Underskirt

The underskirt is lace while the skirt and bodice are embroidered black velvet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As I buttoned the waist I noticed the underskirt was about six inches longer than the upper, and for a moment I sat down on the bed and laughed at my own appearance. ❋ Unknown (1887)

She had covered her little old curled leaf of a hat with a tea-colored corner that had been left, and puffed it up high and light to the point of the new style, with brown veil tissue that also floated off in an abundant cloudy grace behind; and she had such an air of breezy and ecstatic elegance as she came beaming and hastening into the early car, that nobody really looked down to see that the underskirt was the identical black brilliantine that had done service all the spring in the dismal mornings of waterproofs and india-rubbers and general damp woolen smells and blue nips and shivers. ❋ Unknown (1865)

YS has made me a wonderful new underskirt and if I'm lucky, I will receive a new pair of gloves in the mail tomorrow. ❋ Nathreee (2010)

Anemoona has graciously agreed to make a new underskirt for Ellenora, which means I don't have to fix anything about the costume. ❋ Nathreee (2010)

Coming together to launch NAHM for fall 2011, they fused their combined international experiences into one city-savvy line: think a burnt orange shirtdress with asymmetrical hem or black maxi dress with a shorter underskirt and long, sheer overlay. ❋ Meredith Barnett (2011)

The offerings ran the gamut from skimpy (Karolina Kurkova in a garter belt and a chic hat) to sweet (Karolina Kurkova in an underskirt holding a lamb)...and with a soundtrack by Beth Ditto, Boy George, Karen Elson, The Kills, Janelle Monae and Joey Starr, we can't imagine a better ticket in town! ❋ Hilary Moss (2011)

It parts in front to reveal an underskirt made of oyster shells. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jacket and skirt were gone, and her underskirt of dark cloth ceased midway below the knee. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The closest they came was when one evening she arrived at a party with her knickers visible through an unruly underskirt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Stewart vamped up her mini-dress with a long underskirt of what appears some kind of glitter-sprayed unhemmed mesh. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What sort of zany crinoline/underskirt will be needed to make this skirty have the required poof? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think youd be better off in this case making the fuller skirt and maybe adding the second layer of underskirt if you think its going to be too sheer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although she was dressed in beautiful court clothing, with a bright red pleated underskirt and a bodice and gown of brocaded damask, she wore the hose and shoes of a jester. ❋ Kate Emerson (2010)