Story involving fashionable German ladies' frillies (8)
I believe the answer is:
lingerie
'frillies' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'story involving fashionable german' is the wordplay.
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'german' becomes 'ger' (abbreviation).
'in'+'ger'='inger'
'lie' placed around 'inger' is 'LINGERIE'.
'ladies'' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lingerie that I've seen before include "Scanties" , "frillies" , "CLOTHING" , "Women's flimsy underwear" , "Fancy underwear for women" .)