T-shirts are arguably the most popular coats in the world. There are various styles, colors and sizes, and everyone can wear a T-shirt. But where did this iconic costume come from and how did it become so popular? "
Relatively speaking, T-shirt is a quite new supplement in our collective wardrobe. For half a century, it has only been an acceptable dress. Although this kind of clothes has existed in an identifiable form since the beginning of the 20th century (although the neckline is wide and the sleeves are short), it is almost universally regarded as underwear. If it is worn in business occasions, it is rarely regarded as underwear.
So where did this T-shirt come from? People think that it evolved from one-piece underwear made of red flannel, and it is called "union skirt", which was welcomed by workers in the19th century. 1868, this combination clothing was patented in new york. It was based on a similar underwear, which was once very popular with Victorian women. Although the union uniform does a good job of keeping warm, it is difficult to keep people cool in hot weather unless it is cut in half like many workers. In doing so, they inadvertently created the upper body of "Long John" that many people think today, that is, a similar costume composed of two long underwear.
Although Long John existed in the17th century, they were also very popular with the workers and the poor there. They were the most popular in the Victorian era, and there were also union suits, where they publicized to women to keep their waists clean and warm by wearing less clothes around them. Unlike the literal * * * union clothes that later became many comedy tidbits (because they often have a built-in flip on the * * *), Long John has never really reduced its popularity since then, and it has been warm until modern times.
/kloc-sometime in the 0/9th century, people who made this kind of roasted underwear began to try fabrics that can be stretched into various shapes to make the products more comfortable. This produces a buttonless sweatshirt made of wool and cotton, which you can put on your head without damaging your collar.
Although we don't know who invented these so-called pullovers and when they started wearing them, we know that they are definitely not what you think you can wear in your daily life, and nothing surpasses them. As early as 1890, in Havana, there was even a law that it was illegal to wear these exposed pullovers in public places.
The fate of this T-shirt began to change on 1904. When Cooper Underwear Company began to sell it to single men as "bachelor underwear", the slogan in the advertisement simply read: "No safety pin-no button-no needle-wireless"
At that time, people knew that "underwear" was made of a dress without buttons, which meant that it was more durable and less maintainable than a dress with buttons.
Why is this an important historical T-shirt? Because shortly after the advertisement was released (about a year), the US Navy, which employed many young bachelors with limited sewing skills, officially incorporated this buttonless white sweatshirt into its uniform. According to the uniform regulations of the US Navy (1905),
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