From The Goonies, Karate Kid and Back To The Future, if there's a T-shirt available, 8Ball will have it!
http://www.8ball.co.uk/MovieTshirts.html
Kamis, 25 November 2010
Movie Tshirt
Welcome to the 8Ball Movie Tshirt homepage. On these pages you can find your favourite classic Movie Tshirts that everybody knows, from the 1960s, 70s and the all important 80s, as well as current favourites. You can find the newest T-shirts below, as well as a handy drop down menu which lists all the Movies currently available at 8Ball, or even view our entire range alphebetically, as well as the top rated t-shirts by you, the 8Ball users.
From The Goonies, Karate Kid and Back To The Future, if there's a T-shirt available, 8Ball will have it!
http://www.8ball.co.uk/MovieTshirts.html
From The Goonies, Karate Kid and Back To The Future, if there's a T-shirt available, 8Ball will have it!
http://www.8ball.co.uk/MovieTshirts.html
Indonesian ‘Propaganda’ T-Shirts Selling For a Cause
Colorful stickers in the shapes of diamonds and squares are glued to the front door of a small shop in Kemang, South Jakarta.
One of them reads, “The Only Indonesia I Love” and another is a version of the heart symbol T-shirt, with a garuda, the national symbol of the country, in place of the heart.
On the glass wall, wave-shaped stickers in red and white form the shape of a flag, adding brightness to the shop’s appearance.
The location of the small store is marked by two trees and a power pole on the street, each tied with a red and white checkered cloth. The interior is light, with white walls and a red ceiling.
A mannequin, dressed in a bright yellow T-shirt and carrying a canvas bag, stands by the door. The shirt reads, “Brave girls go to Indonesia.”
“This is not a distro [distribution store, a popular reference by youngsters to small, independent boutiques], this is a propaganda shop,” said Toni Kusumo, the owner of Provotoko.
Provo is short for provocation, referring to an action to stimulate pride, and toko is the Bahasa Indonesian word for shop.
Provotoko is a part of Indonesia Bertindak (Indonesia in Action), a campaign initiated by Toni’s older brother, Iwan Esjepe, and his wife Indah to motivate Indonesians into being nationalistic. The campaign started four years ago, triggered by a 6.3-magnitude quake in Yogyakarta in 2006, which destroyed about 354,000 houses.
At the time, Iwan and Indah, who both work for advertising agencies, designed and produced T-shirts to help raise money for the quake survivors.
The couple bought a T-shirt printing machine and Toni, Iwan and Indah printed the shirts themselves.
“We are basically a home-based industry. We are not an organization,” said Toni, who also runs a home-based business in Bogor.
“Our job is to spread this virus [to love Indonesia]. We have no one director [who heads the organization] or anything.”
The money to start up the Bertindak campaign came from Iwan and Indah’s own savings. They saved money by scrimping on their household budget.
After the first batch of shirts for the earthquake survivors was sold out, many of the couple’s friends were still inquiring if they still accepted donations.
More T-shirts were produced, one of the most popular was a design that included a map of Indonesia and the message, “Travel Warning: Indonesia, Dangerously Beautiful.”
Indonesia in Action has sold T-shirts and other items on the Internet for the past four years. The money they earn is distributed to survivors of disasters, such as those who have experienced earthquakes or floods. They also use earnings to produce stickers and posters.
The shop, however, was opened only four months ago. “A lot of people told us they would like to see the products first before buying them, maybe to check the materials,” Toni said, when asked why they decided to open a store.
Provotko is situated in the same building as the advertising agency Iwan works for. It quickly became a place where other groups could also sell their merchandise. T-shirts of all sizes hang neatly from the walls, along with some books, mugs and brochures.
The books are essays and poems by Sapardi Djoko Darmono, a famous Indonesian poet, who is related to the brothers. One of more unique items for sale is bottled mud, taken from the Sidoarjo, East Java, site, where a volcanic eruption happened the same year as the Yogyakarta quake.
With T-shirts costing between Rp 60,000 to Rp 90,000 ($6 to $9),Toni said that they might not collect a big enough amount to donate.
