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T-shirt are mostly made of cotton and are named after the T shape of the shoulders. The oldest t-shirt dates back to 1913 used in the navi for the spanish american war. These shirts wher considered under garments,
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the wizard of oz are an example of the fisrt shirt with designs. This was also one of the firsts to have a logo on the shirts . men attending the company wher seen in the company at emerald city.
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in the movie A Streetcar Named Desire was when the t-shirt became popular. This was all thanks to an actor named Marlon Brando. Aftre this T-shirts wher considered a fashionable outer wear garment.
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Companies in Maiami, florida strated to decorate shirts with the names of different resors. Some of them are Tropix Togs then later creating a whole company They wher the origional lisencee for Walt Disney making shirts with mickey on them.
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in 1959 the invention of plastisol was the key to creating long lasting designs. This new ink was strechier than the regular water based ink. Also this ink provided better designs and was prefered by companies.
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T-shirts with graphics on them werent very popular untill this time. Most of the shirts wher used for self expression or advertisements aswell as for protests.
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in the 1960's the tie dye technique for shirts was brought in by the vietnam war during the hippie movement. but this technique was not origionally from the america it is an old technique that is used in africa, japan, and india.
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ringer T-shirts wher a huge thing for the rock &rollers during that time. Also tie die shirts where becoming very popular during this time. Yet again shirts where used for buisiness and politicals.
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in the 1970's there where many graphic t-shirts. Some of those being the rolling stones shirts and the bright happpy face. Avery populat shirt today that was from this era is the I <3 NY design,
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in the 1980's a new type of ink was invented . This ink could change color when submitted into heat. This type of ink is called thermocromatic dye.
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don jhonson was an actor that made white t-shirts evn more popular. He was an actor in the tv series Maiami Vice. He acted as a cop in the 1980's that framed many stories about drugs and murder,
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in the Guinness world record there is a record for 257 t-shirts worn at once. This record was made by a man named sanath bandara in colombo, Sri Lanaka. He surpassed akorean man that wore 252 shirts .
