Pagan Kennedy took a look at the history of t-shirts:

• T-shirts were originally marketed as a form of underwear for bachelors that required no “safety pins” “buttons” “needle” or “thread”.
• The US Navy saw its convenience and required sailors to wear such undershirts – introducing the comfort of them to a generation of men.
• They were still mostly seen as underwear though. So much so that in Havana it was illegal to go out in public wearing them.
• By the 1940s t-shirts had become a standard part of outer-wear and were being customized by teenagers.
• These days some t-shirts have become a collector’s item that can auction for as much as $1,500.

Find out which famous author is credited with coining the term “t-shirt”, how the size of t-shirts has changed over the years, and more over here.

Source: The New York Times

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