He would not disclose how much the campaign has donated in total, but said that for him and his colleagues, the most important thing is to encourage people to love their homeland.
Occasionally, the three of them coordinate camping trips with customers, which they say give them a chance to discuss their ideas for further developing the campaign to spread a real sense of patriotism through the country.
http://thejakartaglobe.com/fashion/indonesian-propaganda-t-shirts-selling-for-a-cause/332685
One of them reads, “The Only Indonesia I Love” and another is a version of the heart symbol T-shirt, with a garuda, the national symbol of the country, in place of the heart.
On the glass wall, wave-shaped stickers in red and white form the shape of a flag, adding brightness to the shop’s appearance.
The location of the small store is marked by two trees and a power pole on the street, each tied with a red and white checkered cloth. The interior is light, with white walls and a red ceiling.
A mannequin, dressed in a bright yellow T-shirt and carrying a canvas bag, stands by the door. The shirt reads, “Brave girls go to Indonesia.”
“This is not a distro [distribution store, a popular reference by youngsters to small, independent boutiques], this is a propaganda shop,” said Toni Kusumo, the owner of Provotoko.
Provo is short for provocation, referring to an action to stimulate pride, and toko is the Bahasa Indonesian word for shop.
Provotoko is a part of Indonesia Bertindak (Indonesia in Action), a campaign initiated by Toni’s older brother, Iwan Esjepe, and his wife Indah to motivate Indonesians into being nationalistic. The campaign started four years ago, triggered by a 6.3-magnitude quake in Yogyakarta in 2006, which destroyed about 354,000 houses.
At the time, Iwan and Indah, who both work for advertising agencies, designed and produced T-shirts to help raise money for the quake survivors.
The couple bought a T-shirt printing machine and Toni, Iwan and Indah printed the shirts themselves.
“We are basically a home-based industry. We are not an organization,” said Toni, who also runs a home-based business in Bogor.
“Our job is to spread this virus [to love Indonesia]. We have no one director [who heads the organization] or anything.”
The money to start up the Bertindak campaign came from Iwan and Indah’s own savings. They saved money by scrimping on their household budget.
After the first batch of shirts for the earthquake survivors was sold out, many of the couple’s friends were still inquiring if they still accepted donations.
More T-shirts were produced, one of the most popular was a design that included a map of Indonesia and the message, “Travel Warning: Indonesia, Dangerously Beautiful.”
Indonesia in Action has sold T-shirts and other items on the Internet for the past four years. The money they earn is distributed to survivors of disasters, such as those who have experienced earthquakes or floods. They also use earnings to produce stickers and posters.
The shop, however, was opened only four months ago. “A lot of people told us they would like to see the products first before buying them, maybe to check the materials,” Toni said, when asked why they decided to open a store.
Provotko is situated in the same building as the advertising agency Iwan works for. It quickly became a place where other groups could also sell their merchandise. T-shirts of all sizes hang neatly from the walls, along with some books, mugs and brochures.
The books are essays and poems by Sapardi Djoko Darmono, a famous Indonesian poet, who is related to the brothers. One of more unique items for sale is bottled mud, taken from the Sidoarjo, East Java, site, where a volcanic eruption happened the same year as the Yogyakarta quake.
With T-shirts costing between Rp 60,000 to Rp 90,000 ($6 to $9),Toni said that they might not collect a big enough amount to donate.
He would not disclose how much the campaign has donated in total, but said that for him and his colleagues, the most important thing is to encourage people to love their homeland.
Occasionally, the three of them coordinate camping trips with customers, which they say give them a chance to discuss their ideas for further developing the campaign to spread a real sense of patriotism through the country.
http://thejakartaglobe.com/fashion/indonesian-propaganda-t-shirts-selling-for-a-cause/332685
T-Shirt (song)
"T-Shirt" is the first solo single released by Barbadian singer Shontelle from her album Shontelligence. It is her second official single following the release of 2007's "Roll It" which was released only in select European countries. A remix, featuring The-Dream, is included on her second album No Gravity.
