History of T-Shirt

Originally he was the "shirt". The word suffix "T", supposedly because of its shape which resembles the letter "T". Then be "T-shirt."

In Indonesia, the word "T-shirt" translates to "T-shirts." This translation was not apart of the history of travel shirt itself. In Indonesia-English Dictionary Shadily Hassan (1997) menyamakatakan "T-shirts" with the word "t-shirts in", "singlet", and "undershirt".
Once this thing is not clear who the inventor is only used as underwear by men. When the color and shape (model)-it merely. That is, it was white, and yet there are variations in size, collar and arm circumference. [The rest ...]

Aka T-shirts T-shirts began popularized when worn by Marlon Brando in 1947, when he played a character Stanley Kowalsky in theater with the play "A Street Named Desire" by William Tenesse on Broadway, the United States. Colored T-shirt he wore gray so intently on the body fit and Brando, and in accordance with the character diperankannya figures. At that time direct penontong chuckle in awe and stunned. However, there is also a protest crowd, who thought that wearing T-shirts are included brash and rebellion. Inevitably, there was a polemic about the T-shirts.

Polemic that happens is, most people assessing the use of T-shirts - undershirt - as an outer garment is rude and unethical. But in other circles, especially the young theater in 1947 after it, just hit fever shirts, and even consider this thing as a symbol of freedom of the young. And, for the young man, T-shirts not only mada a fashion or trend, but rather is part of their daily lives.

Polemic is then actually raise publicity and popularity of T-shirts in the fashion arena. As a result, some of these companies eager to produce convection started it, although they initially doubted the prospects for T-shirt business. They developed a T-shirt with various shapes and colors and produce it on a large scale. T-shirt image of the climb again when Marlon Brando's own - with a combined wear an undershirt shirt with jeans and leather jacket - was the star product advertising.

Perhaps, due to the rise of a polemic and T-shirts fever outbreaks in the community, in 1961 an organization calling itself "Underwear Institute" (Institute for Clothes In) demanded that the T-shirt dress is recognized as polite as well as other clothes. They say, T-shirts is also a fashion masterpiece that has become part of fashion culture.

Fever T-shirts that crushed the whole continent of America and Europe also occurred in 1961 About a it. Especially when the actor James Dean wearing a T-shirt in the movie "Rebel Without A Cause", so that the existence of T-shirts more firmly in the life there.

In Indonesia, it is said, the entry of this object because it was brought by people Belnda. But when it does not progress rapidly, because this thing has a high level of prestige value, and in Indonesia has not advanced spinning technology. As a result, these objects include expensive items.

However, the new shirts revealed a significant development to spread to all corners of the countryside around the beginning of 1970. When was his form is still conventional. Colored white, cotton-soft-thin, tightly embedded in the body and only for men. Some well-known brands when it is Swan and 77. There are also brand Cabe Rawit, Mangosteen Flower, and others.

Furthermore, not only in America and Europe, in Indonesia, even T-shirts have become a medium of expression. White T-shirts that were given vinyet picture, and the time it had become a trend / fashion among young people of Indonesia. But not for long. Next vinyet moved by the writings colorful. Sepeprti screen printing technique. In addition, there are also pictures of cowboys, long-haired people, and others. Color T-shirt material was already overflowing, namely red, black, blue, yellow. And, the trend seems T-shirts by cartoonist GM also recorded Sudarta through Pasikom Om figures and nephew with the headline "Generation T-shirt" (Kompas, January 14, 1978).