Patent ID: 8082597

Claim:
A convertible shirt comprising: a sleeveless base, wherein the sleeveless base is configured for wear as a sleeveless shirt; a collar disposed upon the sleeveless base shirt; a pair of breast pockets disposed upon the sleeveless base; an interchangeable sleeved half shirt configured to couple inconspicuously to the sleeveless base, wherein the combined sleeved half shirt and sleeveless base are configured for combined wear as a sleeved shirt; a first plurality of fasteners disposed on said breast pockets to couple the sleeved half shirt to the sleeveless base on the breast pockets; and a second plurality of fasteners disposed upon a front of the sleeveless base and configured to join a left front panel and a right front panel of the sleeveless base one to another; at least one adornment selected from the group consisting of: fringe, lace, and ribbing is disposed on the sleeved half shirt on a half back panel and on a pair of front panels, such that the adornment is configured to drape over the front and back panels of the sleeveless base; wherein the sleeveless base and the sleeved half shirt are each configured to be operatively worn individually and operatively coupled one to another as a single shirt; and wherein the sleeved half shirt and the sleeveless base are each configured to be interchangeable with a sleeved half shirt and a sleeveless base of another convertible shirt of like fasteners for coupling.