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Posted: Nov 28 2008 at 12:47am | IP Logged Quote Krellan
Hello! I'm delurking again to ask for help for shopping for my wife. For clothing. Private clothing. And yes, as a male, I am distinctly not qualified for this kind of shopping. But hey, it's what she needs and if it makes her happy...

So, I'm looking for slips. Half-slips for the long skirts she likes to wear. Preferably not something that's 100% nylon (too hot in summer) or 100% cotton (bunches up the skirts). So my questions are:

  • What kind of material should I be looking for? Poly-cotton blend of some kind? Silk?

  • Where can I shop for them? (Online, please! I dare not walk into a physical store.)

  • Trickiest of all, where can I find long, modest slips that are preferably not slitted? Something around 36" would be about right, but that seems to be an uncommonly long length that I haven't yet found.

Thanks to anyone who takes pity on a poor husband!
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Posted: Nov 28 2008 at 9:47am | IP Logged Quote mavmama
I cannot help with where to find it, but my favorite winter slip is a flannel backed satin slip which I made. The flannel is warm against the skin and the satin allows the skirts to slide. Maybe you could find a seamstress to help you?

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Posted: Nov 28 2008 at 10:03am | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
That is all I've been able to do here - sew them.... I am guessing that locating a seamstress to make them specially would make the gift that much more meaningful :)
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Posted: Nov 28 2008 at 10:42am | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
I googled for you and found this site

I don't know anything about them but they do have half slips.

(My sister sent me mine from Canada)

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JCPenney has them here too.

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Thanks to all who replied! Maybe some custom-made products are the solution. I had a quick look at herroom.com and jcpenny.com, but could only find slips that were quite a bit shorter than my wife wants, or were long but with huge side slits. *sigh*

Ah well. Thanks again! Now I need to hunt down a seamstress...
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Posted: Nov 29 2008 at 1:06am | IP Logged Quote Krellan
mavmama wrote:
I cannot help with where to find it, but my favorite winter slip is a flannel backed satin slip which I made. The flannel is warm against the skin and the satin allows the skirts to slide. Maybe you could find a seamstress to help you?


Oh, one other question for you, mavmama. Is that something you designed for yourself, or are patterns for that kind of thing available (so I could take it to someone in the church who might be able to assemble it)?
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Posted: Nov 29 2008 at 9:44am | IP Logged Quote mavmama
Krellan I sent you a pm

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