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Singlet vs Camisole was training bras
"Rosalie B." wrote in message
... Cheryl wrote: I've never used the term singlet. A singlet, to my mind, is something you wear while running, like this: http://www.raceready.com/images/rrwsinglet_big.jpg In our house: Singlets are atheletic wear. Tank tops are casual wear. Camisoles are underwear. My older daughter and I wear bras as underwear. My younger daughter wears undershirts and items I would describe as half-camisoles. I also have a small collection of undershirts. I don't like sleeveless undershirts. One of the great benefits of sleeved undershirts is that, if you sweat into them, you only need to wash the undershirt, not what went over it. Sleeved undershirts are handy to wear under, say, a nice turtleneck, on a day when you are shifting between cold outdoors and overheated rooms. They cut down on the amount of drying cleaning you have to pay for. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com |
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Singlet vs Camisole was training bras
"Claire Petersky" wrote:
snip Singlets are atheletic wear. Tank tops are casual wear. Camisoles are underwear. My older daughter and I wear bras as underwear. My younger daughter wears undershirts and items I would describe as half-camisoles. I also have a small collection of undershirts. I don't like sleeveless undershirts. One of the great benefits of sleeved undershirts is that, if you sweat into them, you only need to wash the undershirt, not what went over it. Sleeved undershirts are handy to wear under, say, a nice In my day we had sweater guards or dress shields which were pads (sort of like nursing bra pads) that went in the underarm area held in place with a contraption of straps and elastic. This was so that when we wore twin sets (a pullover and a matching cardigan), you didn't sweat on the pullover and made ineradicable stains. You also wore them when you were wearing a nice dress sometimes. At least my mom tried to get me to wear them. AFAI was concern, they were an invention of the devil and very uncomfortable, so I resisted wearing them. turtleneck, on a day when you are shifting between cold outdoors and overheated rooms. They cut down on the amount of drying cleaning you have to pay for. I don't get stuff that has to be dry cleaned any more, and I don't recall having very much that had to be dry cleaned as a child. We did wash a lot of stuff by hand though - which I also no longer do. grandma Rosalie |
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Singlet vs Camisole was training bras
Rosalie B. wrote in :
[snip] My dad always wore sleeveless undershirts and they had bound edges and were kind of a loose knit in the middle - semi transparent. Not like the ones Onslow in "Keeping Up Appearances" wears which appear to be solid knit throughout. Not as sexy as a 'muscle shirt' which are also Onslow wears a vest. That is definitely a vest, and definitely a non-respectable way of wearing a vest. I think what you describe your dad wearing might be called a "string vest" over he or at least I could describe a string vest in the same way. Like a net, rather then solid. I couldn't find a picture on the web, apart from this cartoon: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/string_vest.asp They are very like the garments worn by rappers, except they are white. [snip] I do not remember ever wearing any kind of underwear as a child (school age to about age 10) except underpants. (Which we call panties to distinguish them from trousers which we also call pants sometimes scandalizing our UK friends who think pants are underwear.) I know I would sometimes wear a plain T-shirt as a top because I have pictures of me that way. [snip] My kids think it is very funny that you yanks can go out wearing a "vest and pants" and be respectable, whereas over here "vest and pants" are underwear, and would not be respectable. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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Penny Gaines wrote:
Rosalie B. wrote in : [snip] My dad always wore sleeveless undershirts and they had bound edges and were kind of a loose knit in the middle - semi transparent. Not like the ones Onslow in "Keeping Up Appearances" wears which appear to be solid knit throughout. Not as sexy as a 'muscle shirt' which are also Onslow wears a vest. That is definitely a vest, and definitely a non-respectable way of wearing a vest. Well it just looks like an undershirt to me. Not a high class way of dressing as we know from Mrs. Bucket's reaction, but undershirts and T-shirts are both worn without anything over them sometimes here. Haven't you ever seen that coke commercial? What do you call the garment that Kevin? Sarbo? wears in ?? can't remember the name of the show now - the male equivalent of Zena. It's a sleeveless thing which I'd call a vest. Obviously you all wouldn't. http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/b9174/ is my dad in 1948 with a regular T shirt on and here is one of me http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/dc5a0/ in the same year. I'm on the right and I was 10 here, almost 11. I think what you describe your dad wearing might be called a "string vest" over he or at least I could describe a string vest in the same way. Like a net, rather