https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:44:48 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-644385 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:24:34 +0000 Sheila 644385@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you EVERYONE for your input on this issue. I have found these attached camis to be horrendously awkward in a store's dressing room and those items that I have purchased with these camis are a real beast to get on without going into an advanced yoga position! Talk about a wrestling match...</p> <p>So I am going to remove these built-in camis on most items and, when the day comes that I make a purchase of a higher-end garment or a top that has a dyed-to-match cami (a la Angie's citron blouse, see her post above), I will wear a separate, better-fitting cami of my own choosing. Whew. Now I can take a deep breath and get on with it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-644003 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:20:25 +0000 ManidipaM 644003@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remove the loops but often keep the dedicated slip. Sometimes I do switch it out for a change, but not usually. </p> <p>I find many dresses and tops fit a little differently on me than they are 'meant' to on an average-height person, and often the difference is different in the cami and the main garment! (if I'm making any sense). Detaching the two lets me adjust them independently, which helps. Especially as I sometimes end up shortening the cami straps (short height, high full bust means I often want coverage to start higher than offered). </p> <p>Also, I find it easier to turn each garment inside out and back (for washing, ironing etc), rather than struggling with two layers together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643953 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:57:49 +0000 fashionista 643953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends on the quality of the cami. </p> <p>Sometimes, I wear the cami itself, if its cotton made only as I tend to get hives after itches if they happen to be polyster or other non cotton. And also I have a top with the cami so thin, I just replace it with a nude cami or some cotton soft cami. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643946 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:40:12 +0000 CocoLion 643946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Although I've purchased sheer dresses with attached slips, I've never purchased a top like this. All of mine require ones own cami. I have a huge cami wardrobe now, all purchased for around $5-10 in every color. I like the nylon one size fits all kind. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643934 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:53:56 +0000 Lyn D. 643934@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I usually detach the tabs and wear the cami with the blouse, but also find that I can often wear the cami with other shirts that need one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643924 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:42:26 +0000 Scarlet 643924@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only shirt I have that fits this description actually has tiny little snaps on the loop so that I can choose to wear the cami or something else. I really like that. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643923 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:41:46 +0000 christieanne 643923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seems like all I could find for blouses this weekend was sheer fabric and half of them had those little camis. I didn't end up buying one but I would replace with a cami that had a strap wide enough to conceal my bra strap (my straps are in particular very ugly though lol). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643849 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:27:10 +0000 modgrl 643849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In the past, I've replaced them with my own black cami's. If it was an odd color, I guess I would wear the one that came with it, not sure as I've not faced this before. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643819 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:52:55 +0000 Angie 643819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It depends on the cami. For example, my citron blouse comes with a citron satin cami and I use that one instead of my own. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643753 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:34:43 +0000 marianna 643753@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always cut them out and use my own. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643738 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:17:29 +0000 nicoleb 643738@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Replace! I like to have options. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643734 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:11:45 +0000 lyn* 643734@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I get tangled up in these in the fitting room all the time! I snip! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643723 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:27:56 +0000 velvetychocolate 643723@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If I decide to wear the cami that comes with a sheer-ish blouse, I always snip those little loops that hold it in place. I think the loops are more meant to keep the cami and blouse together as a 'set' in the store, more than it is to keep the cami 'in place' on the wearer. </p> <p>Sometimes I like to wear a different cami with the blouse too. For instance, I have a green/blue-ish paisley-type blouse that's sort of sheer, and it came with a royal blue cami - which I'll wear sometimes, but then I also like my navy cami and my green cami with this same blouse. If I left the blue cami 'attached', I wouldn't be able to do this. And besides, I can't imagine trying to launder the two if they were still attached...I'm sure it would drive me crazy! ETA: it already drives me crazy trying to try on these types of 'sets' (cami/blouse combos) in the dressing room. No way am I going to fight with that. </p> <p>Hope this helps :)</p> <p>PS - ETA again: I also like to make a point of making sure that any cami that comes as a set with a sheer-ish blouse has adjustable straps. My Mom has bought blouses that came with a matching cami, only to find that the coverage wasn't where she wanted it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643713 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 23:09:21 +0000 Echo 643713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Generally I find that the camis included with see-through tops are too skimpy to function well anyway, so I almost always replace them with one with better coverage. That said, I don't generally buy see-through tops. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643705 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:52:57 +0000 Aziraphale 643705@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No idea -- I've never bought a see-through top! But I think I'd be inclined to use the cami as is, with the see-through top, if it fit right. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/question-about-see-through-tops-and-camis#post-643701 Mon, 11 Jun 2012 22:44:05 +0000 Sheila 643701@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When you buy a see-through top and it comes with a cami and the straps of the cami run through a built-in loop (to keep the cami in the right position), do you usually keep the cami "as is" or do you remove the cami and either replace it with another one or wear the original cami unattached to the top?</p> <p>Yay = I KEEP the original cami exactly "as is"<br /> Nay = I either REPLACE the shell with another one or wear it unattached to the top </p>