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a blank canvas that started as underwear and ended up declaring everything you believe
means A short-sleeved, collarless cotton top, named for the T-shape it forms when laid flat with arms outstretched.
from The name is purely visual: the garment looks like the letter T. It began life in the early 20th century as plain cotton underwear, issued to sailors and soldiers as a lightweight layer beneath uniforms. The 'T-shirt' spelling appears in American English by the early 1900s, and the garment stepped out as outerwear in its own right around mid-century, helped along by film stars who wore it unashamedly on screen.
- navy origin
- sailors wore them under uniforms by the 1900s
- first slogan
- 1948 campaign tee read Dew It With Dewey
- name source
- named for its T-shaped silhouette when flat
- hollywood rebel
- Brando and Dean made it acceptable outerwear
- yearly sales
- roughly two billion sold worldwide annually
hanes beefy-t — best-selling t-shirt style since 1981, over 1 billion units produced
band t-shirt at concerts — rolling stones tongue logo tee from 1971 sold for $1.3 million at auction