got a talent show at Twolia to enter! You could win $500 or even $1,000 -- and you'll even get $50 just for entering!

Don't have any talent? Why not open up a Twolia Shop? You'll get $50 to open a shop and put 20 items in it -- and then you can make money too!

But hurry, the offers end with the month of August.

Dear Cosabella

Dear Cosabella,

Stop being a bunch of idiots. Bras cannot be sold as XS, S, M, L, &/or XL -- even if you &/or Bluefly call the sizing "contemporary."


Breasts are far too complicated & precious to be lumped into (however pretty) sacks of indiscriminate one-size-fits-most sizing. I don't care how much cheaper it is to make. Just because a woman's breast is round, doesn't mean you can metaphorically cut corners & be cheap bastards.

No cup sizes? No, thank you. No sale.

This avoidance of cup sizes makes me too angry to even give my usual sign off & wish you a slippity-do-da day.

I must instead say, stop being idiots & drop this stupid non-sizing & make bras.

Sincerely,

Slip of a Girl

PS I loved several of your bras -- and even if they were pretty too little things (not been offered in a DD or E cup), I would have sighed and maybe even reminded you of the size of the average woman -- but I wouldn't have called you a bunch of idiots.

Mad Men Fashion Faux Pas?

I don't watch Mad Men (I know, I know; y'all are shocked! But I just don't have the time for another TV show, let alone one I'm seasons behind). Anyway, Jody at Couture Allure has done some sleuthing regarding a Mad Men fashion faux pas: pantyhose worn in 1963.

Lacy, Lacy, In Your Face-y!

Today must be the day for panties -- especially the full-cut kind. First these, and now vintage full cut Gotham panties with loads of swirly floral lace:



But the kicker is the matching vintage Gotham slip available from the same seller!

Ginger Snap!

The lovely Ginger Rogers in lingerie.

The Les Romantiques Mystique

New A Slip of a Girl blog fan Jim sent in this scan of a Warner's lingerie ad -- he's terribly smitten with this bra, panty & garter set (and the sweet text of the ad itself)...


I believe this set is new(ish), like from 1985(ish). My guess is that what little is still available will be tiny sizes at outlet malls and a few scattered individual pieces online (by those who sell primarily overstock & dead stock items), but perhaps you -- yes, you, dear reader! -- know more than I and can help point Jim in the direction of his heart's desire...

Hit the comments section if you can help!

Full-Cut Panty Fans...

Get ready to blow a gasket over the gusset & other details on this incredible find: Vintage Formfit Rogers full cut panties with the tag still on!



I'm rather speechless, so I'm just going to copy what the seller says:

Vintage Formfit Rogers NOSWT full brief panties. Late 50's to early 60's. Ecru lace overlay panel down one side. Beautiful, very rare panties in a rare light tangerine color, double nylon mushroom gusset. Old punched ticket price tag with original price of $2.00. Pillow tab label states Formfit Rogers 4 (8-10), Made in USA, RN 20223. Excellent new condition. Sheer, soft and G~O~R~G~E~O~U~S!!!!!

A Babydoll Nightie By Any Other Name... Is Still On Sale At Bloomie's

Bloomingdale's says this Betsey Johnson babydoll is a "Tricot Double Layer Slip" and that the sheer chiffon in midnight blue layered over rose slip is for "subtle contrast" -- but we all know it's a babydoll and that blue & rose make purple. However, since Bloomie's has it on sale, I will forgive them. (You could have found this sale first if you got Shop It To Me's sales alerts.)

Vintage Black Silk Slip Causing Quite A Flap!

Vintage black silk slip with a full lace bust and an under-bust tie that ties around the back and a hot-damn 8 inches of lace hemline. The slip also has a flap at the crotch -- which is why the seller is calling it a flapper slip.

They Just Don't Make 'Em Like The Used to

WWII Home Front Lingerie

Ah, now this vintage bra & panty set makes more sense...

The seller of this 1940s black rayon satin fabric with peach and yellow embroidery set says, "This whimsical novelty naughty lingerie set would have been given to a soldiers sweetheart before shipping off to war."


