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Slip Petticoat and Knickers

1940s (made)
Artist/Maker
Utility (made for)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Orange ground flowered printed rayon slip petticoat and French cami-knickers.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Clothing
Underwear
Object type
Slip petticoat and knickers
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Petticoat
  • French Knickers
Materials and techniques
Printed rayon
Rayon
Printing
Brief description
Printed rayon slip petticoat and French cami-knickers, made for Utility, Great Britain, 1940s
Physical description
Orange ground flowered printed rayon slip petticoat and French cami-knickers.
Production typeReady to wear
Gallery label
(1997)
Wartime restrictions on clothing included a ban on the use of silk for civilian purposes. In keeping with the measures imposed, these rayon or 'artifical silk' undergarments are short and fairly slim-fitting with narrow hems, little elastic and no trimmings. Patterns with a tiny repeat, such as this floral design, were used to aviod wastage when cutting.
Bibliographic reference
De la Haye, Amy (ed.). The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947- 1997. London : V&A Publications, 1997 plate 141
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.203B&C-1982

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Record createdSeptember 4, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166573/slip-petticoat-and-utility/
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