Vintage wool dresses - base or mid layers?

[StellaMarie]

Hi all, I wonder if anyone could help me with this -
I have a few wool dresses from the 40s (unlined), and I'm wondering historically what women wore under these?

I usually wear a normal slip under dresses, but I found it wasn't enough as my arms/chest etc were exposed to the scratchy material
In the end I found the only solution was to wear a cotton long sleeved blouse over the slip. This at least solved the scratchy feeling, but I'm curious what would have been the norm back then - were there long sleeve slips, or some kind of mid layer on the arms? If so what materials and styles were common?
I actually did try to look this up myself, but Google didn't understand what I was asking so hopefully someone here will know.

Any and all info is appreciated, even just speculation!

 

[plousia]

I don't have any insight to share but can commiserate - I have a lovely 50s wool dress with a very high neck that irritated the heck out of my neck the only time I wore it. So much so that I'll probably sew some kind of lining into it before wearing it again. And wool doesn't usually bother me.

 

[Vintorious]

I've seen older advertisements for knit underwear (tops and bottoms) that are longer lengths, sort of like thermal underwear, but a bit airier. I don't know if slips were made in the same way, but if so, I haven't come across one. It does make sense that woolens would be more for colder weather, and longer undergarments would certainly make sense.