Slip Petticoat & Knickers

Not on display

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

Pink flowered printed rayon slip petticoat and French cami-knickers.

Object details

Categories	Fashion Clothing Underwear Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Slip petticoat & knickers
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. French Knickers Petticoat
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	Pink flowered printed rayon slip petticoat and French cami-knickers.
Production type	Ready 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.204&A-1982

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Record created	September 25, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84440/slip-petticoat--utility/

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