The practice of wearing petticoats, underskirts or slips as essential and required underwear for women around the world, has ended almost 500 years after its introduction in 16th century England. According to experts, the need for full- and half-slips that had become a status symbol was reduced at the turn of the 20th century as the fabrics from which dresses and skirts became less transparent and more form-fitting while manufacturers not only lined dresses and skirts but also attached petticoats to many of them. Who cares about modesty in the age of permissiveness and democracy in which slogans like ‘Freedom of Expression’ and ‘My Dress, My Choice’ are often invoked by scantily dressed women?