Talk:Spaghetti strap

message: Men actually wear spaghetti strap vest tops as well thankyou very much. [posted by: anonymous]
:Anonymous here insists that spaghetti straps are a feature of men's fashion. Never heard of that myself but am willing to be convinced by some sort of reference, but alas, this is viewed as being "sexist".
:For what it's worth, spaghetti straps would seem to be, by actual definition, a feature of women's clothing. See, e.g., here, here, here, here, and — why not? — here.
:Okay, glad I could help you sort that out there, Anonymous. You're welcome very much. Louche 01:28, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: First, Wikipedia's NPOV policy has aboslutely nothing to do with being gender-free. Also, whether men actually spaghetti strap tops is irrelevant as far as this article is concerned. Wikipedia requires reliable sources explicitly stating that spaghetti straps are a feature of men and women's fashion. As things are, reliable sources define spaghetti straps as a feature in women's fashion. Ytny (talk) 19:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gender-specific? 

message: Image:Spaghetti Strap.jpg|Previous image
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I vote for Image #1. I think that it illustrates it better and is in low resolution. Sarah Goldberg 01:11, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debate 

message: From the two referenced pages:
* No tank tops, halter tops, or spaghetti straps 
* [Prohibited Apparel] Team jerseys (with the exception of school team shirts or sweaters), t-shirts, sweatshirts, tank tops/spaghetti straps, strapless or halter-tops or sheer, see-through blouses. 
This suggests that it's far from just spaghetti straps that they're down on.  I personally think it would be more relevant to this article (as opposed to one on sleeveless garments more generally) to have examples of dress codes that prohibit spaghetti straps without banning 'normal-shaped' sleeveless tops/dresses if you know what I mean.  On this basis, I'm adding a few such examples.... -- Smjg 00:21, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dress codes - strappy vs. other sleeveless garments 

message: There are quite a few reasons that this statement shouldn't be here:
* It's unnecessarily wordy.
* It's misleading, as it makes it sound as though spaghetti straps are more-or-less equal parts of both sexes' fashion.
* It contradicts common knowledge, and as such is bound to lead people to think "what nonsense".
* That's not how you spell "men's".
* That's not how you spell "women's".
OTOH,
:"A spaghetti strap is a very thin shoulder strap used in clothing"
is factually correct and not misleading in any way. -- Smjg (talk) 23:43, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "mens and womens clothing" 

message: I don't think it's true that men wear them and I really don't care. The only reason that women wear them and men don't is because women are skinier. Stop debating. No one cares.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.229.42.13 (talk) 23:50, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: WP isn't really the place for such comments, aside from the obvious silliness.... -- — Smjg (talk) 22:19, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Men? 

message: For what it's worth, yesterday I saw a worker (male) at a construction site. He was wearing a bright yellow safety vest that had -- you guessed it -- spaghetti straps over the shoulder. He was wearing this over a coat. I don't think this was intended to be a fashion statement so much as a way to keep a safety vest from interfering with his movement. The main point of mentioning this is to emphasize that while spaghetti straps are certainly much more common in women's clothing, the spaghetti strap itself is not gender-specific. (Please ping upon reply due to watchlist overload.) Etamni | ✉ | ✓  07:04, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Construction area safety vest