Thursday 4 October 2012

Types of shirts

  • Camp shirt — a loose, straight-cut, short sleeved shirt or blouse with a simple placket front-opening and a "camp collar."
  • Dress shirt - shirt with a formal (somewhat stiff) collar, a full-length opening at the front from the collar to the hem (usually buttoned), and sleeves with cuffs
    • Dinner shirt - a shirt specifically made to be worn with male evening wear, e.g. a black tie or white tie.
    • Winchester Shirt - a coloured or striped dress shirt nevertheless with white collar and cuffs.
    • guayabera — an embroidered dress shirt with four pockets.
  • Poet shirt — a loose-fitting shirt or blouse with full bishop sleeves, usually with large frills on the front and on the cuffs.
  • T-shirt — also "tee shirt", a casual shirt without a collar or buttons, made of a stretchy, finely knit fabric, usually cotton, and usually short-sleeved. Originally worn under other shirts, it is now a common shirt for everyday wear in some countries.
    • Long-sleeved T-shirt - a t-shirt with long sleeves that extend to cover the arms.
    • Ringer T-shirt — tee with a separate piece of fabric sewn on as the collar and sleeve hems
    • Halfshirt — a high-hemmed t-shirt
      • A-shirt or construction shirt or singlet (in British English) — essentially a sleeveless t-shirt with large armholes and a large neck hole, often worn by labourers or athletes for increased movability. Sometimes called a "wife beater" when worn without a covering layer.
      • camisole — woman's undershirt with narrow straps, or a similar garment worn alone (often with bra). Also referred to as a cami,shelf top, spaghetti straps or strappy top
  • tennis shirt, golf shirt, or polo shirt — a pullover soft collar short-sleeved shirt with an abbreviated button placket at the neck and a longer back than front (the "tennis tail").
    • rugby shirt — a long-sleeved polo shirt, traditionally of rugged construction in thick cotton or wool, but often softer today
    • henley shirt — a collarless polo shirt
  • baseball shirt (jersey) — usually distinguished by a three quarters sleeve, team insignia, and flat waistseam
  • sweatshirt — long-sleeved athletic shirt of heavier material, with or without hood
  • tunic — primitive shirt, distinguished by two-piece construction. Initially a men's garment, is normally seen in modern times being worn by women
  • shirtwaist — historically (circa. 1890-1920) a woman's tailored shirt (also called a "tailored waist") cut like a man's dress shirt;[13] in contemporary usage, a woman's dress cut like a men's dress shirt to the waist, then extended into dress length at the bottom
  • nightshirt — often oversized, ruined or inexpensive light cloth undergarment shirt for sleeping.
  • sleeveless shirt — A shirt with no sleeves. Contains only neck, bottom hem, body, and sometimes shoulders depending on type. Also referred to as a tank top.
  • halter top — a shoulderless, sleeveless garment for women. It is mechanically analogous to an apron with a string around the back of the neck and across the lower back holding it in place.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt#Types_of_shirt

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