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I have sabout 20 camis with and without bras built into them. The trend has been for the past 5+ years is to layer several camis over a bra with colored straps exposed. This created a kinda rainbow of multiple straps. This fashion evolved into another fashion last summer of a cami with a an

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...@costumegallery.com To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tue, Feb 4, 2014 4:38 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] t-top? Tank? I have sabout 20 camis with and without bras built into them. The trend has been for the past 5+ years is to layer several camis over a bra with colored straps

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Jumping in here - just to make a comment: I on the other hand are looking for camis with a 'shelf'. My big problem is that the manufacturers don't make the straps LONG enough. Nor the body of the cami longer than 'standard'. If I want long - I have to go bigger, and then it hangs on me. I am 5'

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Costco's bra camis are very long, but they have some spandex in them. On 2/4/14 11:29 AM, Purple Kat purplkat...@gmail.com wrote: Jumping in here - just to make a comment: I on the other hand are looking for camis with a 'shelf'. My big problem is that the manufacturers don't make the straps

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Look at Target. The camis with the shelf bras have adjustable straps. pixel/jen * * * * The bank called. Your reality check bounced. On Tue, 4 Feb 2014, Purple Kat wrote: Jumping in here - just to make a comment: I on the other hand are looking for camis with a 'shelf'. My big problem is

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Ann Catelli wrote: Tank top because it was worn by tank crewmen, who'd strip down to that layer, UK vest layer, because it was very very hot inside a tank. When I first heard the term in about 1970 I wondered if it was something to do with military tanks. I've searched the H-cost archives and

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A shirt with tiny straps is called a cami or camisole. Monica -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Ann Catelli Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 10:50 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] t-top? Tank? Tank top

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FWIW, here's what the OED has to say: tank suit n. U.S. a (ladies') one-piece bathing-suit with scooped neck (cf. maillot n. 2). 1959 P. Roth Goodbye, Columbus ii. 20 She wore a black tank suit and went barefooted. 1979 Dancemagazine Feb. 108/3 In Moth Dance, the lines of Hermans'

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Here in the UK we would call it a vest, because it resembles the undergarment of that name. (Yes, I know a vest is a waistcoat in the US.) Out of interest, I looked at the website of a clothing company I use and they call them vests or occasionally camis, but the distinction between them is

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Tank top because it was worn by tank crewmen, who'd strip down to that layer, UK vest layer, because it was very very hot inside a tank. Ann in CT On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 4:20 AM, Kate Bunting katembunt...@gmail.com wrote: Here in the UK we would call it a vest, because it resembles

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I actually have one. Bought a decent dress at a thrift store for summer wear, but it is just a little low in front, so I bought one of the knit garments with spaghetti straps. It has a shelf bra, too--remember those from the '70s? And yes, my much younger co-workers call it a cami. BTW, it

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Thanks, everybody! It's for fiction. Guy normally clueless trying to describe woman who catches his eye. Would a guy know the name of said garment!? He's more likely to know what's in it than what it's called :) == Marjorie Wilser On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:36 AM, annbw...@aol.com

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Yes it is an age thing. And I can see your girls not wearing the tank style. Younger girls don't. I've been unwilling to wear one due to needing support. Straps made for support look lousy under thinner straps :) == Marjorie On Jan 5, 2014, at 11:05 PM, Sharon Zakhour wrote:

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For what it's worth my husband has no idea what a cami even is. Brian Sent from my iPhone On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, everybody! It's for fiction. Guy normally clueless trying to describe woman who catches his eye. Would a guy know the

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Thanks! Thought so :) Ok. so I have another kind of problem entirely! == Marjorie On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Maggie Koenig wrote: For what it's worth my husband has no idea what a cami even is. Brian Sent from my iPhone On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Marjorie Wilser

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Lands' End has pants that sit at the waist. Sharon C. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:37 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] t-top? Tank? I actually have

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. Sharon C. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 2:37 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] t-top? Tank? I actually have one. Bought a decent dress at a thrift

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Yep! Thanks a bunch for helping me clarify my thoughts. I guess I'm as out of touch as the fictional guy is snerk == Marjorie On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Sybella wrote: I doubt he'd be up on the latest fashion jargon unless he was into that. He'd probably say blouse,

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I guess it would be better to ask some guys who are the age of the character. I could just imagine an older guy describing it as a skimpy top. -Carol I doubt he'd be up on the latest fashion jargon unless he was into that. He'd probably say blouse, top...maybe tank. But I can't imagine he'd

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Subject: Re: [h-cost] t-top? Tank? I guess it would be better to ask some guys who are the age of the character. I could just imagine an older guy describing it as a skimpy top. -Carol I doubt he'd be up on the latest fashion jargon unless he was into that. He'd probably say blouse, top...maybe

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I wonder about the skimpy part. Do young guys use the term? Maybe might say hot if it were skimpy. Sheesh. Information overload :) Thanks, guys, for the fun discussion!! == Marjorie On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Ginni Morgan wrote: And then, again, a 25 y/o guy who just went

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...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Marjorie Wilser Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 12:55 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] t-top? Tank? I wonder about the skimpy part. Do young guys use the term? Maybe might say hot if it were skimpy. Sheesh. Information overload :) Thanks, guys, for the fun

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I'll ask a guy who works at the cat shelter where I volunteer. He'll be amused! == Marjorie On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Ginni Morgan wrote: Ask them. Most of us are the wrong gender and the wrong age. My ex-husband used skimpy, particularly concerning his daughters'

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I'm tempted to post a picture on my FB page asking males to state their age and a brief description of the top. LOL! On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote: I'll ask a guy who works at the cat shelter where I volunteer. He'll be amused! ==

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ROFL!!! Thanks for the giggle! :) == Marjorie On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Sybella wrote: I'm tempted to post a picture on my FB page asking males to state their age and a brief description of the top. LOL! On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com

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Find me THE picture, showing the top you have in mind. I'll do it! :) On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote: ROFL!!! Thanks for the giggle! :) == Marjorie On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Sybella wrote: I'm tempted to post a picture on my FB

[h-cost] t-top? Tank?

Hi folks, I rarely wear sleeveless tops myself, so I'm waaay out of the loop about a popular item of modern summer clothing for women. What IS the little knit top with tiny straps called, nowadays? I think of a tank as sleeveless with wider shoulder straps. The skinny-strapped ones I think of

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cami or camisole On 1/5/14, 8:27 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote: Hi folks, I rarely wear sleeveless tops myself, so I'm waaay out of the loop about a popular item of modern summer clothing for women. What IS the little knit top with tiny straps called, nowadays? I think of a tank as sleeveless

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Hm. In my opinion, a camisole (or cami) is strictly an undergarment regardless of modern vernacular. LOL! Tank tops can be delicate in style...I would say what the OP is describing would be using the correct name if she called it a tank top. One could say tank top with spaghetti straps, maybe.