Speaking in February 2009 to noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul, Shontelle explained the significance to her of the song: "I really like 'T-Shirt' a lot because, when you listen to the song, there's a lot of elements in there that will definitely appeal to girls. Like even the strongest women at some point can have that guy in their life who, if for some reason you can't be with him, is gonna have that effect on you where you're not gonna feel like going out, hanging out with your girlfriends, partying, or doing ANYTHING. And, if you do miss that person, the best thing to have of theirs is a T-shirt! Because it usually smells like them and you can put it on, curl up with it - and kinda pretend the person is THERE!
There's something rather sweet and gentle about the track - Shontelle's vocals are soft and plaintive, which suit the mood of the song perfectly, and while the lyrics are a bit hackneyed, with the references to Jimmy Choos and the brand name product placement of a t-shirt brand which, quite unlike the t-shirt in the song, is ill-fitting and uncomfortable, there's something incredibly likeable about the whole thing. There's a universality to it, too - I think most of us have been in a situation like the one in the song where thoughts of a lover who's gone get in the way of your attempts to get on with your life.
The official music video for "T-Shirt" was directed by Mike Ruiz.
It features Shontelle in various scenes around her home mainly lying on a sofa in a T-shirt belonging to her partner who is away a lot. She wears it as a symbol of her missing him and chooses to stay at home painting, wearing his T-shirt rather than going for a night out with her friends. It shows her and her friends texting each other and her friends getting annoyed she is not going with them. The video ends with her boyfriend returning from his trip and Shontelle smiling.
An official remix video was made for the Bimbo Jones version.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Shirt_%28song%29
Release & Promotion
T-Shirt was sent to Mainstream Top 40 radio stations on July 15, 2008. Shontelle and her label gave artists a chance to release their own remixed version of the song, which was to be serviced to DJs with the winner promoted as a featured artist.Speaking in February 2009 to noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul, Shontelle explained the significance to her of the song: "I really like 'T-Shirt' a lot because, when you listen to the song, there's a lot of elements in there that will definitely appeal to girls. Like even the strongest women at some point can have that guy in their life who, if for some reason you can't be with him, is gonna have that effect on you where you're not gonna feel like going out, hanging out with your girlfriends, partying, or doing ANYTHING. And, if you do miss that person, the best thing to have of theirs is a T-shirt! Because it usually smells like them and you can put it on, curl up with it - and kinda pretend the person is THERE!
Critical reception
Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song 3/5 stars and said:- 'T-Shirt', her debut single, is a cute midtempo R&B tune with lyrics about popping on your boyfriend's top when you're missing him. It sounds like it was produced by Stargate, the Norwegian hitmakers behind Rihanna's 'Take A Bow' and Chris Brown's 'With You', even though it actually wasn't. Original? Nah, not in the slightest. Likable? Absolutely - though Shontelle's vocals lack the distinctive bit of rough that helps her countrywoman to stand out from the crowd.
There's something rather sweet and gentle about the track - Shontelle's vocals are soft and plaintive, which suit the mood of the song perfectly, and while the lyrics are a bit hackneyed, with the references to Jimmy Choos and the brand name product placement of a t-shirt brand which, quite unlike the t-shirt in the song, is ill-fitting and uncomfortable, there's something incredibly likeable about the whole thing. There's a universality to it, too - I think most of us have been in a situation like the one in the song where thoughts of a lover who's gone get in the way of your attempts to get on with your life.
Music video
The official music video for "T-Shirt" was directed by Mike Ruiz.
It features Shontelle in various scenes around her home mainly lying on a sofa in a T-shirt belonging to her partner who is away a lot. She wears it as a symbol of her missing him and chooses to stay at home painting, wearing his T-shirt rather than going for a night out with her friends. It shows her and her friends texting each other and her friends getting annoyed she is not going with them. The video ends with her boyfriend returning from his trip and Shontelle smiling.
An official remix video was made for the Bimbo Jones version.
