If you hold it like that...it looks like a T

[Menard]

Male or female, I'm fairly certain that many of us wear undershirts.

The standard designation for an undershirt has been T-shirt; though there are many varieties of undershirt available.

My preference for an undershirt is a muscle shirt. It is basically a T-shirt which has been cut off at the shoulder seam; it has more shoulder than an A-shirt.

The reason I started wearing muscle shirts was due to wearing dress shirts.

When I would wear a dress shirt, it was usually a simple white dress shirt; I usually wore Botany 500 shirts because they were easy to care for, mostly cotton, and cheap, comparatively.

One thing I never cared for in a white dress shirt was the look of seeing one's T-shirt sleeves through the shirt. I could reduce or prevent this by buying expensive, and difficult to care for, all cotton shirts; but that was an option I really didn't want.

Being that the muscle shirt cut off at the shoulder where the shirt seam was, it became a solution to the problem (yeah, most people probably wouldn't have cared). I just got use to wearing muscle shirts since.

It has generally been more difficult to find muscle shirts over T-shirts and A-shirts. I have seen several stores selling so-called muscle shirts; they cut off at the shoulder, but the damn arm opening extends half-way down the shirt.

I found a few today while digging through the Fruit of the Loom boxes at Kmart. Kmart has generally been my best source for finding the ones I like. BVD made some too that I used to wear, but are they still in business as I can't find them locally?


Do you have a preference of the undershirt that you wear?

For any particular reason, or is it something that you just got use to?

Do you prefer not to wear an undershirt?


No, I am not asking about your briefs; so please don't feel obligated to share that part.

[CheezeFlixz]

I prefer a wife-beater. Mainly because I have large arms and the ones with sleeves ride up into my armpits and bunch up, it's just annoying so I've worn wife beaters for years. Regular t-shirts are as bad as I buy them a little larger, but I don't wear a undershirt with a t-shirt, only button up or dress shirts.

[Mr. DS]

I'm very particular about my undershirts depending on what I'm wearing.  My work is business casual so I mostly wear khakis with some kind of a shirt.  During the winter time I wear longsleeve shirts and with those I keep it to wife beaters.  During the warm months, to spare people from seeing my chest hair, I wear a standard t shirt under (mostly) polo shirts.  At home on the weekends I usually tend to wear the t-shirts/wife beaters as is without something on top of them.  Yeah, my initiative is kind of low come work free days. 

When it comes to t-shirts, I don't care for 100% cotton rather 50% polyester/50% cotton.  I tend to sweat a lot and the 50/50 brand seems to breathe a lot better.  Finding them is a b*tch though.  Usually Sears or JC Penny's carry them.  I'm horribly picky about tags too.  I'm not sure why it took all this time for t-shirt companies to figure out people didn't want them. 

[Menard]

I'm very particular about my undershirts depending on what I'm wearing.  My work is business casual so I mostly wear khakis with some kind of a shirt.  During the winter time I wear longsleeve shirts and with those I keep it to wife beaters.  During the warm months, to spare people from seeing my chest hair, I wear a standard t shirt under (mostly) polo shirts.  At home on the weekends I usually tend to wear the t-shirts/wife beaters as is without something on top of them.  Yeah, my initiative is kind of low come work free days. 

When it comes to t-shirts, I don't care for 100% cotton rather 50% polyester/50% cotton.  I tend to sweat a lot and the 50/50 brand seems to breathe a lot better.  Finding them is a b*tch though.  Usually Sears or JC Penny's carry them.  I'm horribly picky about tags too.  I'm not sure why it took all this time for t-shirt companies to figure out people didn't want them. 

You can find the Fruit of the Loom 50/50s at Kmart as well.

*For anyone not familiar with the slang, or just plain wondering 'what the hell', a wife beater is a standard A-shirt.

[Mr. DS]

You can find the Fruit of the Loom 50/50s at Kmart as well.

Cool, thanx for the advice.   

[RCMerchant]

I don't wear tees any more. I gewnerally wear short sleeed button plaids now. Usta wear tees...with rock bands on them. Had a Charlie Manson ("REMEMBER KIDS-CHARLIE LOVES YOU...also one with Charlie that glowed in the dark that said-"Is it hot in here? Or am I crazy?") Lotsa concert tees,Black Flag and Sex Pistol tees,Dead Kennedys too...now adays I don't advertise my affiliations....I like to be incognito. I wear plaid button old man shirts and my factory shirts from work.

[Killer Bees]

When I'm not dressed all corporate for work, I absolutely live in baggy khaki knee length cargo shorts and tshirts.

If I have a see through shirt for work, I usually wear the girl's version of a wife beater which is either fitted at the torso or has thin straps like a bra.  I like the freedom of no sleeves.

I love a guy in a shirt, especially a casual one where you can see the neck of the tshirt poking through.  Then, if he smells nice and has clean well groomed hands.........swoon.........*picks self up off floor*

Where was I?   Oh yeah.  It seems to be the fashion here for guys to wear wifebeaters (or as we call them "singlets") under their shirt.  Doesn't matter whether it's casual or corporate.  I just really like the look.  But like Menard said, it's a little tacky to see the sleeves of a tshirt underneath the sleeves of the outer shirt.