The panties are embroidered with "keep your pants on honey until I come home OFF LIMITS" on the bottom -- and have a zipper crotch opening. The matching bra with white lace trim is embroidered on one cup "Sweet Don't Touch" and "Sour" on the other.

Wanna Neck?

This vintage Chic Lingerie babydoll peignoir set in peach is lovely with all the wide lace trim -- love the detailing on the back at the neck!

Cotton Undies News

Ah, make that the cotton undies wars -- today's news is full of 'em!

"Change starts with your underwear," that's what new underwear company PACT says. But Deanna Kitsch Slaps the inherent flaws in the marketing -- the emperor's undies aren't so much "green" as they are racing-stripe brown.

Over at Tree Hugger, the birth announcement for Peau-Ethique's organic maternity lingerie Babydoll may be good -- but the comments & replies expose the other side of marketing to soon-to-be mommies. (Not to mention the "pregnant women aren't sexy" talk!)

And in looking for an image to put with this post (because most of you don't read 'em if I don't!), I found this Japanese panty tug of war game. (But seriously, check out the news too, will ya?)

Vintage Sweet & Sour Bra?!

This amazing black jacquard rayon bra & panty set with white lace from the 1940's is unlike anything I've ever seen! On the bra cups, "sweet" & "sour" -- plus "Don't touch." And on the back of the panties, "Off Limits." Can you imagine what it all means...?!

UPDATE: More on the story here!

I Dreamed I Went To The Races In My Maidenform Bra

Jaynie of Here's Looking Like You, Kid has fabulous dish about this vintage ad!

Because You Get More Flies With Honey...

Today Alessia of Relationship Underarm Stick is participating in the Hope For Healing blogathon, raising awareness of domestic violence & money for supporting victims of domestic violence.

As a survivor of domestic violence myself, I'm totally supporting Alessia's efforts & hope you will too. It's easy peasy, lemon squeezy because Twolia.com has already done the financial sponsorship (awesome Twolia!) -- all you have to do is read Alessia's posts and then comment on them, pass links along (email 'em, link on your own blog, Tweet 'em, whatever) and keep the discussion regarding the serious issue of domestic violence going.

While Deanna has threatened you with a bizarre act of random Carmen Mirandization (which, by the way, I might actually pay to see lol), I hope to bribe you into supporting Alessia's efforts...

Thanks to the folks at Hips & Curves, I managed to score some sweet lingerie and will be giving away two prizes to those who comment, Tweet & post about Alessia's blogathon posts.

You'll get one entry each time you do the following:

A) Leave an insightful comment or otherwise add to the discussion of her posts (i.e. no spammy sorts of cheap comment entries; real comments only) and email me at slipofagirl@gmail.com with a link to your comment so that I have means of emailing you about your prize, should you win.

and/or

B) Tweet a link to one of Alessia's posts with an @SlipOfAGirl (so that I can track them) and follow me (so that I can contact you, should you win).

Yes, you can -- and should -- have multiple entries!

This contest starts right now! The blogathon ends at 8 A.M. for Alessia (central time), so entries must be made by then.

All entries will be added to a hat and I will draw two winners.

Before you enter, though, please note the following:

1) This contest is open to anyone, male or female, 18 and over residing anywhere in the US (including Hawaii, Guam, PR and Alaska).

2) Because this is last minute, I've got limited sizes in the prizes...

The Honey Bunny set is available in a size small only.


The Coral Beauty Peignoir Set is available in a size large only.


Here's the sizing chart to help you make your decision:



Please don't let the sizes discourage you -- they are super lingerie sets, and if the sizes don't suit you perfectly they make great gifts for your girlfriend, sister, friend... Remember, the holidays are coming soon!

So go read Alessia's blogathon posts & take action! You could win some beautiful lingerie along with my affection!

Vintage Panty Peek-A-Boo

Awesome panty peep apron -- yes, that's right; I said panty peep apron!

Hot Dog! Pin Up Art Sale!

From friend of the blog Charlene Lanzel:

I will be showing my PIN UP ART this weekend...

It's a Group Show. The artist who sells the most work this weekend will be given a solo show in 2010.

LIKE MY ART??? SUPPORT THE CAUSE!!!

Stop by and BUY MY ART!!! I'm making room for new paintings and my PIN UPS are priced to SELL!

