Sometimes a garment or piece of gear comes along claiming to do everything. You know that MP3 player that's also a jetpack? Probably false advertising. And wearing a waterproof sweater that offers Shiatsu massage will probably just get you electrocuted.

Enter the Equmen Core Precision Undershirt, which promises to do a lot: "improve posture and circulation, hide weight, wick moisture and alleviate back pain." It also implies that it can get you nookie. Lots of it. Almost every photo of a man wearing this shirt on the Equmen Web site also shows a woman trying to rip it off. Must be that fine moisture control.

Tank tops go for $99 (£60) and long sleeves for $109 (£65). The shirts come in blue, gray, white and black. Equmen devotes a whole section of their site to "the science," which contains jargon like "Helix Mapping" that we don't understand (probably because it's made up). It does suggest that the tight fit prevents chafing, so maybe the undershirt would work as running attire.

So, get your compression top and the ladies will flock, until of course they rip off the T-shirt and see your magnificent manbreasts.