Chart performance
The song peaked at #15 on the Mainstream chart, according to Radio and Records magazine CHR/Top 40 National Airplay Chart. The song reached #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #21 on the Pop 100. It also entered the Canadian Hot 100 chart at #80 and later rose to #41. In the United Kingdom it peaked at #6 as well as #1 on the UK R&B Chart and #2 on the UK physical chart. The song also reached the Top 30 in Ireland.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Shirt_%28song%29
Rabu, 24 November 2010
The T-shirt: a collection of designs
Perhaps the ultimate icon of this generation, the T-shirt originated from tea and shirts. The history claims that seventeenth-century workers downloading tea boxes from boats in the harbor of Annapolis in the US wore a kind of short sleeve shirt that was eventually named the T-shirt in reference to the tea as well as form of the shirt, which resembled the letter "T:. By the 1920s, the word T-shirt appeared in official U.S. dictionaries. Over time, what was originally just a form of warm-weather work clothing has evolved and developed a life of its own. The T-shirt, in its simplist form, makes a statement about the wearer. Whether political, artistic, or humorous, a T-shirt displays a message that reflects the ideals of the wearer. T-shirts are one of the world?s most prolific forms of graphic message and personal statement, both commercial and personal. This collection looks at the T-shirt and its many forms. The chapters include The Legend of the T-shirt, Power of an Idol, Duplication of Art, Declaration, Mobile Posters, Simple and Fashionable, Design Element, and Technique. Altogether, this volume provides an immense catalog of 500 designs for inspiration and enjoyment for designers, crafters, and T-shirt enthusiasts.
http://books.google.co.id/books?id=gap46r1WUzgC&dq=t-shirt&source=bl&ots=ikZz1YXWfa&sig=ATK2TujXvNmDYWMGFAHR76skDjw&hl=id&ei=GePtTNeeA4uCsQO35Y2nCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBzgU
http://books.google.co.id/books?id=gap46r1WUzgC&dq=t-shirt&source=bl&ots=ikZz1YXWfa&sig=ATK2TujXvNmDYWMGFAHR76skDjw&hl=id&ei=GePtTNeeA4uCsQO35Y2nCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBzgU
Free T-Shirt
| Free T-Shirt from  T-Shirt Outlet provides a distribution channel for promotional t-shirts with printing imperfections. All garments are quality-inspected before printing; they have no fabric/construction defects. The printed message has a slightly different-than-specified color shade, size, location, etc. While these items are still usable for promotional purposes, the client prefers not to distribute them directly to its customers since they are not exactly as specified. Companies (software, beverages, etc) who intended to distribute these items agree to pay only the manufacturing costs in exchange for the manufacturer arranging for distribution through alternative channels like T-Shirt Outlet. |
Wi-Fi detector shirt
Wi-Fi Signal Status for You and the World!
- A shirt with a built-in Wi-Fi signal detector
- You won't need to crack open your laptop
- Perfect for nomads with laptops
Wi-Fi Signal Status for You and the World!
Here at ThinkGeek we're pretty lazy when it comes to technology. We expect our gadgets to do all the busywork while we focus on the high level important tasks like reading blogs. That's why we hate to have to crack open our laptops just to see if there is any wi-fi internet access about... and keychain wi-fi detectors, we would have to actually remove them from our pockets to look at them. But now thanks to the ingenious ThinkGeek robot monkeys you can display the current wi-fi signal strength to yourself and everyone around you with this stylish Wi-Fi Detector Shirt. The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding wi-fi signal strength fluctuates. Finally you can get the attention you deserve as others bow to you as their reverential wi-fi god, while geeky chicks swoon at your presence. You can thank us later.- Glowing animated shirt dynamically displays the current wi-fi signal strength.
- Shows signal strength for 802.11b or 802.11g
- Black 100% Cotton T-Shirt
- Animated Decal is Removable (with hook and loop fasteners) for Easy Washing
- Battery Pack is Concealed in a Small Pocket Sewn Inside the Shirt
- Runs for hours off three AAA Batteries (not included)
Washing Instructions
- Carefully peel animated decal from front of T-Shirt
- Unplug ribbon connector behind decal and remove decal
- Unplug battery pack and remove it
- You can leave the ribbon cable inside the shirt
- Machine wash gentle cycle on cold
- Hang to dry
Please Note: If you plug the connector into the battery pack backwards the shirt will not animate properly. It will not damage the shirt. Simply reverse the connector.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/991e/
Political T-shirts - Organic T-shirts
Political T-shirts with progressive messages. An original and thought-provoking range of political t-shirts and apparel. Shirts about the big issues: the environment, democracy, freedom, war and peace. All our tshirts are made sweat shop free in the USA. Many are also made of organic cotton.
