they were called mexican tuxedo’s where I grew up in norcal. In a humid climate, they kinda help your dress shirt from looking like you just stepped out of a shower whilst being less hot than a full on t shirt.
I suppose they are similar in form. The pictures you show seem to depict something that is supposed to simulate a formal collared shirt or turtleneck pullover underneath a jacket or sweater. A singlet is worn on the bare body or on top of an athletic jersey, like some of the orange reflective overgear worn by safety personnel.
Another question about these - the fact that they’re ribbed, does that help at all? Does it make them stretchy so that they’re more form-fitting? Does it wick sweat better?
Or did we just need some innovation over a tank top?
Chest hair.
I wear them under my thin light-colored or white dress shirts and it keeps my chest hair from being highly prominent.
No one wants to know how hairy a co-worker’s chest is.
This just struck me as one of the great truths of all time.
Please excuse the interruption. Carry on.
Wife-beater
Muscle shirt
Dago tee
Singlet
Mexican tuxedo
A-shirt
Might I suggest as an alternative men’s camisole
Am I the only one that laughed myself silly at this typo?