Talk:Tube top

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[edit] Boob tube vs. halter top

The picture shows what I think of as a halter top rather than a boob tube. I understand a boob tube to be the sort that doesn't have any straps over the shoulders or round the neck, but stays in place by elasticity. It's the only use I've heard in person of the term. It's also the only clothing definition that OneLook gives me for either boob tube or tube top, besides our own and Wordsmyth's that doesn't exactly address the issue of straps or not.

OK, so there are also some tops that can be worn either as a boob tube or as a halter top, with a cord that ties either around the neck or in a bow at the front. Sometimes they are called boob tubes in catalogues, and I've also seen the phrase "boob tube with detachable straps", adding to the confusion. -- Smjg 20:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I also wouldn't expect a boob tube to have straps, but my image of one also has a higher bottom edge than the one in the picture - ie it leaves the midriff exposed and really is little more than a tube around the boobs. PeteVerdon 11:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There's another pic at commons:Tube_top if anyone wants to include that... Churchh 16:34, 20 April 2006 (UTC)