A Look at the Brief History of T-Shirt
This informal short-sleeved piece of clothing that you wear as a top seems to have been around for long, and there have been a lot of accounts regarding its origin.
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One theory suggests that it all began during the English industrial revolution in the late 1800s and early 1900s, where people wore hand-stitched garments with no preference regarding style and design. During these periods, clothes were considered as one of the most basic needs, like food and shelter, created only to provide comfort and warmth.
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Several years after the industrial revolution, when machines doubled manufacturers' capacity, the mass production of apparel began. The clothing trend reached the United States where raw materials for the garments were generally sourced. The cotton crew-neck T-shirts then became the regulation underclothing for the American Navy, making it the perfect material to wear to prevent the harder and rougher outer clothes from causing naval officers' skin to itch.
A couple of decades later, university soccer players donned on similar shirts to prevent their shoulders from chafing due to the heavy pads. The tees became so popular and fashionable by this time that students started putting them on for casual wear.
The popularity of this clothing type continued to soar from then on, with celebrities walking the high streets in these kinds of shirt. One good example is the Hollywood rebel, Marlon Brando, who wore a body-hugging white tee in his 1947 film "A Street Car Named Desire," which resulted to a skyrocketing t-shirt sale of over a hundred million pounds worldwide.
In the years that followed, new variations of tees have emerged. There are the tie-dyed styles that grooved the market in 1969, and the "Frankie says relax" designs in 1984. And today, you will find all kinds of shirts in the market. These days, statement clothing, which wearers can personalise, are very popular. And if you are looking for real cool concepts, check out the Sneezing Baby Panda apparel on this website.
