What is the "stigma" about tank tops.

[joeyg]

I've preferred waring them for years having lived in Southern California.  I wear them here almost exclusively when casual.  I prefer plain ones. May some graphics if they cool.   Don't like advertising beer or energy drinks.  The morbidly obese guys/8 month pregnant guys are quite a site with the Chang logo on the "bullseye" I must admit.

 

But is there something else I'm missing?  I prefer to ware the least clothes possible and do get dressed up when the occasion requires it.  Yes I can see a marked difference in the way your received with a nice pressed shirt, black jeans and shined shoes.

 

It's a tank top and shorts for me though.  And where I was raised, shorts were worn above the knee not between the knee and ankle.  In So Cal no one really seemed to care what you wore.  Thoughts?

[Pib]

Different countries and parts of countries have different dress codes, likes, dislikes, etc.   But Thais generally consider tank tops as sloppy/LoSo/laborer type dressing.   Similar to how most Thai men prefer to wear long pants vs short pants.  Different strokes for different folks.

[joeyg]

Thanks been coming here for years and didn't really know that.  I knew about the pants thing but wasn't clear about the tank tops.  I think I prefer being considered Lo So when I'm out "knockin' around" town...

[joeyg]

3 minutes ago, Pib said:

Different countries and parts of countries have different dress codes, likes, dislikes, etc.   But Thais generally consider tank tops as sloppy/LoSo/laborer type dressing.   Similar to how most Thai men prefer to wear long pants vs short pants.  Different strokes for different folks.

So a t shirt and long pants would make me HiSo or at least  middle class...

[roo860]

'Wife beater' vests were very fashionable with the sort of people Jerry Springer used to have on his show, most lived in trailers.

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[joeyg]

Thanks been coming here for years and didn't really know that.  I knew about the pants thing but wasn't clear about the tank tops.  I think I prefer being considered Lo So when I'm out "knockin' around" town...

[joeyg]

2 minutes ago, roo860 said:

'Wife beater' vests were very fashionable with the sort of people Jerry Springer used to have on his show, most lived in trailers.

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I find them more comfortable and like getting more sun.  Who is Jerry Springer.

[roo860]

I find them more comfortable and like getting more sun.  Who is Jerry Springer.

He had a show in USA.

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[MasterChief86]

Kinda yeah. It depends on the society. That's one good thing about the west, no one's being to judgmental. If you feel the eyes around you here, then in your words,  "the occasion requires it." It's just that its more frequent here. 

[Don Mega]

I love my wife beaters but only ever wear em with some  cargo shorts, and crocs and white socks.

[joeyg]

8 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

I love my wife beaters but only ever wear em with some  cargo shorts, and crocs and white socks.

Nice...  Any socks with sandals was a big no no even in So Cal come to think of it. LOL!

 

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[mcfish]

Wear the wife beater exclusively around Pattaya day time only but would never wear them anytime back in bangkok

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[NoshowJones]

Shorts worn above the knee?? Oh! my god. Maybe OK on a little schoolboy, but on a male adult out on the street??????

[NoshowJones]

45 minutes ago, joeyg said:

So a t shirt and long pants would make me HiSo or at least  middle class...

Don't know about that, but definitely a lot more decent looking.

[NoshowJones]

43 minutes ago, joeyg said:

I find them more comfortable and like getting more sun.  Who is Jerry Springer.

He was a corporal in an old British television sitcom called "The Army Game".

[joeyg]

Interesting.  I live at the beach in Naklua.  And spend a lot of time at the beach.  Tank top and shorts is a "no brainer."  I do go out from time to time in Pattaya with the same clothes.  I don't think anyone notices or cares here.

 

When I go to dinner at The Centura Grand or The Hilton of course that's dress up time.

[joeyg]

3 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Don't know about that, but definitely a lot more decent looking.

Well I do want to look more decent.  

[NoshowJones]

28 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

I love my wife beaters but only ever wear em with some  cargo shorts, and crocs and white socks.

If I dressed like that, then my wife really would beat me.

[NoshowJones]

1 minute ago, joeyg said:

Interesting.  I live at the beach in Naklua.  And spend a lot of time at the beach.  Tank top and shorts is a "no brainer."  I do go out from time to time in Pattaya with the same clothes.  I don't think anyone notices or cares here.

 

When I go to dinner at The Centura Grand or The Hilton of course that's dress up time.

and what do you wear then?

[CGW]

I prefer to see people with their armpits covered, keep your body fluids to yourself!

[joeyg]

6 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Shorts worn above the knee?? Oh! my god. Maybe OK on a little schoolboy, but on a male adult out on the street??????

Very common here  and So Cal.  In So Cal the only people that wore the "long short pants"  were the gang banger Cholo types.

[joeyg]

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

and what do you wear then?

I like a nicely pressed cotton button down shirt, black tight fitting jeans and nicely shined black shoes.

[kevozman1]

Fine for wearing at home, on a beach or by a pool. Around town it looks pretty awful, doubled by sheer amount of slobs who choose to wear wife beaters. 

[joeyg]

7 minutes ago, CGW said:

I prefer to see people with their armpits covered, keep your body fluids to yourself!

Well I do live in a beach resort.  You see armpits everywhere.  You wouldn't like it I guess.

[xylophone]

As a friend said,  "The thing I love most about this hot weather is the short skirts and low cut tops. Although they do make me look a bit gay".

[joeyg]

1 minute ago, kevozman1 said:

Fine for wearing at home, on a beach or by a pool. Around town it looks pretty awful, doubled by sheer amount of slobs who choose to wear wife beaters. 

Like I said you see then everywhere around here.  I thank God am quite fit at 64.  It takes a lot of work and discipline.  When I do ware jeans I prefer tight jeans.  Always have.  Hey if ya got it flaunt it.  been working great so far...

[joeyg]

2 minutes ago, xylophone said:

As a friend said,  "The thing I love most about this hot weather is the short skirts and low cut tops. Although they do make me look a bit gay".

Destined to be a classic!!! 

[steven100]

old fat farangs with hairy armpits ...  uuggghh  !!  

 

they look disgusting  ... 

[joeyg]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

old fat farangs with hairy armpits ...  uuggghh  !!  

 

they look disgusting  ... 

Yes I'm old but really am in good shape.  I think the title of the thread should have been does anybody like wearing tank tops in Thailand (near the beach) 

[joeyg]

5 minutes ago, steven100 said:

old fat farangs with hairy armpits ...  uuggghh  !!  

 

they look disgusting  ... 

I tend to agree with you.  Old fat farangs with hairy armpits look disgusting.  However I think anyone that has been undisciplined and let themselves turn into a fat pig is disgusting in any clothes.  What really sets me off is the "no shirt" thing.  I don't know why.  Even if your in good shape I think a tank top looks better.