Abstract: A protective device for temporary wear against the skin of a person trying on garments, the device comprising a thin flexible sheet, and pressure-sensitive adhesive at opposite ends of the sheet to hold the sheet temporarily to the skin of a wearer. The sheet is a composite comprised by a an imperforate liquid impervious sheet of polyolefin about 3 to 15.mu. in thickness and having bonded thereto on the same side as the adhesive a hydrophilic web of fibers having a diameter of about 5 to 20.mu. selected from the group consisting of polypropylene and polyester, the web having a weight of about 10 to 30 g/m.sup.2.