We print our designs on the finest brands of American made sweat shop free T-shirts: American Apparel and Royal Apparel.
Ban T-shirts is a website with left-wing, liberal, socialist, green, progressive and libertarian credentials. You'll find T-shirts that will show people where you stand on issues such as war and the environment. Express yourself with these T-shirts and meet other like-minded people - our political T-shirts get people talking! We sell shirts that are about our right to free speech and to criticise what we think is wrong. Our shirts are for those that understand that patriotism and democracy do not mean blind obedience.
Alternative T-shirts - we offer apparel that is an alternative to the repetitive conformist clothing that you will find in malls and department stores. Why wear a shirt with the word "Gap" or "Nike" on it when you can make a meaningful statement?
Screen printing delivers a high quality T-shirt print. Our T-shirt designs are screen printed onto 100% cotton shirts, a process whereby each color is printed separately onto the garment - we don't use transfers like some t-shirt sites. All our stock is guaranteed sweat shop free and is made in the USA - and most of our designs are now printed on organic T-shirts.
Progressive liberal T-shirts with a message. At Ban T-Shirts we rack our brains to bring you the coolest left-wing T-shirts and most radical political T-shirts on the internet. We make political apparel that appeals to progressives, liberals, socialists, democrats, greens, ecologists and libertarians. Buy one of our T-shirts today and help spread the word. T-shirts by Duncan Carson.
http://www.bant-shirts.com/
Football shirts
Replica football shirts, normally replicas of the sports shirts worn by sportsmen, are commonly found in the football (soccer) market, with increased popularity after the commercialisation of football in the 1990s. With the rise of advertising in the mid 20th century, sponsors' logos began to appear on the shirts, and replica strips were made available for fans to purchase, generating significant amounts of revenue for clubs.
In the United Kingdom, several clubs have been accused of price fixing, and Manchester United were in fact fined in 2003.The high prices, and the fact that new designs are brought out each season for many clubs, mean that shirts are often the subject of satire among football fans, but many still consider it an obligation to wear them. Newcastle United and Manchester United fans for example have a famously high take-up rate on their clubs black and white striped and red and white shirts respectively. The prices have also led to many fans buying fake shirts which are imported into the UK from Thailand, Malaysia and Far East Asia; many sellers on eBay now indicate that their shirt are real rather than fake.
In the United Kingdom, several clubs have been accused of price fixing, and Manchester United were in fact fined in 2003.The high prices, and the fact that new designs are brought out each season for many clubs, mean that shirts are often the subject of satire among football fans, but many still consider it an obligation to wear them. Newcastle United and Manchester United fans for example have a famously high take-up rate on their clubs black and white striped and red and white shirts respectively. The prices have also led to many fans buying fake shirts which are imported into the UK from Thailand, Malaysia and Far East Asia; many sellers on eBay now indicate that their shirt are real rather than fake.
World Records
Nick Umbs of Burke, Virginia broke the U.S. record for most T-shirts worn at one time. Nick donned 183 T-shirts between sizes small and 10XL during a six-hour session in October 2007. Nick's record-breaking stunt was recorded by the Discovery Channel for the show "Is It True?"Gallery
 The home shirt of Olympique de Marseille for the 2006–07 season. |  |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt
Trends
T-shirts were originally worn as undershirts. Now T-shirts are worn frequently as the only piece of clothing on the top half of the body, other than possibly a bra or an undershirt (vest). T-shirts have also become a medium for self-expression and advertising, with any imaginable combination of words, art and even photographs on display.
A T-shirt typically extends to the waist. Variants of the T-shirt, like the tank top, crew neck, A-shirt (with the nickname "wife beater"), muscle shirt, scoop neck, and the V-neck have been developed. Hip hop fashion calls for "tall-T" T-shirts which may extend down to the knees. A 1990s trend in women's clothing involved tight-fitting "cropped" T-shirts that are short enough to reveal the midriff. Another popular trend is wearing a "long-sleeved T-shirt", then putting a short-sleeved T-shirt of a different color over the long-sleeved shirt; this is known as "layering".
