[Dragaera] Striving towards Paarfiction...

[Elizabeth Dalton]

shapeless->untailored? unfitted?

I find "tube" distracting, but perhaps that's just me.

Davdi Silverrock wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2008 8:16 AM, Elizabeth Dalton wrote:
> 
>>Philip Hart wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Davdi Silverrock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Revision Mk 17:
>>>>
>>>>cheap and common fabric, and solid, buttonless design: this very
>>>
>>>"Solid design" seems odd.  How about an ironic "unimaginative"?
>>
>>I liked "shapeless."
>>
> 
> 
> I have been trying to think of a way to describe the design of a
> T-shirt without calling it that.  The problem is, I can think of
> counter-examples that might also fit -- a "buttonless" garment might
> still have lacings; as it stands now, the description might also refer
> to a toga, or a blouse, for example.
> 
> If not a tube, perhaps tubelike?
> 
> A buttonless collection of shapeless tubes?
> 
> I am starting to think that "manifold" might be worked in after all...
> 
> Hm.
> 
> "and a buttonless {tubelike|manifold} design that slides over the
> torso and arms"
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