Button-down shirts

[cjsmith]

Who came up with the idea of selling button-down shirts to women? If men's pants were designed with such idiocy, guys would flash their junk every time they took a step.

I know better and I still bought one.

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[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Someone who either didn't have much up there or wanted to see it on women who do, I'd guess.

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

you can dream, can't you? *sigh*

here, let me grab my tape measure, my pincushion, and some paper and a pencil ... surely we can attack this thing and make it work for your body, right??? i know nothing about alterations, but i sure can't do any worse than what the clothing industry churns out!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we could make it work if we found more of this fabric.

[jcgbigler.livejournal.com]

Who came up with the idea of selling button-down shirts to women? If men's pants were designed with such idiocy, guys would flash their junk every time they took a step.

From your statement I can probably venture a good guess, not only to the question of "who?" but also "why?"

And I actually own a couple of pairs of shorts that seem to be designed with "such idiocy"...

Your wish has been granted. Men have stupid clothing, too.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

The same idiot who designed boxer shorts, I suppose.

And yes ... in most boxer shorts, guys flash their junk every time they take a step.

This is why I wear knit boxers (also called "boxer briefs"); they don't flash my junk when I walk around.

Re: Your wish has been granted. Men have stupid clothing, too.

[psi-star-psi.livejournal.com]

I just wear my boxers at home. Jen enjoys it.

I'm certain I can model for polite requests...

Re: Your wish has been granted. Men have stupid clothing, too.

[allanh.livejournal.com]

How about for impolite requests?

[dpolicar]

OK, wait... I think you lost me. This would be a bad thing, you're saying?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Bad for ME, yes.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

...er, wait. I meant I don't want to be the one flashing. I'm perfectly content with what guys choose to flash or not flash, except perhaps I might want it toned down a bit in the office. :-)

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

And worse are fitted button down shirts!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah; un-fitted ones I can't even get into. Fitted ones would probably be okay if they, well, fit. :-)

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

I'm confused, too. A button down shirt to me is when the collar tabs have buttons on them. I can't imagine a woman wearing a shirt like that, mostly in that they're built for a man.

Is that some modern fashion for women-in-the-office that I've never heard of?

(scratching head)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I meant a shirt made of woven non-stretch fabric in which the front center closure, for the length of the shirt, is buttons.

[genderfur.livejournal.com]

Great definition! Have you been having to write good requirements for engineers lately? *g*

Bean and I have taken to calling these "button up shirts" or "collared shirts". They're pretty much all I wear when I go on training gigs, interviews, etc.

And I'm a busty person, too. And I refuse to wear shirts that gap at the buttons (or have pockets over the tits, which is a different issue). If you get a shirt that *actually* fits, it will fit.

(Note that most inexpensive shirts will not fit this definition because they are poorly made.)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I care less how well it's made than how well it FITS. Sadly, there are excellent economic incentives against fitting shirts to people shaped like me.

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

or have pockets over the tits, which is a different issue

I just always assumed those were meant to be decorative :)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I call that a button-*up* shirt - a button-down one is what billeyler said.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Huh. I button them *down*, not up. :-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

me too, but i *call* it 'buttoning up my shirt' :)

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

A button down shirt to me is when the collar tabs have buttons on them. I can't imagine a woman wearing a shirt like that, mostly in that they're built for a man.

*is confused* They, uh, fit my neck just fine. Last I checked, necks weren't one of the places where male and female bodies differ significantly.

[billeyler.livejournal.com]

Oh, yah...I understand what the issue is...

Next time I see CJ, I'm hoping she'll wear that particular shirt so we can admire all the gappy parts! ;-)

[selenite.livejournal.com]

Some clothes are for modesty. Some are for plausible deniability.

[fuzzygruf.livejournal.com]

I loved Princess Di in her pink button-down oxford shirts and black pants.

I also love flashers.

I'm a perv. So?

I can't make it on Sunday to the dance, but wear a button-down shirt and flash 'em for me. Thanks!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Next time I wear a button-down shirt it will be in your honor! :-)

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

want pix plz

[stormecho.livejournal.com]

You say that as if flashing is wrong?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Good point! How's this: boxers aren't marketed as business attire. :-)

[stormecho.livejournal.com]

I find that there is no point to boxers.

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Who came up with the idea of selling button-down shirts to women?

Um, men??

Okay, I'm a perv, I admit it. But some of the sexiest things I see are those little flashes from women. So I can't complain.

And, I agree with the other commenter, this post needs pictures. :)

[rampling.livejournal.com]

I keep wanting to make a project of sewing li'l velcro dots (one to three of them) between the near-the-breasts buttons on *all* my button-up shirts. Grrrr! This has been a pet peeve of mine for *AGES*!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, that'd be an excellent approach. Too bad there are strong economic incentives against making such shirts ACTUALLY FIT women with BOOBAGE. (Not enough potential customers.)

I so want to go get myself shrinkified.