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...and here a vest is worn underneath clothes. It may be what Paul calls an undershirt. The most common variety, and only worn by older men, is a string vest. I had an example, but it was (quite rightly ) pointed out to me that the photo wasn't quite PG13. Sorry!

Anyway, a man's string vest is similar in shape to the T-shirt Clark is wearing in the tattoo pics, but instead of being made of solid stretch cotton (standard T-shirt fabric) it's sort of webbed cotton - ie, like fishnet tights/pantyhose, it's full of holes. And considered very tacky these days.

Edit: Okay, found something. This string vest has larger holes than some, but still is a good illustration:



Though I now notice that string vests have become fashionable for women, and although sold as lingerie are intended to be worn as outerwear: The women's ones do have larger holes than the men's:



I'm just getting old!


Wendy