I know I just woke up, so I'm half-confused (and dizzy) while typing this, but you gotta use costume tape, double-sided tape, some kind of tape and things magically stay on unless a wardrobe malfunction occurs.



Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either. It's almost Thanksgiving, topic maker apparently lives in the US...wouldn't you be cold? It's cold outside where I'm at, even with a jacket.

It could just be that the elastic has gone. Or you could try body tape maybe?

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But do you really want to be wearing a tube top in winter? It's getting cold out.

Hehe...you both must've missed the words "simple modifications" in the initial post...
I live in the state furthest south in the USA that you can get so it's pretty much year-round summer (though there are the occasional colds as in recently) and I hate it. However, the question was more of a "for future reference" thing. Though maybe bare shoulders and cold would be something of a nice feeling...for the three seconds before I contract hypothermia...

On the other hand, tube tops with the proper layering can make for some pretty decent outfits. And no one said this was going to be worn entirely outdoors, either. ^_~ Plenty of winter evening gowns are still strapless, and they're mostly for the indoor activities anyway, right?
Ever think that tube top + skirt == dress? hehehe Funny that you say this, though, really, because I have only 1 tube top and only bought it-meh-about two months ago for dirt cheap (Two months ago, the temperature here was still hitting the nineties...) after years of decrying the particular clothing after realizing that the particular cut on the top was pretty specific to tube tops only, at least in the town that I live in (college town therefore 90% of all clothing is purely trendbased therefore unappealing to me). And the thing is only plain black, so theoretically, the straps idea is very manageable and I can think of some pretty stylish (in my mind) ways that the idea can be applied.

I didn't get the tube top because it's a tube top but more because I liked the way top cut shaped my upper half. I don't think I'd ever wear it (as indeed I never have yet) without layering...
I think the elastic was just never quite there in the first place hehe. I've only worn it twice and both times it was a bit - er - slippery. But the thing was mad cheap, so I wasn't really expecting super Prada quality or anything of it.

Thanks everyone who contributed ideas! ^_^ Looks like the straps and the tape are the way to go.

I was going to say double-sided tape, but a million people beat me to it.

But seriously...a tube top in November? I just wouldn't - even if it is warm where you live. Actually, I just wouldn't - ever.

I'd consider putting money down on the fact that Alice might've worn one or two in her youth.

The last time I wore a tube top I was six. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's illegal in 46 states to wear one after age eight.

Tell that to every chubby black woman in the last 5 years.

Oh no...somehow I'm getting the feeling that perhaps what I've been calling a tube top all along isn't actually a tube top. This happens a lot. Sorry all T_T *bow*

The type of shirt I've been speaking of this entire time is one like [this]. Guess it could just be called a "strapless shirt"... (and no that's not the shirt I bought)

um. oops. *blush* Suggestions still work though.

I'm pretty sure that's called a tube top. The majority of the people here just don't know how to talk to women is all.

Breast implants and a tummy tuck. If you're going to squeeze into a Chinese Finger Trap of a top like that, you'll need to be a 36E and have a size 0 waist.

Seriously though - two-sized tape will do fine or even a strapless bra could help, I'd think.

Women's fashion is so fucking bad, awful and stupid no wonder it changes every couple months.

That's why you just have to make your own fashion! ^_^ Then, you won't have to worry about what "fashion" is the next month when it totally changes because [insert dumb celebrity-who-there-is-nothing-at-all-to-be-celebrated-about's name here] wore whatever and everyone else was too blind to see really how ugly it is but instead heaps praises/lists the positives to justify the ugly thereby creating a trend (deathtoleggings). ick?

The tube top/whatever it's called makes for good layering for how I like to wear my clothes. That's just how it goes heh ^_^

I found a long length of rope this morning.

Now I know why God put it there. He's trying to clue me in. :(

Look.

This sounds terribly impractical. Either you don't have ample enough chest to hold the thing in place or you bought a really shitty tube top (yes, that is a tube top).

I really don't think the body tape or double-sided will work like it should, considering theres a lot more motion involved in the torso than you'd think.

How about you get creative and sew an elastic which is a little more...STRONG into the seam of the top?

Butt Sass, those shirts already are either made entirely of elastic or they already have an elastic strip around the top. They're like strapless bras. They just won't stay up no matter what. Plus, you know, they're tube tops. Ick.

Making the top seam of the shirt have a strong elastic grip totally ruins the point of wearing a tube top. :(

Or you could steal LeHah's length of rope and tie it around the tube top - once above your bouncy-bouncies, and once below. It would be a fashion statement, in addition to saying "look at what's between this rope!"

That's a tube top? I was thinking more along the lines of the ones that reveal just about a woman's entire stomach region. Just the chest is covered, and barely.

You know, I was completely unaware that it was common place for a woman to glue her dress to her tits. The more you know I guess...

Just so you aren't taken by surprise in the future, I should warn you that some women put bandaids over their nipples if they're being especially perky that day. I just put them over mine because I like how it feels.

Oh, I thought you meant a smaller tube top that covers just the chest. I didn't mean a corset either. I was talking about tie tops that cover just the chest. They feel a lot more dependable than elastic.

I dunno, Alice. I'm a FATTIE and I can make a tube top stick. (Yes, sadly they make tube tops for fatties. And no, I don't wear them. The only reason I know is because my fattie friends and I have had good times in Lane Bryant dressing rooms).

They're annoying, they're cheap, and they're slutty. If your clothes can't stay on for more than 10 minutes without gluing it to your tits, I would say its PROBABLY not worth the hassle.

And yea, sewing an elastic under the seam defeats the purpose of the tube top, but if your tits can keep it up as it is, then maybe you should consider another type of top. =/ (Seriously. SO MUCH WORK for a tube top. Women.)

It's understandable how that one stays up. It's too fucking small for the bitch.

Hey, man. I'm not saying it's a GOOD idea, okay? I am sure most men aren't really....attracted to that kind of thing. And if you're fucking FAT, you really shouldn't try the whole "I'M SO AWESOME 'CUZ I'M FAT - LOOK!" routine.

I am a fattie, but I approve of being MODEST about nauseating people in public.

But then again, some men DO enjoy that kind of thing in the same notion that they enjoy extremely anorexic women who look as though they could snap under the weight of a bottle of water. (Thats not directed at you, Devo.)