| Everyone wears t-shirts, sometimes also called tee | | | | in printing t-shirts, further expanding the possibilities in |
| shirts, as casual daily wear. T-shirts have become so | | | | t-shirt design. It was just in time for the rock-and-roll |
| popular and so integrated into society that schools, | | | | swinging 1960s when t-shirts practically became the |
| organizations and companies use them as uniforms or | | | | item of clothing that young people lived in. |
| promotional items, along with golf shirts and polo | | | | Specialty inks for t-shirts also appeared on the scene. |
| shirts. You can even buy custom wholesale T shirts | | | | There are inks that shimmer, are metallic, puff out or |
| with your choice of embroidery or printing. | | | | even change color with a change in temperature. |
| Embroidered shirts are more often used as company | | | | Other ways of decorating the t-shirt also include |
| uniforms in Tampa FL. | | | | embroidery, appliqué, airbrushing and iron on |
| But do you know how the t-shirt has evolved | | | | transfers. Heat transfers now include special printouts |
| through history? | | | | from laser printers using specialized toner. This way, |
| Records are not clear but the earliest reports of the | | | | practically any digital design can be printed on any |
| appearance of garments very similar to today’s | | | | t-shirt. |
| t-shirts was in the early 1900s as light cotton | | | | Indeed, digital printing on t-shirts or Direct to |
| undershirts used by European soldiers in World War I. | | | | Garment (DTG) printing has become very popular, |
| In the 1920s, the word “t-shirt” was actually | | | | allowing the production of even just one t-shirt per |
| entered in the English dictionary. | | | | design. New developments even allow printing of any |
| American soldiers took note of the comfortable | | | | design and color on dark t-shirts. |
| undershirts of their European counterparts and by | | | | Not only has the t-shirt evolved in terms of |
| World War II the US Army and US Navy | | | | decoration but also in its basic form, as well. Originally, |
| incorporated them as underwear beneath uniforms, | | | | the t-shirt, as the name implies, was a simple |
| too. They provided relief against scratchy woolen | | | | t-shaped garment with a round neck, short sleeves |
| uniforms. | | | | and no collar, pocket or buttons. This style still |
| In 1948, the very first slogan t-shirt appeared for the | | | | persists today but the term t-shirt now encompasses |
| election campaign of then New York governor | | | | far more than this. There are v-neck versions, |
| Thomas E. Dewey. The t-shirt slogan was “Dew | | | | boat-neck versions and scoop neck versions. There |
| it with Dewey.” | | | | are collared shirts with or without buttons. There are |
| In the early to mid 1950s Hollywood stars John | | | | t-shirts with long sleeves or three-fourth sleeves. |
| Wayne, Marlon Brando and James Dean began | | | | There are even sleeveless t-shirts classified as either |
| wearing the t-shirt alone and not as an undershirt | | | | muscle shirts or tank tops. The t-shirt length now |
| onscreen. In the film Rebel Without a Cause in 1955, | | | | also varies from the basic length between the waist |
| James Dean established the wearing of the t-shirt as | | | | and the hips to a much shorter cropped style or a |
| an outer shirt fashionable. This signaled the t-shirt | | | | much longer hip-hop style which reaches the knees. |
| rage among teenagers which eventually spread to all | | | | Not to mention the t-shirt dress popular among |
| age groups. | | | | females. |
| Around the same time, it was actually in Miami, Florida | | | | Today, no one can call t-shirts as “lowly” |
| where the first companies emerged selling t-shirts | | | | pieces of clothing. They have found a legitimate place |
| screen printed with names of resorts and characters | | | | beside other types of functional fashion such as polo |
| from Walt Disney. This was done under license, of | | | | shirts and golf shirts. Whether you are wearing |
| course. | | | | custom embroidered T shirts as uniforms or your |
| In 1959, plastisol was invented. This ink was | | | | own statement tee shirts, know that what you are |
| stretchable and more durable than previous inks used | | | | wearing now in Tampa FL has a long history behind it. |