| Regardless of the T-shirts design, a T-shirt usually | | | | Although originally designed as underwear, T-shirts |
| has no collar, no sleeves and no buttons. The | | | | gained popularity among American soldiers |
| sleeves are very short, under the shoulder, but | | | | particularly when doing some sort of physical labor |
| not completely down to the elbow, and the collar | | | | or when stationed in unusually hot areas, when |
| is rounded and smooth. In other words, it is a | | | | they wore it with nothing else. The idea became |
| rather simple item of clothing. | | | | more acceptable for the public once such a |
| It is usually elastic, as the main, regular material is | | | | picture appeared on the cover of a U.S. magazine. |
| cotton, polyester or a combination of the two. | | | | In addition, the concept of T-shirt logos came out |
| Styles and sizes vary, able to cover the needs of | | | | quite early and, of course, had a connection to |
| any buyer, regardless of age or dimensions. In | | | | politics. A series of T-shirts came out as a sign of |
| any case, T-shirt logos are the aspects that | | | | support of Dwight Eisenhower, and although |
| make the difference from one T-shirt to another. | | | | shocking at first for the public, they became |
| Long before the mere concept of T-shirt logos | | | | acceptable by 1955 after several famous actors |
| even appeared, T-shirts were becoming more and | | | | wore them in public. Decades later, the T-shirt |
| more popular, namely around the 1800s. Actually, | | | | turns into an independent piece of clothing and a |
| its popularity developed together with that of | | | | great support for anything from advertising to art. |
| underwear in itself, and although credit for its | | | | T-shirt logos also became popular when several |
| spread frequently goes to the hands of Britain or | | | | seaside resorts began printing shirts with their |
| of the U.S., what is sure is that the present | | | | names, then when Walt Disney print T-shirts |
| T-shirts design became popular in itself | | | | appeared (Mickey Mouse became an icon |
| somewhere between 1919 and 1950. Moreover, | | | | nationwide thanks to this). The oversized T-shirts |
| they seem to be bearing a connection to the | | | | design bore a connection to two things: either |
| American army, who invented such clothing either | | | | sleeping, or hip-hop fashion. There are even |
| for personal use, or got the idea from the | | | | references to such aspects in certain songs. |
| Europeans - such details leave only small traces in | | | | Years later, the ringer T-shirts design also became |
| the blur of history. | | | | popular (the T-shirt with rings around the collar |
| The modern T-shirts design also becomes more | | | | and sleeves), as did the trend of wearing a |
| associated to the US army as the name comes | | | | long-sleeved T-shirt with a slightly larger |
| into discussion - although the generally accepted | | | | short-sleeved one over it. An addition to this was |
| idea is that the T in T-shirt stands for its actual | | | | the classical black band T-shirt, still accessible and |
| shape, there is also the possibility of it being an | | | | very successful, which became immensely popular |
| abbreviation for the phrase "training shirt". | | | | somewhere around 1975. |