Slip-N-Slide

Question: Do women wear slips anymore?

Answer: YES

I was walking to the train this morning and saw the woman in front of me wearing a skirt that came above the knee, with sheer hose and a slip dangling out the bottom. I checked her other items, desperately seeking striped legwarmers or pink highlights to prove that the visible slip was the next big hipster craze, but she looked as "normal" as could be. For someone wearing a slip.

I don't understand the purpose of a slip, especially in this day and age. Perhaps a slip was used under sheer or tight fabrics so the ladies of yore wouldn't show too much junk. Perhaps a slip was worn to smooth unsightly bulges. Perhaps a slip was just something that felt nice and silky under a scratchy Amish wool skirt.

The slip probably had many good uses at some point, but surely one does not need to double up with a slip AND sheer hose, which would alone serve the purpose of said slip in any of the above examples.

I had a slip recommended to me once, and because I cannot wrap my brain around wearing one, I ignored the advice and quit my job instead.

I was interning in the ghetto one sultry DC summer, and had to hoof it 20 blocks to my office from the Metro. Needless to say, I dressed in office-appropriate sleeveless blouses and skirts so I would not melt into the molten pavement of the Alexandria projects.

My office was spread across two stories and had a large spiral staircase in the middle to join the floors. And some perv timed his day so that he could look up my skirt as I descended the staircase. As horrifying as this sounds, I do believe that I had not yet discovered my love of the thong at this tender young age, and so I wasn't all that traumatized upon hearing the news.

What did traumatize me, however, was my boss's recommendation for me to wear a slip under my skirts to avoid this from happening again.

I had a bad reaction to her suggestion.

• How the hell was a slip going to prevent someone from looking up my skirt? Wouldn't he just as easily look up the slip?
• Why do I need to wear an extra, unneeded layer of clothing in 100 degree heat with 97% humidity?
• Why was I the one given a stern talking to? Was there not someone at this workplace sexually harassing interns?

So after much thought and consideration, I realized that this slip-requiring job was not for me. I told my boss that I got Mono so I could leave gracefully and still use them for a recommendation for my next internship... where I planned to wear pants.