In their heyday, in the 1950s, string vests were an essential item in every man's wardrobe. Now Asda and Tesco have decided they will no longer sell them. But Marks and Spencer claims it sells 25 ...

String vests keep you warm because they trap a layer of air between your skin and your shirt. A bit like double glazing. Alan Moore, Hong Kong My father always wore string vests, and said they kept ...

Building sites all over Britain will never look the same again. The last of the open-weave string vests beloved of labourers, Rab C Nesbitt and Ricky Tomlinson of the Royle Family are about to vanish.

Men who get hot under the collar about their summer attire can take to heart advice the government is getting off its chest after 30 years under wraps. Results of tests on soldiers serving in the Suez ...

The string vest's reputation as the least sexy and most annoying of garments is undeserved – it really is an undercover war hero. A Ministry of Supply study from 1956, among documents just released by ...