T-Shirts

T- Shirts these days have become a latest fashion amongst the younger generation. The clothing is called so due to the ‘T’ shape which is made by the sleeves and the body. Normally T-shirts are associated with short sleeves but the fashion nowadays also includes T-shirts with long and full sleeves. It features a soft texture and is usually made from cotton fabric and are mainly worn for casual purpose.

The popularity of the T-shirts increased during the 19th century when T-Shirts evolved from undergarments as they had been cut with one-piece underwear in to a separate top and bottom garments.

History

Originally the T-shirts had been worn as undergarments or undershirts but now it can be worn as the only piece of clothing as a top. Some of the earliest T-shirts were seen sometime during the Spanish American War in and in 1913. The US Navy had started issuing them as undergarments. Later throughout the 20s the word T-shirt became an official American-English word within the Merriam Webster Dictionary. Slowly the clothing became even more popular as time passed. In recent times T-shirts can be worn anyplace and nearly everywhere. Numerous youngsters have also made it a medium express with various messages which are also known as Cotton t-shirt quotes, protest messages and ads.

Types

There are numerous kinds of t-shirts which are used not only by the youngsters but by people of all ages. There are V neck t-shirts, polo t-shirts which have collars, tall t-shirts, tight fitting t-shirts and so on. Youngsters also have a trend of wearing t-shirt with short sleeves along with a long sleeved t-shirt over it of a contrast colour. Such a trend is known as layering.

Print on T-shirts

The market these days is flooded with the most typical kind of t-shirts with screen printing. The method involves the separation of two different colors. Water based inks are used to print in the t-shirts with the help of mesh screens which is utilized to limit the ink in a specific region of the t-shirt to form a design. Most of the screen printed t-shirts use only limited colors. To have wider color choices process printing method may be used which involves colors like yellow, black, cyan and magenta inks. There's also a simulated method which utilizes black, white, red, green or blue inks.

Printing on t-shirts is generally more useful for promoting products. The trend of advertising on t-shirts began within the 70s but since the 90s era, the trend of printing on t-shirts was began by the companies. The companies print the logos of the companies on the t-shirts to market the consumer products and help to make the product even more popular.

Whether it is a beach, a club, college, or chilling out with friends, a t-shirt is the best and comfy casual outfit. Make the very best fashion statement even with the simplest t-shirt with the help of a phrase for instance ‘Attitude is contagious, but mine is worth catching’ or ‘Be happy to make others happy’.