Brunette Girl With A Tatto Undresses Her Red Tube Top And Fishnet Hold-ups On The Bed

The garment was invented by American World War II veteran Murray Kleid, owner of S & M Fringing Inc. (named for Sol Makowsky & Murray Kleid) located at 50th West 17th Street in NYC. At the time, S & M Fringing was the largest women's accessories manufacturer throughout New York City's garment district with three floors of his company dedicated to the manufacturing of these and other garments and accessories.
The first tube top was actually made in error. Nonetheless, Kleid saw potential in the new garment and had samples of it sent to local distributors. Within months, tube tops were on clothing store shelves worldwide.
Though it was created in the 1960s, the tube top reached its highest popularity in the late 1970s. By the mid-'90s it had largely vanished. Soon after the turn of the 21st century, it made a major reappearance in the wardrobes of American teenage girls and young American women, especially college-age women. Various versions of it have been popular ever since, including the halter top, whose single strap is attached to either side of the tube's front and passes behind the neck.