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.

National Archives have revealed the army tested an array of string vests to help soldiers in the heat of Suez. National Archives have revealed the army tested an array of string vests to help soldiers ...

The traditional undergarment of choice for builders has been consigned to the laundry basket of history The string vest, once a common sight on building sites, is set to become a thing of the past as ...

THE best piece of cycling kit I have is a Norwegian string vest, bought at the Edinburgh Cycle Co-op about 20 years ago. It is still in regular use, which must make it the longest lasting piece of kit ...

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 ...

AS the UK's global prestige faced peril in the weeks leading up to the Suez Crisis, one Government department pinned its hopes for success in Egypt on a very British secret weapon - the string vest.