Slips

[TheSkirtedMan]

I like lined skirts, but I don’t buy slips. The one exception is one I bought from Activskin (men’s hosiery) which works great under my grey itchy tweed kilt.

I never want to see a slip showing below a skirt. To me, it looks messy.

It very much depends upon how it is done and worn. Then it's like everything in life, a personal choice, preferred preference. A little bit like those who never want to see men in skirts a view not really welcomed on this forum. Each to their own I say, an aspect not well practiced in society in all aspects of life.

[Ray]

It’s my personal view, no more. I think that showing frills of an undergarment under the skirt looks messy, silly, and possibly exhibitionistic.

My views, solely.

[sellek]

At times in the past there have been skirt fashions that were designed to show lace below the skirt, Edwardian musical hall, 1950's Rock and Roll - 'rockabilly' skirts, with these sorts of fashions the whole design was to show the lace and frills below the main body of the skirt. Sometimes this was done to show of a swirl of lace when you were dancing, think of Audrey Hepburn in my Fair Lady. But as you say just having a plain slip hanging haphazard below the hem line is not a great look.
Nonetheless, I find slips are a great help to looking good and moving well in a skirt.

[Coder]

As one who grew up in an era when skirts were optional for woman, slips don't carry any particular weight for me when it comes to femininity etc... I mean, if a skirt can be masculine (if that's your need) then a slip can be as well.

Frankly, I try to think of them as either tools (ie, less cling, warmth, etc...) or fashion (ie, slip with ruffles that are visible, slip with decorative hem showing). For the latter, I guess it comes down to how you see ruffles and then it's not so much about the slip, but the decorative features and how you code them.

[Uncle Al]

A slip helps to keep very thin, non-opaque, material from being 'see through'.

Uncle Al

[GerdG]

Interesting article on men wearing slips here. The author isn't afraid to let a little lace show below the skirt hem:

https://www.theskirtedman.co.uk/index.p ... l-camisole

No I am not. I am the man behind the site www.theskirtedman.co.uk.

TSM, even though I am more focused on kilts - worn in a casual way - as a trouser alternative, than skirts (with a slip under them), I really like your website. 20 years ago, there were many non-commercial websites, promoting men in kilts and skirts. Today, unfortunately, there are very few to find on the internet.