tank top

i am not sure what the word in spanish is for this particular piece of clothing, but i would have liked to recommend to one of my profesoras that she purchase a couple. on monday, she came into class sporting DDs, a white bra, and a transparent black shirt. i thought, 'oh, no, she forgot her undershirt!' but that was apparently not the case. on wednesday she came in with what looked like the same white bra, but with a transparent grey shirt draped over those DDs. it is really difficult to pay attention to pronouns and past perfect verb tenses when you are four feet away from gigantic spanish boobs attached to a wildly gesturing woman who already uses the half-shout as a teaching method.

like much of european fashion, i just don't understand it. sure, it is a step up from the XXL Hanes Beefy T's that women in the U.S. wear with their sweatpants and Nikes, but sometimes i wonder how far haute couture can go before it flames out. take the woman on the metro this morning -- her shirt was red, her trousers black. her shoes matched the shirt, a nice touch. but she also had a scarf, a necklace, a bigger necklace, a belt, a handbag, gigantic earrings, and boots with more buckles than an S&M conference. easy on the accessories, please.