The Many Dude Tank Tops of the CW
The CW prides itself on its attractive casts. Lithe young women in impractical high heels teeter through rites of passage; hunky young men let their hair fall in their eyes as they contemplate nobly battling the forces of evil. And the costuming departments for all of the shows (Arrow, Hart of Dixie, The Vampire Diaries, Beauty and the Beast, and more) all get the same memo for the men: more arms. So vampire, superhero, and country boys alike are all decked out in the same garment — tank tops. You might think the CW is a television network, but it’s actually mostly a male-undershirt marketing mechanism. And we have proof! Please note that these photos are only from this season — had we gone further back, we’d be in a bicep black hole for all of eternity.
Tanks and stakes, with a side of glowering.
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Pocket tank!
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White A-line tank. The "classic."
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HOW MANY TANK TOPS DO YOU HAVE, SIR?
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By our calculations, Hart was by far the man-tankiest show. Again, these are all just from this season.
Photo: Mike Ansell/C 2012 THE CW NETWORK, LLC...By our calculations, Hart was by far the man-tankiest show. Again, these are all just from this season.
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No one watched this ballet docu-soap over the summer. But it was great. And perhaps the one show where a man-tank seems legitimately appropriate.
Pho...No one watched this ballet docu-soap over the summer. But it was great. And perhaps the one show where a man-tank seems legitimately appropriate.
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What temperature is it where these guys are? Tank temperature? Or sweatshirt temperature?
Photo: Jack Rowand/Copyright, The CW, LLC All Rights Reserv...What temperature is it where these guys are? Tank temperature? Or sweatshirt temperature?
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Another black A-shirt. They make bicep-stabbing so convenient.
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More of a vest than an honest-to-goodness man-tank, but who can resist this amazing photo?
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Tank tops! In! Jaaaaaail!
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Maybe the CW got a discount for buying all of these black shirts in bulk. Speaking of bulk, nice dude cleavage.
Photo: Ben Mark Holzberg/The CW/© 201...Maybe the CW got a discount for buying all of these black shirts in bulk. Speaking of bulk, nice dude cleavage.
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