Monday, June 16, 2008

T-shirts, America's socialist fashion!











I'm really loving it here! seems like an endless vacation, I'm wearing shirts, jeans and slippers almost all the time! why not? every body else is, we're in America! land of t shirts, doesn't matter how wealthy or not you are, every one is wearing $ 6,99 t- shirt!! so good bye tight shirts, heavy suits and leather shoes.

A T-shirt is a shirt, usually with a round neck and short sleeves, that is pulled on over the head and covers most of a person's upper side. The sleeves of the T-shirt extend at least slightly over the shoulder but not completely over the elbow (in short-sleeve version). A shirt that is either longer or shorter than this ceases to be a T-shirt.

T-shirts are typically made of cotton or polyester fibers (or a mix of the two). T-shirts are often decorated with text and/or pictures, sometimes used to advertise and most of the times to send a message or statement, Che Guevara is one of the most popular faces on t-shirts.

T-shirt fashions include styles for men and women, and for all age groups, including baby, youth, and adult sizes.

Most research mentions this possibility that the idea of the T-shirt came to the United States during World War I when US soldiers noticed the light cotton undershirts European soldiers were using while the US soldiers were sweating in their wool uniforms. Since they were much more comfortable they quickly became popular among the Americans, and because of their design they got the name T-shirt.

So T-shirt is all American invention. If you're visiting here soon, leave your silk neck ties home and get all of your cotton t-shirts into the suitcase!

Guinness World Record for most T-Shirts worn at one time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6tlw-oPDBM

2 comments:

zazou said...

Very cool! Love the Che pix. T-shirts are like your own billboard- you can buy someone else's slogan, or, if you 're really good at it, you can silkscreen your own. If you were to design a shirt, what would it say?

Laith Najjar said...

It'll probably say "Rebecca rocks!" :)