Brief History Of The T-Shirt
First, it started out as an undergarment for laborers and workers and before then, they would wear a union suit which was a combination of undergarments of pants and shirt then they cut it apart and the t-shirt was born. Sometime between 1898 and 1930, the US Navy adapted a t-shirt as an undergarment and issued it to their soldiers. In the beginning, it was a white cotton crew neck t-shirt that had short sleeves. It was only meant to be worn as an undergarment below a uniform so it’s never to be seen, or in hot climates, or in a submarine. Sometimes soldiers would take off their uniform and just use the cotton undershirt and eventually, that became very popular because it was easy, it was comfortable, it was easy to clean and inexpensive. As such, it made its way to the public and it was particularly popular as a boy’s shirt because it was cheap. You could have different colors and it was functional. The term t-shirt did involve around the 1920s but ever since it has conquered the world.