A poor man wears a different shirt than a rich man.
A doctor wears a different shirt than a carpenter.
The type of clothing that we wear varies form situation to situation.
The type of shirts being worn will give you clues to the meaning of the dream and to your unconscious ideas about yourself and others.
If you are putting on many shirts, it suggests that you are somewhat confused about what you want to be or how you want others to see you.
A torn shirt means carelessness!
Depth Psychology: The shirt in a dream might refer to erotic desires; it also indicates that you are afraid someone will expose something about you.
If it is too ironed and fully buttoned it will show your conservatism, whereas if it is open and not tucked in it will express your free and unconventional spirit.
Gypsy tradition considers that the more colorful the shirt is in your dream, the luckier you will be. [3]
The shirt you wear reveals your attitudes and awareness about a particular situation - so consider the shirt’s condition (ripped or neat, dirty or clean) and you will get a clue to your own feelings about something.
To dream that you are giving a shirt to someone, represents your self-sacrifice and generosity to others.
If you dream that you lose your shirt, it may suggest that you should get more organized in your life, especially when it comes to money. [4]
The torso contains all of the vital organs and therefore relates to the way you process emotions and deal with vulnerability.
A shirt is the symbol of protecting yourself while simultaneously expressing your individuality. Consider the phrase “the shirt off your back” as relating to your personal sense of values that can be changed or exchanged with another’s. [5]
The image of the real-life wearer, or one you think they try to project.
A role the wearer plays or would like to play (as in a uniform shirt or business blouse).
A shirt can also convey the setting of the dream (such as summertime or a formal setting).
To lose your shirt, augurs disgrace in business or love.
A torn shirt, represents misfortune and miserable surroundings.
A soiled shirt, denotes that contagious diseases will confront you. [7]
If the shirt is casual it may represent trying on a more relaxed or casual attitude. [9]
2. Old shirt speaks of the fleshly self; John 13:4; Matt. 6:28-30; Matt. 9:16.
See also: COLOURS; Colour is a very important indicator of the meaning behind clothing, [10]
Losing one’s shirt is a forerunner of disgrace in business or love. [12]
2. If one gives a shirt to someone it may represent a large gift (“the shirt off one’s back”). [13]
To lose a button off a shirt means petty squabbles.
To wear a bright, clean shirt means happiness to come. [14]
If a woman puts on a shirt or a blouse in a dream, it also means her marriage.
A torn shirt in a dream means divorce. Ifone’s shirt is torn in a dream, it means breaking up a business partnership.
A shirt in a dream also represents one’s religious and worldly concerns. Wearing a shirt without sleeves in a dream means having piety but no money, for sleeves in a dream represent money.
If the pocket of one’s shirt is torn in the dream, it means poverty. Having a wardrobe filled with shirts in a dream represent one’s reward in the hereafter. Wearing a white shirt in a dream means piety and religious assiduousness. Receiving a shirt as a gift in a dream means blessings and profits. Wearing a dirty and a torn shirt in a dream means poverty, distress and afflictions.
If a woman sees herself wearing a new, large and comfortable blouse in a dream, it denotes her piety, religiousness, happiness and the enjoyment of a rich life in this world.
The same could reflect the state of her husband. Wearing a green or a white shirt in a dream denotes piety. Wearing a blue shirt in a dream may not be praiseworthy. Wearing a red shirt in a dream means fame, while a yellow shirt in a dream means an illness.
A wet shirt in a dream means obstacles in one’s travels.
If one’s wet shirt dries in the dream, it means that his hurdles have been removed. Wearing a shirt without a collar, a pocket, buttons, or button holes in a dream means wearing one’s shroud at the time of his preparation for burial. Wearing a shirt with stripes in a dream means travels, or it could mean performing a pilgrimage. Wearing a shirt that does not properly cover one’s body in the dream means falling short in performing one’s religious duties. Wearing a black shirt in a dream means sorrow, distress and worries. Wearing one’s shirt inside-out in a dream means reversal ofone’s condition, or having a loathsome and a forbidden type of sexual relationship with one’s wife from the anus.
A shirt in a dream also represents one’s house or shelter.
If one’s shirt is torn in half vertically in a dream, it means relief from anxiety or depression. Ifone’s shirt is torn from the back in a dream, it means that one will suffer from defamation, or be falsely accused of sexually harassing or abusing a woman. Ifone’s shirt is torn from the front in the dream, then it becomes a proof of his guilt. Seeing the shirt of the Prophet Joseph (uwbp) in a dream means that an emissary of good intent will bring glad tidings, and for someone who is sufferingfrom eye problems, it means that he will recover his sight. [22]
button missing, with a: your error of omission wil be exposed.
buying: wil be told many falsehoods.
changing shirts: don’t throw away old relationships.
dirty, a: wil contract a contagious disease.
evening, an: a dramatic upturn of operatic proportions.
ironing a: you love someone who doesn’t love you.
losing a: hedge your bets with multiple projects.
putting on a: wil be neglected but must protect yourself.
taking off a: wil be disil usioned over estrangement from loved one.
torn, a: good fortune if you are not careless with the details.
washing a: your central nervous system requires restoration to its initial working order.
wearing a fancy sport: sweethearts wil break up through frivolous insensitivity. [23]