Paintings and Prints Available.

August 15th & 16th ONLY!

Sat 11 - 8pm, Sun 12 - 8pm

ART BAZAAR (Check out the LiveStream!)
Lyons Wier Gallery
175 Seventh Avenue (@ W. 20th Street)
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.242.6220

The nearest subway is the 1/9 train, exit on 18th St @ 7th Avenue; or the C/E train, exit on 23rd St @ 8th Avenue.

1919 Lingerie Ad

Via eBay.

I Need This Kitchen

To go with my Cameo Garter Pantyhose. Seriously.


Photographer: Viva Van Story
Model: Miss Mosh

Lingerie Trends For Summer 2010

In preparation for the Intimate Apparel & Swimwear Trade Show held in Paris last winter (January 18-20, 2009), Interfiliere released a trend report, covering the upcoming Summer 2010 intimates and swimwear designs. Interfiliere defined what they saw in terms of "four themes with a story to tell."

The first is Oh! My Darling.

The background and shapes: the Capri spirit of the Fifties, haute couture precision, the desire of a perfect, radiant elegance... Motifs and prints are rich, lines emphasize the contour and strike the right balance, details and finishings are prefect. Nothing is left to chance, nothing is vague: everything is well conceived, neat, pretty, ravishing, harmonious, graceful.

Second, Bizarre Bazar:

A taste for mixtures, an outgoing, festival atmosphere, Summer optimism... At leaisure. New technologies make it possible to create a world of unlimited colours and motifs. Prints from around the world in a recycled mix of environments, artisan crafts, anive details. A hand-made trend that started in Brazil is ready to conques every beach. The culture shock is the heart of this crazy trend.

The third trend for lingerie & swim Summer 2010, Extreme Equilibrium:

The most demanding design direction with its apparently contradictory, subtle mixtures of authenticity and the new modernity. The desire for durable luxury with genuine lingerie fabrics but now in revolutionary lightweight fibres. Collections combine perfect performance, generous volumes, details which project natural eccentricity, hand made and artisanal effects, as if aged by time. Perfectly imperfect.

Lastly, trend or mood number four, Colour Therapy:

Inspired by elements of pop art from the Sixties and Seventies, multi stripes and Memphis of the Eighties, bright blocks, an exuberant firework display shakes up an arty atmosphere. Ultra graphic mixtures and sport influences but also rich pleats, drapes and origami effects, structured details playing with constuction. A vision of exciting and surprising flamboyance.

Paging All Bigger Busted Glamour Girls...

Liquid silk rayon, bias cut, shimmers in peachy-pink goodness... And available in a larger size (marked 40, measures 48) -- pretty & pretty rare for authentic vintage lingerie.

Why Go Topless? (Yes, I Mean Nude Breasts - Avoid If At Work Or A Prude)

With panties so spectacular, why bother with a bra? Love it? I haven't (yet) found such pretty ruffled panties; but you can buy the vintage photo.

You've Been Asking For These, Ladies!

You love the look of vintage teddies, but those slim pieces from the 1920s & 1930s have left you looking -- and lusting. Such unrequited lingerie love has now been banished thanks to Hips & Curves -- just look at these beautiful plus size teddies! And at just $39.95 each, buying a teddy in each color combination won't break the bank either.

Who's Wearing Fishnets?

Jaynie of Here's Looking Like You, Kid still wonders if this is Lee Grant -- I'm pretty sure it is, but those who know should go confirm or cast further suspicions at Jaynie's post. *wink*

It's Called "Grace"

"Grace" is the name of Cosabella's scarlet balconette bra with black floral lace. (I don't want to "dis" "Grace," but why isn't it available over a D-cup?)

Satin & Sheer-er On Norma Shearer

I Love Irises!

So the big dramatic iris print of this vintage waffle cotton dressing gown (from the 40's) caught my eye... Bold stripes, a nipped in fitted waist, and peplum too!

Dyed And Gone To Heaven!

OMG! Actual vintage periwinkle stockings!

