# What is "a shirt with wings"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 17, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shirt-with-wings/564551 "2010-12-17T19:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shirt-with-wings/564551/1 "2010-12-17T19:48:34Z")
I’m at a loss. My sister is sponsoring a family this Christmas. The dad said he wanted a “shirt with wings”. This is a Mexican family and they specifically recommended we go to a certain store on the Mexican side of town. Sis called to ask me what this might be due to my experience in the Mexican community. But I’ve never heard of such a thing and a Google search was inconclusive. Does anyone have any idea what a “shirt with wings” is? Is it [this](http://http://www.amazon.com/HOSTILITY-CLOTHING-WINGS-BLACK-T-SHIRT/dp/B001D67BUW)? Or something like [this](http://http://www.langstons.com/panhandle-slim-shirt-mens-stripe-snap-wings-b2s2413.html)? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shirt-with-wings/564551/2 "2010-12-17T21:00:19Z")
Two WAGs, and both assume a translation problem with the word “wings.” 1. A shirt with a bird on it. [http://www.teesnthings.com/flame-eagle-t-shirt.aspx](http://www.teesnthings.com/flame-eagle-t-shirt.aspx) 2. A dress shirt that has “flaps” (for lack of a better choice of words) in the front and back. Witness what the guy on the left is wearing on this page: [Faux Pas Fridays: The Untucked Dress Shirt | The Fab Man-ual](https://fabmanual.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/faux-pas-fridays-the-untucked-dress-shirt/) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shirt-with-wings/564551/3 "2010-12-17T22:06:57Z")
…wing tip shirts. > **[Wing Tip Shirt at Historical Emporium](https://www.historicalemporium.com/search/?q=wing%20tip%20shirt)** > > Find Wing Tip Shirt at Historical Emporium. We have thousands of unique and hard-to-find items in vintage and antique styles. We offer a full line of mens and womens period clothing, suitable for movie and TV production, theatrical, living history... They used to be the standard uniform at a couple of places I worked. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shirt-with-wings/564551/4 "2010-12-18T11:21:28Z")
I’d agree with Banquet Bear that he probably means one with a wing tip collar. The ‘flaps’ on the other shirt are called ‘tails’ in my experience. I’m in the UK, so it might be completely different where you are. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-shirt-with-wings/564551/5 "2010-12-18T11:34:03Z")
Get a regular shirt and wash it in Red Bull.