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A tube top, colloquially known in the UK as a boob tube, is a
In the 2010s, tube tops were banned by some schools (e.g., one New Jersey school's dress code bans tube tops as "too 'distracting' for the eighth grade boys"). In 2018, opponents of these types of clothing bans argued that they are a "form of body shaming" on women and should not be used; in one San Francisco Bay area school district, based on advice from the
A tube top, colloquially known in the UK as a boob tube, is a shoulder
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder mak ...
less, sleeve
A sleeve ( ang, slīef, a word allied to '' slip'', cf. Dutch ) is the part of a garment that covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips.
The sleeve is a characteristic of fashion seen in almost every country and time period, ac ...
less women's garment that wraps around the upper torso
The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend. The tetrapod torso — including that of a hu ...
. It is generally tight over the breast
The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of a primate's torso. Both females and males develop breasts from the same embryological tissues.
In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and sec ...
s, and usually uses elastic bands at its top and bottom to prevent it from falling. The tube top's precursor was a beachwear or informal summer garment worn by young girls in the 1950s that became more widely popular in the 1970s and returned to popularity in the 1990s and 2000s.
In 2012, Iranian-Israeli fashion designer Elie Tahari
Elie Tahari ( he, אלי טהרי; born 1952) is an Israeli fashion designer. He is the designer of ready-to-wear clothing and fashion accessories. His company is headquartered in New York City, with stores located throughout the world.
Early ...
claimed that he helped popularize the tube top after his arrival in New York in 1971. The original tube tops, as spotted by Tahari in a New York factory run by Murray Kleid, were elasticated gauze tubes reportedly produced through a factory manufacturing error. Murray ran with this product for years, and eventually Tahari bought tubes from Kleid, later setting up his own factory to mass produce tube tops to meet widespread demand.
Dress code controversies
In the 2010s, tube tops were banned by some schools (e.g., one New Jersey school's dress code bans tube tops as "too 'distracting' for the eighth grade boys"). In 2018, opponents of these types of clothing bans argued that they are a "form of body shaming" on women and should not be used; in one San Francisco Bay area school district, based on advice from the National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. It ...
, tube tops (along with miniskirts and other formerly disallowed items) are being permitted again.
See also
*Bandeau
A bandeau (pl. bandeaux, diminutive of french: bande meaning "strip") is a garment comprising, in appearance, a strip of cloth. Today, the term frequently refers to a garment that wraps around a woman's breasts. It is usually part of a bikini in s ...
* Strapless dress
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