I remember the vest by your description in the Simpsons with Mr Burn's "See my Vest" song lol!
British terminology? What is a vest?
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I remember the vest by your description in the Simpsons with Mr Burn's "See my Vest" song lol!
Dont even get me started on the fanny bags etc lol
The fanny pack is the funniest one lol!
I would say a vest is a top that is worn underneath your top to keep you warm, or a vest as in for the summer time is like a spaghetti strap top.
A vest is like underwear, you can wear them in bed or underneath a jumper when it is cold. However a 'Vest top' (sleeveless t-shirt type) is worn in summer with jeans or skirt etc! Well thats what I say and I am in the UK!
Fanny bags/packs!........everytime they say that on american tv i giggle to myself!
Fanny bags/packs!........everytime they say that on american tv i giggle to myself!
Dont even get me started on the fanny bags etc lol
i was extremely amused to learn about this when i moved to the uk! i had no idea it was naughty
i was extremely amused to learn about this when i moved to the uk! i had no idea it was naughty
Huh? How is fanny bag naughty? What is the british definition of it? Cellulite?
Well a fanny here isn't your a$$ it's your um... ahem. Although people don't really use it anymore, it sounds dated in my opinion.
^ Now THAT IS FUNNY!!!!! Ha!!! Must get one!!!! Ha!!!
Now my turn on the vest thing!
In the UK - a:-
VEST is a sleeveless top that is worn under clothes.
VEST TOP is a sleeveless (Normally spaghetti strap) top that can be worn under jumpers or on its own in the summer.
TANK TOP is a sleeveless KNITTED top that is worn over shirts
WAISTCOAT is the sleeveless buttoned thing that men wear over shirts and in a 3 piece suit.
Now my turn on the vest thing!
In the UK - a:-
VEST is a sleeveless top that is worn under clothes.
VEST TOP is a sleeveless (Normally spaghetti strap) top that can be worn under jumpers or on its own in the summer.
TANK TOP is a sleeveless KNITTED top that is worn over shirts
WAISTCOAT is the sleeveless buttoned thing that men wear over shirts and in a 3 piece suit.
A vest is the tank top style underwear that I wore under clothes when I was a child lol!
A vest top/cami/tank top are what you just call tanks.
And what you call a vest, like a puffer coat without sleeves...that can be called a gilet here. I just call it vest though.
Also...a waistcoat, that buttons is what some girls wear or what men can wear along with suits. Do you call waistcoats vests?
A vest top/cami/tank top are what you just call tanks.
And what you call a vest, like a puffer coat without sleeves...that can be called a gilet here. I just call it vest though.
Also...a waistcoat, that buttons is what some girls wear or what men can wear along with suits. Do you call waistcoats vests?
I love that we all have different interpretations of what a vest is! Its great!
Its like pants! In the UK, pants mean big knickers (the kind of thing our hubbies wear lol), yet in europe and the states, pants are trousers!
Dont even get me started on the fanny bags etc lol
Really? I'm from Manchester and I call trousers pants most of the time. I just call knickers that no matter what size they are LOL!
Hmmm.... I'm Australian, and the first thing when i think of when someone says vest, is the sleeveless cardigan knit that's an outergarment, as Shari has said earlier
Most of us Aussies would associate the OP's pic and call it a singlet/tank top
(ie: Bond's singlet http://www.bonds.com.au/catalogue/#woman/186/1770)
Most of us Aussies would associate the OP's pic and call it a singlet/tank top
(ie: Bond's singlet http://www.bonds.com.au/catalogue/#woman/186/1770)