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Types of Sleeveless shirtA sleeveless shirt, tank top or singlet (or sometimes vest) is a shirt manufactured without sleeves, or one where the sleeves have been cut off. Sleeveless shirts can be worn by either gender, depending on the style. These sleeveless undershirts do not prevent sweat stains from showing through. Tank tops are often worn by athletes in sports such as track and field. Tank tops have been popular warm-weather casual wear in the United States since the 1980s, and are regarded as acceptable public casual dress in some locales. They are mostly preferred in hot climates since the arm holes provide ventilation and the thin fabric provides comfort. In American English, a tank top is a sleeveless T-shirt-like garment that can be worn by either sex. It is often worn under the shirt as underwear, though more colorful and well-designed tank tops are usually worn as an outer shirt. The term is also used in Australian English, although the term singlet is commonly used to refer to the garment. In British English, the term vest is used, while tank top refers to a sleeveless pullover. The name tank top, recorded in English since 1968, is derived from its resemblance to a tank suit, a style of one-piece women's swimsuit with shoulder straps. Its name derives from the 1920s term swimming tank, which is an obsolete term for what is now called a swimming pool. There is a female swimming version of the tank top, the tankini (a portmanteau of the words tank top and bikini) halter topHalterneck refers to a type of women's clothing with a single strap around the back of the neck instead of straps over each shoulder. This can refer to either a dress or a separate shirt, called a halter top. The latter is a type of sleeveless shirt similar to a tank top (by the American English definition). Halterneck garments are generally considered more provocative because they leave the back free, exposing the shoulder blades. As such, it has been banned (along with spaghetti strap and other revealing clothing) from wearing in a number of high schools. If a bra is worn with a haltertop, it is generally strapless, as to avoid exposing the back straps of a typical bra. Some garments with halternecks may tie at the back of the neck, as is often seen in bathing suits. In another model of the halter top (not pictured), there is only a narrow strap behind the neck and a narrow strap behind the middle of the back, so that it is mostly backless. This design leaves most of the abdomen uncovered and it is more like many bikini tops (although it covers the chest more). The term "halter" comes from the German word for "holder," as in Büstenhalter, which literally means "busts-holder" and is equivalent to "brassiere". Tube topA tube top (British: boob tube) is a shoulderless, sleeveless "tube" that wraps the torso (not reaching higher than the armpits). Such a top is generally very tight over the breasts in order to prevent the garment from falling. Usually this is prevented with elastic. A similar version is one model of the halter top, which is a tube top that uses a single strap that passes round the back of the neck and has both ends attached to the front of the tube. The garment was invented by American World War II veteran Murray Kleid, owner of S & M Fringing Inc. The first tube top was actually a "mistake" but he saw the potential and "went with it". It reached a high level of popularity in the late 1970s. It vanished from the scene during the early- and mid-1990s, but later made a major reappearance in the wardrobes of American teenage girls and young American women, especially college-age women, after 2000, and various versions of the revealing style have been popular ever since then.A-shirtAlso known as a wifebeater or muscle shirt, a A-shirt is usually worn
as an undershirt, although it is also commonly worn as a single outer layer.
It gained popularity as worn by men, but is now often worn by women, as
well. The neck is usually similar to that of a regular t-shirt.
Muscle shirts can be worn as an undergarment or as a single outer layer. It is generally tight and made of ribbed cotton or other fiber. It usually has large armholes and a neckline that can reach down as far as mid-chest. The neck and armholes are generally reinforced. They are also sometimes made long to make tucking easier. However, over-sized muscle shirts are often used as nightshirts and, when loose, are generally considered to be a fashion faux pas. The build of a muscle shirt is simple, but efficient. The neck and armholes (or ends of sleeves) are often reinforced for durability. In almost all cases, they are buttonless, collarless, and pocketless. The fabric is traditionally a stretch cotton or cotton mesh. Calvin Klein is one of the more well-known muscle shirt designers. The shirt's nickname, "wifebeater", originates from frequent depictions in many movies and TV shows of aggressive American men, usually living in poor conditions (such as living in a trailer) and having low income, beating their wives and/or children while wearing this shirt. In UK English usage, this is known as a vest (c.f. american usage of vest). Spaghetti-strapped shirtA spaghetti-strapped shirt is a tank top with strings or thin material on the shoulders to hold up the shirt. It is thought to have originated in 1920s England, fashioned by rich upper class men, but is now worn mainly by girls and young women. Cutoff shirtA cutoff shirt is a shirt with the sleeves cut off. The original shirt is usually a t-shirt, but it can be any kind. They are most commonly worn by men. T-back shirtA T-back shirt tank top that is much narrower in the back than the front. It is similar to a male variant of the halter tops. T-Shirt History Dansk |
