In my life, for many years, nothing could be so benign and innocent as a -shirt. All that has changed.
Favorite t-shirts are very common in America. In fact 99% have one.
Doesn't seem like such a big thing. Many of us have a favorite pair of shoes or socks.
But there are more economics behind t-shirts. More jobs created. More of a lot of things.
The Wizard Of Oz first made design t-shirts famous in America. The producers used them to promote the film. Half of America was already wearing them when the movie was released.
Of course most tees are made from cotton, or at least 50% so. 1200 t-shirts can be produced from an acre of cotton. Cotton remains a strong industry in the southern states.
But do t-shirts sell? Not just in America but around the world? Statistics show about two billion per year.
Even the Salvation Army has gotten into the act and sells them to third world countries by the pound.
Even politics became savvy to tees after the movie industry and the first to use them was Dewey with his slogan, "Dew-It With Dewey".
The film industry was just getting started. When they got wind of what the proper tee could do, they form fitted Brando in both his t-shirt and jeans for "A Streetcar Named Desire".
Webster's did not even define t-shirt as a word until the 1920's.
In 1977 more than 8 million dollars worth of Farrah Fawcett T-Shirts were sold when she appeared on Charlie's Angels.
The wet t-shirt craze started after Jacqueline Bisset's appearance in the film "The Deep" in which she is swimming underwater, then surfacing, wearing a white T-Shirt and topless bikini.
The most popular form of designer tees today are silk-screened. But digital reproductions are becoming very popular and blend into the fabric and, to me, have more of a "real" look than a decal ironed-on look, but of course, it is a matter of taste. I decided to manufacture both, as different folks like different looks.
Americans love our tee shirts. A survey done several years ago show that more than 62% of the U.S (all ages) own at least 10 tees and 18-24 demographic group owned over 10 T-shirts and 19% owned over 30 tees. So it doesn't appear they are going out of style anytime soon.
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