regarding keeping tube tops up...

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.

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Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

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.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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.

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Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

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.

I was speaking idiomatically.

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.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by kiyo-chan

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.

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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.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by LeHah

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 ^_^

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Originally Posted by kiyo-chan

That's why you just have to make your own fashion! ^_^

I found a long length of rope this morning.

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

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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?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

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

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

I was speaking idiomatically.

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!"

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by rocketdog

To sum it up the only options are really some sort of tape, or glue. Girls I know use plain gluestick or even scotch tape, preferably double-sided.

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...

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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.

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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.

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Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

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.

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.)

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

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Devoxy

That is hot.

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.)

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sass, would you willingly please those few and retarded men that enjoy larger women?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by ROT-3

Sass, would you willingly please those few and retarded men that enjoy larger women?

I'm not sure what you're getting at. I don't wear tube tops. I am not fucking retarded.

On a side note, I would never wear a tube top, even if I were skinny. It's a matter of personal dignity. I think it's a whorish look. But you know me.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Devoxy

No, not the same thing at all, tube tops don't usually reach that far down. And tubetop cut dresses are typically made so that the fabric stays up.

Strange. I must be trying on all the wrong things.

The strapless dresses that I've ever worn have usually had the same slipping problem on me and many that I know. And this particular tube top in question does go all the way down. So it's not that overly skanktastic I don't think. Especially because, again, I wont' wear anything strapless (or strap-py, even) without something over it i.e. a jacket. I was thinking of tube tops that DO go all the way down paired with a skirt equaling a dress when asking the question. Sorry about the misunderstanding. Those examples you posted are a bit...erm...extreme, ne? O_o I've never seen anyone dressed like that in public. Guess I'm going to all the wrong places to see that type of clothing too...

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I don't wear tube tops. I am not fucking retarded.

Is this supposed to imply that those who do wear tube tops are retarded? O_o I totally agree that in certain forms and fashions and the way that tube tops are commonly worn aren't particularly modest, but I'm finding it a bit strange that this particular type of top is being so heavily regarded as "for whores only" when I think, when worn with the right accessories or dressings, be you fat or skinny, it can be very stylish, even in a business setting. Just keep your jacket on.

I guess it's just all in how you wear it. I'm not particularly thin myself, but I'm not totally popping out of this top from either end (again, see, "it goes down all the way" up there). It fits me fine. It just slips. Maybe it's the breasts after all. By the next time I'm wearing this top, I'll have since considered the reasonable suggestions previously provided (or to be provided) and taken it. For me, this isn't impractical as I enjoy modifying clothing so I (or whoever I'm modifying it for) look better and can enjoy wearing it. Yes, a weirdo, I know, but it's not really any big deal for me to do something simple that I enjoy so that I can enjoy. ^_^

So, yea, again, thanks all for your suggestions...I guess a mod can close this if they so feel or let the discussion continue (I honestly never forsaw it going into a full out discussion of the apparent controversy of tube tops hehehe) but I've gotten my answer.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by kiyo-chan

Is this supposed to imply that those who do wear tube tops are retarded?

I'm fairly certain it's supposed to imply that very large people who wear tube tops are retarded.

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Oh. I see. Oopsies...sorry Sassafrass...T_T In that light, I also didn't mean to/wasn't meaning to/don't mean to imply that you're implying that people who wear tube tops are retarded. I was just wondering what exactly the question meant. Thanks, Xardion.

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