Shirt

A shirt is a piece of clothing for the trunk of the body.

Colloquially, a shirt for women is often called a top, though this term is not completely restricted to women's clothing.

For such clothing, including vests, sweaters, jackets, etc. one can disinguish:

With regard to covering the shoulders and arms:

• with no covering of the shoulders or arms - a tube top (not reaching higher than the armpits, staying in place by elasticity, see e.g [1])
• with only bands on the shoulders
• covering the shoulders, but without sleeves
• with short sleeves
• with half-long sleeves
• with long sleeves, may further be distinguished by the cuffs:
  • no buttons
  • buttons - single or multiple
  • buttonholes only for use with cufflinks

With regard to level of the lower edge:

• leaving the belly button area bare (much more common for women than for men)
• until the waist
• covering the crotch
• covering part of the legs (essentially this is a dress; however, a piece of clothing is either perceived as a shirt (worn with trousers) or as a dress (worn by women, and by men just in the special case of cross-dressing).

and levels in between.

With regard to opening:

• left and right front side not separable, put on over the head
• vertical opening on the front side, with buttons or zipper.

With regard to the neck:

• V-shaped permanent opening on the top of the front side
• with or without polo-neck
  • no opening
  • vertical opening on the top of the front side, with buttons or zipper

With regard to pockets: how many (if any), where, not closable, or with a button or zipper.

With or without collar. Furthermore the collar may have buttons at the tips for a "button-down collar".

Some common shirt types:

• T-shirt
• polo shirt - a shirt with collar but only a partial vertical opening with buttons
• dress shirt - a shirt with collar and full vertical opening with buttons
• tank top - a sleeveless shirt
• blouse - ladies dress shirt
• nightshirt - for sleeping
• sweatshirt - with or without hood
• rugby shirt - typically a long-sleeved T-shirt
• Hawaiian shirt - a colourful short-sleeve dress shirt
• golf shirt - a polo shirt
• baseball shirt - usually distinguished by a three quarters sleeve
• fishnet shirt, transparent, see e.g. [1]
• tube top - a shoulderless, sleeveless "tube" that wraps the torso
• halter top - a shoulderless, sleeveless, backless garment, typically for women. It is mechanically analogous to an apron with a string around the back of the neck and across the lower back holding it in place.