Sentence examples for underskirt from inspiring English sources

Women's dress from 1840 onward was dominated by a boned corset and framework underskirt.

Named after the materials from which it was originally made (Latin: crinis, "[horse] hair"; linum, "thread"), this petticoat was, like its predecessors the farthingale and the hoop, a heavy underskirt reinforced by circular hoops, in this case of whalebone.

Farthingale, underskirt expanded by a series of circular hoops that increase in diameter from the waist down to the hem and are sewn into the underskirt to make it rigid.

Petticoat, in modern usage, an underskirt worn by women.

A strapping man in gold slingbacks, black socks and jeans stomps up-stage, followed by another, slightly stouter fellow, skittering in navy patent Mary Janes, a long white underskirt thrown on over his tracksuit bottoms.

Lena made a pleated silk underskirt for a dress with a slimming elastic waistband.

It is used for evening dresses and for underskirts for couture dresses in chiffon or georgette and is also used for academic hood linings.

But there was plenty of stock downstairs that would have worked well there, most notably a dramatic gold dress with netting around the shoulders and a great confusion of silky and embroidered underskirts, as if Little Bo Peep, the Little Mermaid and Mother Ginger from the "Nutcracker" had all merged into one heck of a woman.

Here, voluminous sundresses and vintage frocks embellished with satin, chiffon, taffeta and rhinestones — several with built-in tulle underskirts — cost about $175 to $325.

For women, layers of floaty underskirts were accompanied by pinnies and ponchos in every conceivable fabric from gold spun mohair to coated cotton, also worn over trousers to beat home the multi-tiered look.

There we all were, in these cardigans and flared skirts - gingham with net underskirts.