A button less, collarless and pocket less shirt is known as the tee shirt. The tee shirts are pulled over the neck to be worn. The tee shirts were used originally as under shirts. The recent fashion in women’s fashion is of short cropped tee shirts that are high on the waist. Ideally the length of the tee shirt is till the waist. Tee shirts are often decorated by designs and patterns.
Tee shirts are what are known as casual wear. This is because at the formal work place collar less upper body covering is not allowed. Tee shirts are either made from cotton or polyester or a blend of both which gives the Tee shirt a soft feel. The Tee shirt in the USA was introduced during WW1, when the soldiers learnt its use from the European soldiers.
The tie and dye tee shirt and also the tee shirts with pictures of rock and roll bands became very popular. Often tee shirts carry religious as well as philosophical messages. There are also tee shirts with simply fun quotes written on them. They have become a symbol of flaunting your carefree attitude. Air brush methods of decorating tee shirts are also very popular. Screen printing is the most common form of tee shit decoration.
In the 1980s the use of thermostatic dyes was made to make the tee shirt which changes color at the introduction of heat. The tee shirt with a message introduced the trend of personal branding. There are at times certain statements on tee shirts that are not appreciated by everybody as they find them obscene. |