In 1959, plastisol, a more durable and stretchable ink, was invented, allowing much more variety in T-shirt designs.
In the 1960s, the ringer T-shirt appeared and became a staple fashion for youth and rock-n-rollers. The decade also saw the emergence of tie-dyeing and screen-printing on the basic T-shirt. In the late 1960s Richard Ellman, Robert Tree, Bill Kelly, and Stanley Mouse set up the Monster Company in Mill Valley, California, to produce fine art designs expressly for T-shirts. Monster T-shirts often feature emblems and motifs associated with the Grateful Dead and marijuana culture.Additionally, one of the most popular symbols to emerge out of the political turmoil of 1960s were T-shirts bearing the face of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
The most common form of commercial T-shirt decoration is screen-printing. In screen-printing, a design is separated into individual colors. Plastisol or water based inks are applied to the shirt through mesh screens which limits the areas where ink is deposited. In most commercial T-shirt printing, the specific colors in the design are used. To achieve a wider color spectrum with a limited number of colors, process printing (using only cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink) or simulated process (using only white, black, red, green, blue, and gold ink) is effective. Process printing is best suited for light colored shirts. Simulated process is best suited for dark colored shirts. Very few companies continue to use water-based inks on their shirts. The majority of other companies that create shirts prefer to use plastisol due to the ability to print on varying colors without the need for color adjustment at the art level.
Specialty inks trend in and out of fashion and include; shimmer, puff, discharge and chino based inks. A metallic foil can be heat pressed and stamped onto any plastisol ink. When combined with shimmer ink, metallics give a mirror like effect wherever the previously screened plastisol ink was applied. Specialty inks are more expensive to purchase as well as screen and tend to appear on garments in boutiques.
Other methods of decoration used on T-shirts include airbrush, applique, embroidery, impressing or embossing and the ironing on of either flock lettering, heat transfers, or dye-sublimation transfers. Laser printers are capable of printing on plain paper using a special toner containing sublimation dyes which can then be permanently heat-transferred to T-shirts.
In the 1980s, thermochromatic dyes were used to produce T-shirts that changed color when subjected to heat. The Global Hypercolour brand of these was a common sight on the streets of the UK for a few years, but has since mostly disappeared. These were also very popular in the United States among teenagers in the late 1980s. A downside of color-change garments is that the dyes can easily be damaged, especially by washing in warm water, or dye other clothes during washing.
At the turn of the 21st century, designing custom T-shirts online became more popular. Popular websites began to use digital printing (such as Direct to Garment or DTG printing) to allow customers to design their own T-shirts online with no minimum orders. In the beginning, DTG could not print well on dark garments; however, with the help of some online T-Shirt retailers, printer manufacturers such as T-Jet have all but perfected the process, providing consumers with many more printing options
Screen printed T-shirts have been a standard form of marketing for major consumer products, such as Coca-cola and Mickey Mouse, since the 1970s. However, since the 1990s, it has become common practice for companies of all sizes to produce T-shirts with their corporate logos or messages as part of their overall advertising campaigns. Since the late 1980s and especially the 1990s, T-shirts with prominent designer-name logos have become popular, especially with teenagers and young adults. These garments allow consumers to flaunt their taste for designer brands in an inexpensive way, in addition to being decorative. Examples of designer T-shirt branding include Calvin Klein, FUBU, Ralph Lauren and The Gap. These examples also include representations of rock bands, among other obscure pop-culture references. Licensed T-shirts are also extremely popular. Movie and TV T-shirts can have images of the actors, logos and funny quotes from the movie or TV show. Often, the most popular T-shirts are those that characters wore in the film itself (e.g., Bubba Gump from Forest Gump and Vote For Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite).
