Strappy Tanks
I
was at a concert recently, and could not help but notice the
proliferation
of strappy tank tops amongst the female protion of the audience. I’ve
watched
this piece of apparel become more and more popular over the past year
or
so, and I can’t really decide if I like it or not.
Okay, on the con
side, there is the fact that every single girl seems to wear these damn
shirts. Granted, they are appealing to look at. However, it’s along the
same lines as... well, anything. Too much of anything makes you build
up
a tolerance, or immunity to it. You drink more, it takes more to get
you
drunk.
In this case, it’s
to the point that while you look at a girl wearing a strappy tank, you
no longer get that (ahem) warm, fuzzy feeling. It’s just another item
of
clothing.
Along the lines of
every girl wearing these, I just wonder if there is a damn girl on the
KU campus who does not wear one tank at least once a week. I mean,
really.
The other day in my 500 person plus politics class, at least half the
girls
were wearing one.
And with each and
every girl, I could tell the colour of her bra. That is... tacky. Damn
tacky. I mean, there is nothing more fashionable than displaying your
undergarments
to all of campus. And on those who wore undershirts underneath, I was
damn
impressed. That’s great- wear a shirt that’s bigger than the overshirt
underneath (think it through. It makes sense eventually).
However, almost all
of my friends seem to like them, even though the shirts are unoriginal
and look pretty white trash with bra straps displayed. I wonder why?
Maybe
it has to do with cleavage. This is rather sexist, but it’s true. Guys
like boobs, and that’s what strappy tanks display to great advantage.
Unfortunately, occasionally
the girls who wear them either have no cleavage to show off, or too
much
(Rather, too much girl. Yargh). however, most of the time, they make a
girl look damn good.
Sure, that’s reducing
all women to tarts who are trying to show off their goodies, and all
men
to breast-obsessed Cro-Magnons. But guys like to look at breasts, and
girls
know that. That’s why the shirts are so popular, even if they are
nothing
special.