Different Types of Petticoats

Different varieties of petticoats

Petticoats are woman’s intimate apparels which are covers waist to knee or waist to below area. When we searching information about petticoats I found different style variations of petticoats under two major topics and they are given below.

1. Full slips

Full slips are also we can see in the Sri Lanka. It can be easily identified because worn from top area to bottom area. In another word we can say this garment covers breast to knee or breast to below area. When we considering neck area we can see v- shaped neck and square shape neck and most garments are sleeve less. Under the full slips we can separate several style variations.

·         Slimming slips – very slim and very smoothly designed

·         Bra cut slips – specially bra area cut and analyzed

·         Full slips separated at waist line – in this type of petticoats can be seen clearly separated waistline

·         Pleated full slips – can be seen pleats near the hemline

·         Mini slips – bottom area of petticoat is very short not come to knee.

·         Princess line full slips – princess line shapes and designs available.

2. Half slips

Half slips are also can be seen in the Sri Lanka and can be easily explained and identified because worn from waist to knee area or waist to below area. This type of intimate style variations looks like skirt appearance. And this types of petticoat also has different style variations.

·         Side slit half slips – small side slit or tearing place can be seen

·         Ruffled half slips – have different dimension based ruffles

·         Tight fitted half slips – fit and deal with skin very closely

·         Tapered half slips – has narrowed between waist and hip area

·         Pleated hem based half slips – pleated and hem pleated can be seen

·         Mini size half slips (Some are just like small loose pants)