V-neck. I hate it when a crew neck creeps up and pokes out the top of a dress shirt. I also don't like A-shirts -- I think they look too much like a "bro" or "manzier" under a thin dress shirt.
Undershirt or no?
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T-Shirts for me, about 90% of the time.
I just see it all the time and I feel like wearing a crewneck with an open collared button up is "amateur", like a 'first day on the job' look. Experiment a little with brands and colors. I find places like the GAP, Banana Republic, Club Monaco, H&M, etc have simple basic v-necks for $10-15 (they go even lower on sale) and I buy a lot of the whites, with a few black, gray, blue beige, etc and layer a lot.
Interesting question, I would imagine that this works. Many people (StyleForum) have said that the solution to not having a bright white t-shirt show up under button ups, or even the best color underwear to wear with white linen pants (dont ask how this came up) is GREY, or a beige/nude color, sort of just off white like an eggshell
Try rubbing the back of your neck with a bit of toner like Thayers or rubbing alcohol during your after-shave routine, Ive heard it will get rid of a lot of oil that tends to stain the shirt collars.
+1, it really screams unrefined As someone said, I also dont think its as effective as a full undershirt. I guess you get chest hair coverage, but no armpit sweat absorption ?
<Interesting question, I would imagine that this works. Many people (StyleForum) have said that the solution to not having a bright white t-shirt show up under button ups, or even the best color underwear to wear with white linen pants (dont ask how this came up) is GREY, or a beige/nude color, sort of just off white like an eggshell
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interesting, I believe it, and nothing wrong with white linen, say when one is on the yacht in Nice!
< it really screams unrefined As someone said, I also dont think its as effective as a full undershirt. I guess you get chest hair coverage, but no armpit sweat absorption ? >
It might seem unrefined to some, but my mentor, who was pretty old school when it came to clothes, and very high-end and refined, wore nothing but A Shirts. I think it is a very classic look, although not everyone may recognize it as such. And again, for me, I do not get much arm pit sweat, but I do have a lot of chest hair. A full tee just seems restrictive to me around the arm holes. Not terrible, but between a suit coat, a regular shirt, and a T, it is a lot for me.
<that is a good tip and you are right that is where I get stains on my good shirts, never on the arm pits.
interesting, I believe it, and nothing wrong with white linen, say when one is on the yacht in Nice!
< it really screams unrefined As someone said, I also dont think its as effective as a full undershirt. I guess you get chest hair coverage, but no armpit sweat absorption ? >
It might seem unrefined to some, but my mentor, who was pretty old school when it came to clothes, and very high-end and refined, wore nothing but A Shirts. I think it is a very classic look, although not everyone may recognize it as such. And again, for me, I do not get much arm pit sweat, but I do have a lot of chest hair. A full tee just seems restrictive to me around the arm holes. Not terrible, but between a suit coat, a regular shirt, and a T, it is a lot for me.
<that is a good tip and you are right that is where I get stains on my good shirts, never on the arm pits.
Well, I haven't done a whole lot of experimenting yet. But I think, for instance that grey goes with just about any shirt. And by the way, I stick with white for dress shirts; my play with different color combinations I save for casual dress.
I actually like the wife beater but it always shrinks lengthwise to where it won't stay tucked in. Someone needs to make these things really long, or unshrinkable.
Calvin Klein wifebeaters are extra long and do not shrink.
none for me
V-neck thin undershirts, it really extends shirt's lifetime and avoid the wet sticky shirt effect on summer (I can't bear this).
Wifebeater :
An A formed white, tight, T-Shirt normally produced for men but also worn by women, intended for wear under shirts. Its reputation comes from those wearing the shirts while engaged in domestic violence.
His father was wearing a wifebeater under his favorie shirt.
Online Urban Dictionnary.
I had a doubt, now I'm sure.
My vocabulary is growing.
Wifebeater :
An A formed white, tight, T-Shirt normally produced for men but also worn by women, intended for wear under shirts. Its reputation comes from those wearing the shirts while engaged in domestic violence.
His father was wearing a wifebeater under his favorie shirt.
Online Urban Dictionnary.
I had a doubt, now I'm sure.
My vocabulary is growing.
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I wear an undershirt daily to keep my tattoo from poking out of my collar
Wife beater under a white t-shirt, followed by a collared Oxford.
Always.
Always.
same here. Crew when wearing a tie, and a v-neck for no tie.
Always wear a beater in the summer and a V in the winter.
I don't have to wear a tie, so a V-neck undershirt everyday for me. Don't do the crew neck and no tie with a casual button shirt, please. The undershirt saves my clothes from sweat and deoderant stains, if any - I would rather buy very inexpensive undershirts than new dress shirts.
I get very confused with the term Wife Beater, as here in Britain, Wife Beater is the nickname of the Belgian Stella Artois lager because of its propensity for causing violence in the British male! (I drink proper Real Ale!)
The undershirt you call the YB we call a vest, as opposed to a tee shirt.
Gareth
The undershirt you call the YB we call a vest, as opposed to a tee shirt.
Gareth
T-shirt. If I don't wear one people see all my tats.
Haha Agreed.
Hey guys, I have a proposed idea considering we are all classy gentlemen of B&B:
Let's try to break the convention of associating the A-shirt with domestic abuse by not using the term "wife beater." I know the term is common slang, but I personally fell that it's rather tasteless and I'm sure women would appreciate it. Besides, we gotta start somewhere and what better place than B&B?
Let's try to break the convention of associating the A-shirt with domestic abuse by not using the term "wife beater." I know the term is common slang, but I personally fell that it's rather tasteless and I'm sure women would appreciate it. Besides, we gotta start somewhere and what better place than B&B?
I will agree and say that I wear the A shirt in summer and a V neck in the winter.
