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41-50,
*HEILASATIN
writes:My Aunt has recently given me some brand new 1960s style underwear which includes some waist slips with pleated hems one black, one brown and one white.I could not resist wearing them and these slips are absolutely gorgeous and when the pleats of the slip show below my dress it causes a wow factor with the men in the office.One of my female co workers says I should not let my slip show as it sends the wrong message to some of the lads as they think I am flirting with them and also it looks common when your slip hangs down. I have also have some all over lace half slips in lemon and black,pink and black and just plain white lace I wonder what comments these will bring.Is it considered common or scruffy if your slip slides down into view. I do not want to shorten them as it will spoil them.Sheilasatin
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reader, lace lover +, writes (6 August 2016):
Been a few years since this subject was raised. I can remember in the late 70s early 80s when it seemed fashionable to see ladies' slips show. In the office where I worked at the time, my manager, a fairly prudish 40+ single woman, hemlines blow the knee, often commented how 'common' it was for slips to show...I as a red blooded male had a different viewpoint and a couple of ladies in the office did let theirs show, one on a repeated and perhaps flirtatious basis!. My manager usually commented on this.One day, my manager came into the office with a much shorter dress than usual and her lacy slip was showing about 6 inches!I commented about this in a jocular fashion and she replied that' if you can't beat them.Join them!'This was a white dress above knee length with turquoise polka dots and a tie belt. It was evident the slip was a half slip because by mid morning, over 9 inches was hanging down! She seemed quite oblivious to the many comments and stares from colleagues bot male and female, assuming she had had some kind of epiphany!For the rest of that summer (1078), this dress made frequent appearances....sometimes with the same slip...and sometimes with a different one...the result being the same........Charlie was well and truly dead.So maybe the jury is out as to whether the office was the place to let slips show or to discuss it...clearly it was a fashion statement then.... and a not unattractive one even in an office context....
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reader, RedAthena  +, writes (18 July 2011):
 It sounds like a really cute fashion statement. (Much like a pretty petticoat "peeking" out of the hem).
I would save that look for a dress up out on the town, a date, etc. Such looks do not belong in the office.
Use it for "party wear". In the office, you want to keep things neat and professional.
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reader, anonymous, writes (17 July 2011): Having your slip show is bad because, in addition to it being underwear and not designed to be seen, it's akin to having a tag sticking up from your collar, or not realizing that you have toilet paper stuck to your shoe. Because of this, it's never been acceptable to purposely walk around with your slip showing in most situations.
Maybe it was a trend among teens in the 80s, but I wouldn't use high school fashions as a guide to what was considered acceptable dress in society at large at the time. Teenagers are always breaking the rules, after all. ;)
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reader, Tisha-1 +, writes (16 July 2011):
 I was in my 20s in the 80s and if someone's slip was showing, we'd tell them so they could fix it. I don't remember it being a trend at the time, but if it was a fashion among teenagers, it still wasn't suitable for an office environment.
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reader, SHEILASATIN +, writes (16 July 2011):
SHEILASATIN is verified as being by the original poster of the questionThanks for your answers and it does seem as though I should keep my slips pulled up out of sight.Today I turned the waist band over and apart from reaching up and bending over my slip stayed above the hem of my dress until just before lunch time when I went to the ladies room to pull it up.Times change when I look at my older sisters photographs from the eighties when she was a teenager most of the girls seem to have slips showing so it was probably acceptable then when most ladies would wear a slip. Thanks again but it would be nice to hear more comments from the the opposite sex.
Sheilasatin
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reader, Battista +, writes (16 July 2011):
I think your hunch is right: in my opinion it looks both common and scruffy when underwear is showing, no matter how mice it is. That combined with the fact you are at work makes me think you should make sure either it doesn't show or wear something else. I think your friend was trying to do you a good turn when she mentioned it to you. You need to separate work and play.
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reader, Tisha-1 +, writes (16 July 2011):
Save wardrobe playing for playtime, not the office. Unless you are in a creative field, you're just making yourself look sloppy and unkempt to management. Probably not the best career move.
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reader, person12345 +, writes (16 July 2011):
 I know when you have super pretty underwear it's hard not to just wear that, but if there was ever a time and a place to not show underwear, it's the office. You should not have your slips showing, bra straps, etc... You are not at the office to get male attention, you are there to work. Save your visible slips for cocktails.
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reader, chigirl  +, writes (16 July 2011):
 I don't understand exactly what it is that is visible here, but there are really only one rule when it comes to underwear of any kind: don't flash it.
If parts of your panties show, no matter what style they are, it is trashy. You can choose if you want to adhere to classy rules, or break the rules and go your own way. You might get wow factors, but not everyone will appreciate it.
Remember a time when it was popular for girls to wear their thong so high that it showed over the pants? Trashy. But each to their own.
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reader, MonksDaBomb +, writes (16 July 2011):
 I personally have never liked it when my slip is showing. I think there's a simple solution to your problem: don't wear the slips at work, but save them for when you go out and want to be attracted by men? You want to look professional at work; not have people voicing "flirt."
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