Taking A Peep At Lingerie News

The quick lingerie link round up for today includes the classy and the sassy! (I'd love to know which is your favorite lol)

The Harrogate Lingerie & Swimwear Exhibition, the UK's national lingerie and swimwear industry trade show, is on this weekend (August 16-18) in London -- which prompts me to mention that I've long been curious as to why lingerie & swimwear have been lumped together...

It surely has more to do with the scantily clad mannequins than actual realistic marketing; women buy far more bras & panties than bikinis, far more nighties than swimsuits, even in locations less affected by seasons. (And don't tell me it's all about the fit -- dresses, jeans, business suits, they all have to cover/fit T n A, so bah to that theory.)

PS Don't forget to enter my latest contest -- and checkout my other blog too!

Need Knickers?

Clare, of Pretty Green Etsy shop (and the Pretty Green blog) has two contests for you lingerie lovers: win a pair of Pretty Green Knickers &/or win this handmade lingerie themed tote bag.

The contests are open to anyone and running until next weekend. So see what's sold at Pretty Green and leave comments about what you'd like Clare to make more of -- and you could win!

Have Your Cake

This vintage Kayser nightie gives you double layers of chiffon with lots of lace, like frosting!

Vintage French Lingerie Ad

I love this 1949 French ad for Kestos girdles & bras because it shows a very attractive, sexy mature woman.

I Turn Down This Black Tie Invite

I actually do not like these black tie leggings by Anzevino and Florence; bicycle shorts with "laces" are not really as sexy as all that, nor are they as formal as "black tie" implies. I prefer garters and stockings or even bare legs with ribbon wound around them...

Sorry, I got lost in recalling Thursday night...

Anyway, I don't like these leggings. But that's my opinion; I am sure you have your own.

Lingerie Frames Your Figure

I love the artwork in this 1940'S Kayser ad for Kayress Lingerie -- pay special attention to the images that make up the frame! (Click for really big scan!)

Is Casual Girly Glam Loungewear Possible?

Dear Slip of a Girl,

My husband, kids and I as well as my brother & sister & their families all spend the last few weekends in August as well as Labor Day weekend with my parents at their cabin -- it's a nice tradition & quite fun except for one thing... My mom insists that we all come out to the table on the back deck in our jammies to eat breakfast together.

My sister-in-law, sister and I all hate this because we won't wear frumpy PJs (or robes in 70+ degree weather) which just leaves us with the giant t-shirt thing... And invariably, some neighbor comes by in their boat or whatever and stops in to say "Hello" and we look feel like dying. We look likes lumps of jersey!

It's bad enough that we have to get out of our slinky jammies, get dressed in "sleepwear" to eat in, and then go get dressed for real... We're moms and we're a bit used to that (or the old robe 'round the house for modesty). But do we really have to meet people looking nothing like our real, feminine selves? It's a most self-defeating way to start the day.

Besides, now that my sister is single again, she'd like to at least look promising to whoever stops by... And gossips later in the day -- as those men & women all do! She doesn't want the sleepshirt version of her to be the promotional poster! (And my sister-in-law and I don't want to be the married frumps next to the fresh -- hot -- meat on the market either lol)

Please help!

One of three soon-to-be -- afraid to be -- lake frumps

Dear Lake Frumps,

Understanding your plight, I did a little shopping for feminine, yet family (and visitor) appropriate, romance...

This cotton sateen cami & capri pajama set has the historical romance of antique ladies' underthings with its soft vintage antiqued colors, rose print, lace, and ribboned bows.


For a more mod version of loungewear, try Bedhead's Red Asian Cotton Cami & Capri set, featuring a classic pagoda print and a drawstring waist with a touch of elastic for an easy fit with just the right amount of stretch for a big breakfast.


If you don't like capri pants, there's the more traditional pajamas with longer pant bottoms that still have plenty of features to play up your femininity; the Bedhead Red Cherry Blossom Egyptian Cotton Corset Pajama is one of them. The "corset" style top gets its shaping from a fitted bodice, the neckline drawstring of which allows for adjusting the bust, and four pearlized buttons on the left side.


If you simply cannot "do" pajamas, try the Voile Chemise by BedHead in pink with chocolate brown dots for sweet dreams and hearty morning appetites.


Don't blame me if you want to wear these around town. (If your kids won't bust your chops, there's no reason not to do so when you get back to town!)