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Is there any such thing?

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gardenmusic · 08/06/2024 19:14

I would like an 'invisible' vest to wear under a white silk blouse, and possibly under thin pale coloured woolen jumpers.
Ideally, I don't want the vest to show through, and I want it to hide my bra, because I don't want that on show.
I don't mind if it is shape wear or not. I'm looking for a sort of 'primer' for the body. Everything seems so see through and thin.
I tried a Chantelle vest, but it hid nothing and showed through.
Any ideas, please? I'm in the UK

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Comedycook · 08/06/2024 19:17

Have a look in tk max, they usually have a large collection of shapewear and other such under garments

JanefromLondon1 · 08/06/2024 19:59

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gardenmusic · 08/06/2024 20:05

Thank you for trying to help, but these camisoles just don't work - you can see the vest instead of the bra. I don't mind seeing a vest/cami under an open shirt. but in this case I don't want to see it.
I am wearing a flesh coloured bra, but I can still see the outline.
It could be that I am asking the impossible.

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PragmaticDramatic · 08/06/2024 20:36

I think the answer would be a shape wear top with built in bra.

gardenmusic · 08/06/2024 20:50

I can find a lot of No VPL knickers, but does not seem to be a no visible line top.

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gardenmusic · 08/06/2024 21:40

HelenHywater, Thanks, that looks interesting. I will try that

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Metrictum · 08/06/2024 21:44

You need to wear dark pink!
Wearing white or beige underneath a semi see through white top will always be visible but weirdly pink isn’t

gardenmusic · 08/06/2024 22:02

Metrictum, thanks - I did not know that! Will practice with a pink cami tomorrow.
Lockshen, thanks, would that be returnable if it didn't fit? I am very long.

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durundundun · 08/06/2024 22:07

gardenmusic · 08/06/2024 22:02

Metrictum, thanks - I did not know that! Will practice with a pink cami tomorrow.
Lockshen, thanks, would that be returnable if it didn't fit? I am very long.

Or skin toned. You can go slightly darker than your skin but not lighter

gardenmusic · 09/06/2024 07:20

durundundun,
Thank you. That would not be hard, as I am ghostly.
I have tried a thermal vest under the white silk, and that was a pale skin tone, but you could see the outline - perhaps my vest is at fault.

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DrStrangesSmarterSister · 09/06/2024 07:30

I read a long Guardian article about the white top with red / pink bra thing, and IIRC it tested lots of different combinations and concluded that there might be something in it if you try on a million combinations to get exactly the right colour for your skin tone. Yeah, I'm not doing that 😄.

AcceptingTherapy · 09/06/2024 07:34

Try Skims, they are seamless so flat to the body and as pp said, try a shade darker than your skin

gardenmusic · 09/06/2024 07:36

off to google Skims - thanks.

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AcceptingTherapy · 09/06/2024 09:13

Sorry I thought I put a link, like this one:
https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/product/skims-seamless-sculpt-fitted-stretch-woven-body_R04217492/

BuggeryBumFlaps · 09/06/2024 09:41

I'm watching this with interest.

I have some old M&S ones that do the trick but they stopped selling them years ago. They are now falling apart at the seams - literally.

It's the material that's the important bit, and no chunky seams. Stretchy cotton won't do as your blouse / shirt will stick to it. You need a silky but stretchy material so your clothes will skim over the top and not 'drag'. The ones I found were stretchy, so hugged my body, and silky so the clothes didn't catch on it, with next to no seams to protrude and show an outline - sorry no help at all really.

gardenmusic · 09/06/2024 10:01

BuggeryBumFlaps
That's it, that's what I need.
I saw the news the other day, and the female newsreader had on a light coloured pullover (fully knitted, not loose weave), and the Tshirt bra was fully outlined.
As well as a lovely white silk blouse I cannot wear, I have a Phase Eight off white wool jumper that shows every vest and bra through it.

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BusterGonad · 10/06/2024 06:52

I think you need a beige/flesh or gold silk camisole.

LeftaBadJobinTheCity · 10/06/2024 10:56

Give this top to charity and buy a similar better quality one that is not so unforgiving. And never buy an item like that again that causes so many issues and renders itself virtually unwearable.

You will be immediately rid of the frustration and long expensive search for undergarments, and someone else who perhaps otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford it gets to enjoy your top and wear it to death rather than have it languishing in your home.

My wardrobe problems eased when I got rid of items like these that didn’t quite work for one reason or another.

Now I generally don’t buy anything that is not returnable or that I didn’t try on in good light from all angles.

Be ruthless now and save yourself future headaches and conundrums.

Sometimes the easiest solution is to offload the problem entirely!

yourlittleworldfallingapart · 10/06/2024 11:06

I have a great one from Calvin Klein that is exactly what you've described. It's a few years old so I don't know if they still sell it but worth a look!

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