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What is the origin of the name "T-shirt"?
In fact, the history of T-shirts is less than 100 years, and it was born during the evil World War I. There is a saying that American soldiers who went to Europe to fight at that time often appeared in the jungle, and the climate was humid in summer. At that time, American soldiers were in good condition, wearing clothes made of wool, especially those between coats and underwear. If they are made of wool, they will be very uncomfortable in summer and in hot and humid places. Therefore, some clothing companies in the United States have specially produced some pure cotton underwear, which is light and cheap and has been welcomed by American soldiers. Later, this style of underwear became popular. There is also a saying that T-shirts were very popular in the US Navy during World War I. Scott Freese confirmed in his book T-shirt Manual that it first appeared in the US Navy. Because the US Navy is wearing T-shirts and short-sleeved cotton underwear, the time is about 19 13. Why did you design this dress for the navy at that time? Probably in the past, the navy didn't like to wear clothes at sea, for example, it was often shirtless, too hot to wear, too little to wear and unsightly. Homosexuality is very common in the army, which may be the reason, so this style of underwear is designed to at least cover the chest hair, so as not to cause sexual temptation.

It was not until the 1920s that Weber's English Dictionary first included T-shirts in the dictionary.

In 1930s, many American clothing companies began to mass-produce T-shirts, such as Hanes, Sears &; Roe deer, fruit of loom, etc. However, please note that the T-shirt is still a kind of underwear at this time, and you can't wear it outside, because it will look a bit indecent to wear it outside. Don't think that Americans are civilized, but they were extremely feudal at that time. It will be decades before Superman in the movie Superman wears underwear outside.

Speaking of movies, the popularity of T-shirts has a lot to do with movies. In other words, because the film is in the wrong direction, the T-shirt can finally be worn outside. American radio and television always forgot to issue a ban at that time, so they accidentally let T-shirts wreak havoc. 1934, the movie star clark gable starred in the movie One Night's Love. There is a scene where he takes off his coat and reveals his T-shirt. When Americans look at it, fuck, this thing dares to be exposed, and it is romantic. T-shirts in this period have some suggestive colors, just like many video works generally don't show women's feet. Once exposed, they have some suggestive ingredients. In those days, T-shirts seemed as sensitive as women's feet.

If you have seen the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire", you will definitely notice that Marlon Brando's T-shirt is torn with a hole, revealing her sexy chest. This shot had a lot of enlightenment at that time. Imagine, why doesn't the director choose a T-shirt in other ways? This shows the significance of T-shirts in people's minds at that time. And four years later, another idol, james deen, played Rebellion for No Reason. The sexy T-shirt he wears seems to be a sign of rebellion, and young people have followed suit. The underwear outside has become a symbol of anti-trend. In the 1950s, the output of T-shirts in the United States was almost 200 million. Later, T-shirts are no longer a sign of sexual suggestion, but they can be sexy. The 1970s was the climax of sexual liberation in America, so T-shirts should be used to show the social background in the film. You can watch jacqueline bisset's movie Deep Love. His tight T-shirt shows two hard nipples.

In 1960s, the sexual suggestibility of pure cotton T-shirts disappeared, and it became the most common coat for people. This time coincided with the rise of rock music and hippie movement, so a tie-dyed T-shirt became the most popular dress at that time. Why? At that time, psychedelic rock was popular, and people who took psychedelic drugs were very sensitive to chaotic colors. Tie-dyeing can just show this effect. Pink, blue, yellow and green are mixed together, which looks dizzy and beautiful. So, if you have a T-shirt from that period, it must be this style. Moreover, in this period, T-shirts also have an attribute, that is, they can write many slogans on their chests to express people's posture. At the same time, many manufacturers began to mass-produce T-shirts. Some people found its advertising effect and printed some propaganda slogans and graphics on their chests. Among them, rock bands benefit the most. They printed their names and images on T-shirts and sold them on tour. This income is considerable. Therefore, most of the words and graphics on T-shirts in the 1960s were related to music. Today, the annual turnover of rock T-shirts has exceeded 500 million dollars. At present, about 1 100 million T-shirts are sold worldwide every year.

T-shirts, like the covers of books and records, have now become a platform for artistic display. A creative T-shirt is thought-provoking, while a classic T-shirt can't be compared with a high-class dress in texture and price, but when you walk in the street in it, it is not inferior to those high-class clothes.

The history of T-shirts in China is actually the history of reform and opening up. It's a pity that Director China didn't realize that T-shirts were used to record an era, because when people in China first saw this thing, it had long lost its sexual suggestion function, so he had to force Director China to the sorghum field.