then solid. I couldn't find a picture on the web, apart from this cartoon: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/string_vest.asp No it wasn't net. I think I know what you mean by a string vest (I can't think what we call it, but it's not a string vest) and that's MUCH looser a weave than what I see in my minds eye. It is just that instead of being a smooth solid knit it had a ribbed pattern to it. They are very like the garments worn by rappers, except they are white. The vests are white? [snip] I do not remember ever wearing any kind of underwear as a child (school age to about age 10) except underpants. (Which we call panties to distinguish them from trousers which we also call pants sometimes scandalizing our UK friends who think pants are underwear.) I know I would sometimes wear a plain T-shirt as a top because I have pictures of me that way. [snip] My kids think it is very funny that you yanks can go out wearing a "vest and pants" and be respectable, whereas over here "vest and pants" are underwear, and would not be respectable. Wait until they hear us talking about fanny packs. grandma Rosalie |
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I don't know all the American/British clothing equivalences, but here
are a few: American British vest waistcoat undershirt vest underpants pants pants trousers running shoes trainers I've not been following the camisole, tanktop, sport bra, training bra, .... discussion very closely (not likely to be very relevant to my son, even though we do live in California). There are some equivalence lists on web---for example, http://www.free-esl.com/gg/englishes/ambrvoc.htm (has some errors, like about what "shorts" means in American English) http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atlantis/2284/ http://www.centripedus.com/amlish.html http://vocabulary.englishclub.com/voc-ukus.htm (has several errors in usage) -- Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics Affiliations for identification only. |
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Singlet vs Camisole was training bras
"Rosalie B." wrote in message ... [] What do you call the garment that Kevin? Sarbo? wears in ?? can't remember the name of the show now - the male equivalent of Zena. It's a sleeveless thing which I'd call a vest. Obviously you all wouldn't. [] The show is Hercules. I would call the the garment a sleeveless shirt. (I would also call it sexy, but that is not relevant. g) Jayne |
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Singlet vs Camisole was training bras
"Jayne Kulikauskas" wrote:
"Rosalie B." wrote in message .. . [] What do you call the garment that Kevin? Sarbo? wears in ?? can't remember the name of the show now - the male equivalent of Zena. It's a sleeveless thing which I'd call a vest. Obviously you all wouldn't. [] The show is Hercules. I would call the the garment a sleeveless shirt. (I would also call it sexy, but that is not relevant. g) Oh - right. He looks much better in that than in normal clothes IMHO just as Lucy looks better in her Zena outfit. How can I get a designer to design something for me that makes me look that much better? (I guess I'd have to have a better body first). What about those shirts that the chippies (carpenters) wear on House Invaders? I noticed today that Phil was wearing what I would call a sleeveless undershirt in grey. Kevin said that the discussion of training bras would not be relevant to his son, but is a singlet a garment only for a female, or can it be worn by a man? (I'm pretty clear about bras and camisoles being women's wear.) How about a tank top? I would have thought that was unisex. grandma Rosalie |
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Singlet vs Camisole was training bras
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 22:29:26 EST, "Rosalie B."
wrote: "Jayne Kulikauskas" wrote: "Rosalie B." wrote in message . .. [] What do you call the garment that Kevin? Sarbo? wears in ?? can't remember the name of the show now - the male equivalent of Zena. It's a sleeveless thing which I'd call a vest. Obviously you all wouldn't. [] The show is Hercules. I would call the the garment a sleeveless shirt. (I would also call it sexy, but that is not relevant. g) Oh - right. He looks much better in that than in normal clothes IMHO just as Lucy looks better in her Zena outfit. How can I get a designer to design something for me that makes me look that much better? (I guess I'd have to have a better body first). What about those shirts that the chippies (carpenters) wear on House Invaders? I noticed today that Phil was wearing what I would call a sleeveless undershirt in grey. Kevin said that the discussion of training bras would not be relevant to his son, but is a singlet a garment only for a female, or can it be worn by a man? (I'm pretty clear about bras and camisoles being women's wear.) How about a tank top? I would have thought that was unisex. Singlets and tank tops seem pretty much interchangeable. We tend to wear specific brands of singlet as underwear and other types of tank tops as outerwear. Anything of the tight knitwear style tends to be called a singlet, whether under or outer wear, and anything looser or cropped is a tank top. -- Cheryl Mum to DS#1 (11 Mar 99), DS#2 (4 Oct 00) and DD (30 Jul 02) |
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