MY GRANDMOTHER GOTS SUM OF THEM SIZZLERS AND SHE DON'T LOOK NOTHING GUD IN IT...IM SORRY GRANDMA!!!!!!!!!!

O.K. So the sizzler struck my intrest when a woman I work with was telling a story about them. I felt the need to see what they look liked and WOW! So were they really worn just like that no shorts or pants???

stacy-tell me more!

I might have been mistaken about the date, perhaps they came to the florida area at a later date. can someone remember if they were mainly short or long sleeved? were they mainly worn by much younger girls(13-15) years old or did high school and older also wear them? answer to stacy-a sizzle dress was known for having similar "panties" as the dress material.

Sizzler's came out in 71,72. Not real sure about the year. But I remember I was 15, And wore them alot. Bought one with my babysitting money ,every week.I never remember seeing a long sleeve one.And I do remember an 18 year old neighbor borrowing one of mine to wear out! So yeah, older girls wore them too.

Thanks to Theresa for your comments.Now,a question,Iseem to recall those outfits being called "bikini dresses" - was sizzler a more common name? Also what were the most popular fabrics used,I remember a nylon material?

I'm so happy to have found this site. I've been trying to remember what these dresses were called, and it was "sizzler." I had a white one with little flowers all over it. Loved it! I think they were mostly made from cotton knits, and many of them also has tiny holes on them similar to an eyelet pattern. I was either a sophomore or junior in high school when I had mine. They weren't necessarily as short as some have said, though. Mine was down to my fingertips.

I remember wearing these, and we called them "sizzler suits" I was in 4th, 5th grade, and remember the teenagers wearing them. They were outlawed at school after they got popular.

I wore them sometime between 70 & 74 when I was in high school. I loved them. They were skin tight & very, very short (like all the dresses we wore then) but you didn't have to worry about bending over or showing your underwear because there were matching panties. Mine is yellow with bright-colored splotches & long sleeves. I still have it & was surprised it still fit when I tried it on at 30 (after 2 babies & then twins). I weighed 100 lbs until I was in my mid 20s. Most of today's kids are MUCH heavier than we were & don't seem to care when fat hangs out of their clothes or if they have bulges. If it was unsightly, we covered it up!

The school I atttended had a dress code that required girls to wear dresses. This was the early to mid seventies. A few of the girls wore sizzlers,always with pantyhose. One girl had a few sizzlers in her wardrobe, would wear normal panties instead of the matching ones. Modesty was not part of her agenda as her butt and crotch were on display quite often. No wonder I enjoyed school.

still wondering why I remember a sizzler being called a "bikini dress" ,especialy in Florida, when sizzler seems to be most common. I can well understand why joe enjoyed school,kind of surprised that a teacher,etc. didn,t say something to her.Wonder what grade that was?

This is answering Mike's question about my previous comment. This was in high school and the girl I mentioned was a senior. It is pretty amazing how brazen some of the dresses the girls wore and nothing was ever said as far as I know. I remember boys getting sent home for a t- shirt with something inappropriate on it, but no girl was sent home because her dress was too short.

come on,someone must know why there was a differance (sp?) in the terminolgy-re."sizzler" and "bikini" dress! like I mentioned earlier perhaps this was due to regional usage. Also was the wearing of pantyhose with them widespread? Thanks to everyone for their input!

outfit for fatties

Been waching tennis on t.v.,sure looks like a sizzle dress and a tennis dress are similar.Anybody else see the similarity?Anything from anyone regarding the name sizzler and bikini dress?

Enough about bikini dress. They were called sizzlers.

I wore sizzlers for the short time they were popular,if I recall a young womens clothing store chain did promote them as a "bikini" dress.My group most always wore sheer pantyhose with them to school,on dates etc,and we went without hose when shopping,etc. Some of mine were a polyester knit and some were a smooth nylon acetate fabric, always very tight and very short. Yes, they do sort of look like a tennis dress especialy when you get a glimpse of the panties!

I wore Sizzlers in 6th grade. Our school also had a policy of girls only wearing dresses but when Sizzlers became popular we were finally allowed to wear slacks!

Gosh, I wish I still had one of my sizzlers,I'd wear it now and then,does anyone else have one they still wear? My last sizzle dress didn't survive a trip to the beach and me playing in the water with it on.My boyfriend back then said I looked sexy in my wet dress.

id bang someone in this !

I wore a shiny lime green sizzler with the matching panties in Jr. High in 1971-72. Can't believe I wore something so short, but I didn't have the thighs and booty back then...