Visible slip line

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Visible slip line under seamless leggings
Stage artist with tights under the light fabric to avoid SSL. Note the laundry label on her jumpsuit

A visible slip line , SSL for short or VPL for English. visible panty line is the drawing of the underpants under the outer clothing. Reasons for this can be thick seams, cutting into the underwear due to a poor fit as well as too thin or tight-fitting fabric of the outerwear.

The acronym VPL appears in dialogue in Woody Allen 's 1977 film Der Stadtneurotiker , when Alvy (Allen ) attends a Hollywood party hosted by record producer Tony Lacey ( Paul Simon ). According to the Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English , the acronym VPL was made famous by the film. There the visible slip line is also referred to as the "most terrible fashion sin".

Some types of underpants or underwear are designed to prevent a visible slipline. Such as Shape product designated flesh-colored bodice bodysuits , the body without external outer seams of Cleavage cover above the knee. This function is also attributed to thong as well as tights .

See also

Web links

Commons : Visible slipline  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annie Hall Script - Screenplay
  2. ↑ Else Buschheuer : Call! Me! On! Structure Digital, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8412-0441-7 , reference .
  3. ↑ "the most heinous of fashion crimes", p. Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor (eds.): The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978-1-317-62512-4 , p. 820, sv "VPL".
  4. ↑ Glen Raven, Inc .: Reciprocal Advertisement How do gals get this sleek bell bottom look without the bumps of garters and panties? - They don't wear any. They wear Glen Raven Panti-Legs in Cantrece. , USA, 1966.
  5. ↑ Patent US 20030196252 , Sara Blakely: Two-ply body-smoothing undergarment. Published October 23, 2003, page 1, section 0004.