How to Use underskirt in a Sentence

underskirt

noun
  • The only blood found on Lizzie Borden was a tiny speck on an underskirt.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2021
  • One is a slim, white woman, in antebellum underskirt and corset.
    — Zadie Smith, The New York Review of Books, 11 Feb. 2020
  • The lines of the dress extend towards the back where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza.
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 20 May 2018
  • These extend towards the back of the dress, where the train flows in soft round folds cushioned by an underskirt in triple silk organza.
    — Zoe Szathmary, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
  • The veil and underskirt are among only a handful of items the family has recovered.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2018
  • But what folks may have missed was the hem of the underskirt, which bore significance to both Charles and her love of animals.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2023
  • Her iconic choice included a bateau neckline and a triple silk organza underskirt.
    — Southern Living, 14 June 2018
  • To make the look even better, the one-shoulder dress features a delicate tulle underskirt in an assortment of shades of white.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • The dress only has six seams, impeccably placed; the underskirt is cushioned in triple silk organza.
    — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, 19 May 2018
  • The four-piece dress, consisting of a bra, tulle underskirt, sheer ribbon layer, and an overcoat fit perfectly.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The seams were lovely, the beading nicely done, the underskirt was double thickness and well constructed.
    — Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • In lieu of tulle, Bailey’s dress featured an underskirt made of sculptural white roses that gave the dress its tutu-esque volume.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The dress was composed of French Chantilly lace and English Cluny lace throughout the bodice, skirt and underskirt.
    — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • On the underskirt are emblems of the United Kingdom including a shamrock, daffodil, thistle and rose.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • To complete the look, the gown would have had underskirts, sleeves that were likely adorned with silk tassels and silver or gold buttons, and a stand-up collar made of linen or lace, as well as other embellishments.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Per the Palace, Eugenie's gown was developed layer by layer, from the corset to the complexity of its underskirt and full pleated skirt.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Oct. 2018
  • On the hem of the underskirt and cuffs are flower emblems from the United Kingdom's four nations, including a rose, a thistle, a daffodil, and a shamrock.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
  • Floral emblems of the four nations of the United Kingdom — a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock — are also featured on the underskirt and cuffs of the sleeves.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • Floral emblems of the four nations of the United Kingdom — a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock — are also featured on the underskirt and cuffs of the sleeves.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • For the state dinner scene, for example, Boyle and her team painstakingly created Victoria’s evening attire in layers—an apron, a skirt, and a jet-black underskirt.
    — Julie Miller, HWD, 19 Oct. 2017
  • In 1964, Bueno surprised the public at Wimbledon with a white Tinling dress that had a pink underskirt and matching pink underwear.
    — Stan Lehman and Mauricio Savarese, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2018
  • In a video of the try-on, Momsen, topless, with a white ruffled underskirt around her waist, gets help from stylist Lindsey Hartman in painstakingly sliding the red, white and green costume on over her arms.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Dress reformers proposed comfortable and healthful alternatives to confining garments such as corsets and crinolines, the cage-like steel underskirts that characterized female fashion at the time.
    — Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 12 June 2019
  • Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.
    — Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
  • For the occasion, my mother had put on her Balenciaga, a black dress with two wide shoulder straps, a firm bodice, a full skirt that ended a few inches above the ankles, and the illusion of an underskirt supplied by a band of taffeta ruffles, also black, that peeked out from beneath the hem.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • While its bodice fans out into a dramatic train, the dress’s underskirt is embellished with layers of long, spiky black petals—a memorable motif from Piccioli’s first collection for Balenciaga, spring 2026.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026

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