Designer Katharine Hamnett in the early 1980s pioneered outsize T-shirts with large-print slogans. The early first decade of the 21st century saw the renewed popularity of T-shirts with slogans and designs with a strong inclination to the humorous and/or ironic. The trend has only increased later in this decade; embraced by celebrities, such as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, and reflected back on them, too ('Team Aniston'). The political and social statements that T-shirts often display have become, since the first decade of the 21st century, one of the reasons that they have so deeply permeated different levels of culture and society.The statements also may be found to be offensive, shocking or pornographic to some. Many different organizations have caught on to the statement-making trend, including chain and independent stores, websites, and schools.
A popular phrase on the front of T-shirts demonstrating T-shirts' popularity among tourists is the humorous phrase "I did _____ and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." Examples include "My parents went to Las Vegas and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
T-shirt exchange is an activity where people trade their T-shirts they are wearing. Some designs specifically write on the shirt "trade with me".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt
A T-shirt typically extends to the waist. Variants of the T-shirt, like the tank top, crew neck, A-shirt (with the nickname "wife beater"), muscle shirt, scoop neck, and the V-neck have been developed. Hip hop fashion calls for "tall-T" T-shirts which may extend down to the knees. A 1990s trend in women's clothing involved tight-fitting "cropped" T-shirts that are short enough to reveal the midriff. Another popular trend is wearing a "long-sleeved T-shirt", then putting a short-sleeved T-shirt of a different color over the long-sleeved shirt; this is known as "layering".
Decoration
In the early 1950s several companies based in Miami, Florida, started to decorate T-shirts with different resort names and various characters. The first company was Tropix Togs, under founder Sam Kantor, in Miami. They were the original license for Walt Disney characters that included Mickey Mouse and Davy Crockett. Later other companies expanded into the T-shirt printing business that included Sherry Manufacturing Company also based in Miami. Sherry started in 1948 by its owner and founder Quinton Sandler as a screen print scarf business and evolved into one of the largest screen printed resort and licensed apparel companies in the United States.In 1959, plastisol, a more durable and stretchable ink, was invented, allowing much more variety in T-shirt designs.
In the 1960s, the ringer T-shirt appeared and became a staple fashion for youth and rock-n-rollers. The decade also saw the emergence of tie-dyeing and screen-printing on the basic T-shirt. In the late 1960s Richard Ellman, Robert Tree, Bill Kelly, and Stanley Mouse set up the Monster Company in Mill Valley, California, to produce fine art designs expressly for T-shirts. Monster T-shirts often feature emblems and motifs associated with the Grateful Dead and marijuana culture.Additionally, one of the most popular symbols to emerge out of the political turmoil of 1960s were T-shirts bearing the face of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
The most common form of commercial T-shirt decoration is screen-printing. In screen-printing, a design is separated into individual colors. Plastisol or water based inks are applied to the shirt through mesh screens which limits the areas where ink is deposited. In most commercial T-shirt printing, the specific colors in the design are used. To achieve a wider color spectrum with a limited number of colors, process printing (using only cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink) or simulated process (using only white, black, red, green, blue, and gold ink) is effective. Process printing is best suited for light colored shirts. Simulated process is best suited for dark colored shirts. Very few companies continue to use water-based inks on their shirts. The majority of other companies that create shirts prefer to use plastisol due to the ability to print on varying colors without the need for color adjustment at the art level.
Specialty inks trend in and out of fashion and include; shimmer, puff, discharge and chino based inks. A metallic foil can be heat pressed and stamped onto any plastisol ink. When combined with shimmer ink, metallics give a mirror like effect wherever the previously screened plastisol ink was applied. Specialty inks are more expensive to purchase as well as screen and tend to appear on garments in boutiques.
Other methods of decoration used on T-shirts include airbrush, applique, embroidery, impressing or embossing and the ironing on of either flock lettering, heat transfers, or dye-sublimation transfers. Laser printers are capable of printing on plain paper using a special toner containing sublimation dyes which can then be permanently heat-transferred to T-shirts.
In the 1980s, thermochromatic dyes were used to produce T-shirts that changed color when subjected to heat. The Global Hypercolour brand of these was a common sight on the streets of the UK for a few years, but has since mostly disappeared. These were also very popular in the United States among teenagers in the late 1980s. A downside of color-change garments is that the dyes can easily be damaged, especially by washing in warm water, or dye other clothes during washing.
