| Quick! What are you wearing right now? No this is | | | | innerwear and the story goes that t shirts first |
| not one of those questions; it is posed merely to | | | | became popular during World War I when American |
| elicit a very likely response: because if you are | | | | soldiers noticed their European counterpartsâ |
| reading this lounging at home right now, you are very | | | | cool and comfortable cotton undershirts when they |
| likely to be dressed in a T shirt, whether you are | | | | were forced to bear with their less practical and |
| male or female. If there is one item of clothing that | | | | more sweaty woolen uniforms. The other theory for |
| anyone and everyone has in their closet it is the | | | | the origin of the t-shirt design is also ascribed to the |
| ubiquitous Tee. | | | | men at arms, the US navy prescribed a "light |
| So how did this most omnipresent form of attire | | | | undershirt" to be worked around the year 1913, and |
| come into being? Well it is widely believed that the | | | | this item was described as a garment having "elastic |
| Tshirt design was originally fashioned to be a form of | | | | collarette on the neck opening, called "crew neck". |