Possible Clues:

• Skirt slit
• Cat perhaps with need to chew piece of material
• Breastplate or backplate, or a leather doublet with strips of steel
• Feature of shirt left in wrapper
• Carton containing large piece of fabric
• Cat maybe with need to get hold of piece of material
• Favourite skirts don't have a split in one?
• Old woman's skirt-pocket
• Piece of material left in carton
• In particular miss opening