At the turn of the 21st century, designing custom T-shirts online became more popular. Popular websites began to use digital printing (such as Direct to Garment or DTG printing) to allow customers to design their own T-shirts online with no minimum orders. In the beginning, DTG could not print well on dark garments; however, with the help of some online T-Shirt retailers, printer manufacturers such as T-Jet have all but perfected the process, providing consumers with many more printing options
Mexican-American teenagers at a Los Angeles high school, 1974. All are wearing T-shirts; the one on the far left has a hand-written slogan.
Expressive messages
Since the 1980s, T-shirts have flourished as a form of personal expression.
T-shirts with bold slogans were popular in the UK in the 1980s.
Designer Katharine Hamnett in the early 1980s pioneered outsize T-shirts with large-print slogans. The early first decade of the 21st century saw the renewed popularity of T-shirts with slogans and designs with a strong inclination to the humorous and/or ironic. The trend has only increased later in this decade; embraced by celebrities, such as Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, and reflected back on them, too ('Team Aniston'). The political and social statements that T-shirts often display have become, since the first decade of the 21st century, one of the reasons that they have so deeply permeated different levels of culture and society.The statements also may be found to be offensive, shocking or pornographic to some. Many different organizations have caught on to the statement-making trend, including chain and independent stores, websites, and schools.
A popular phrase on the front of T-shirts demonstrating T-shirts' popularity among tourists is the humorous phrase "I did _____ and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." Examples include "My parents went to Las Vegas and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
T-shirt exchange is an activity where people trade their T-shirts they are wearing. Some designs specifically write on the shirt "trade with me".
Environmental impact
A life cycle study of one T-shirt brand shows that the CO2 emissions from a T-shirt is about 4 kilograms (8.8 pounds) -- including the growing of the cotton, manufacturing and wholesale distribution.The loss of natural habitat potential from the T-shirt is estimated to be 10.8 square meters (116 square feet).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt
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T-shirts are typically made of cotton or polyester fibers (or a mix of the two), knitted together in a jersey stitch that gives a T-shirt its distinctive soft texture. T-shirts can be decorated with text and/or pictures, and are sometimes used to advertise (see human billboard).
T-shirt fashions include styles for men and women, and for all age groups, including baby, youth, and adult sizes.
History
The T-shirt evolved from undergarments used in the 19th century, through cutting the one-piece "union suit" underwear into separate top and bottom garments, with the top long enough to tuck under the waistband of the bottoms. T-shirts, with and without buttons, were adopted by miners and stevedores during the late 19th century as a convenient covering for hot environments.T-shirts, as a slip on garment without buttons, originally became popular in the United States when they were issued by the U.S. Navy during or following the Spanish American War. These were a crew-necked, short-sleeved, white cotton undershirt to be worn under a uniform. It became common for sailors and Marines in work parties, the early submarines, and tropical climates to remove their uniform "jacket", wearing (and soiling) only the undershirt. It is possible that the Navy uniform boards first discovered the T-shirt by watching dock crews.
Named the T-shirt due to the shape of the garment's outline, they soon became popular as a bottom layer of clothing for workers in various industries, including agriculture. The T-shirt was easily fitted, easily cleaned, and inexpensive, and for this reason, it became the shirt of choice for young boys (perhaps more the choice of their mothers than of the boys themselves). Boys' shirts were made in various colors and patterns.
By the time of the Great Depression, the T-shirt was often the default garment to be worn when doing farm or ranch chores, as well as other times when modesty called for a torso covering but conditions called for lightweight fabrics.
Following World War II it became common to see veterans wearing their uniform trousers with their T-shirts as casual clothing, and they became even more popular after Marlon Brando wore one in A Streetcar Named Desire, finally achieving status as fashionable, stand-alone, outer-wear garments.
Examples include the bright yellow happy face t shirts, the Rolling Stones tops with their tongues sticking out, and of course, the iconic "I ♥ N Y.”
Another popular shirt design among tourists is the funny phrase, “My parents went to ______ (name of place), and all I got was this lousy shirt!.”
They can also be used to carry commercial advertising, souvenir messages and protest art messages.
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