ABOUT
This T-shirt is made of cotton fabric. The color is white. The T-shirt has short sleeves and a round neck, which lacks a collar. T-shirts are generally made of stretchy fabric that is lightweight, cheap, and easy to clean. In the United States during the Civil War, the white shirt was used in underwear sets supplied for the soldiers. It started to become popular with the general public, which shows us that cultural clothing items have evolved and taken on a large scale all over the world. Big companies like Hanes or Fruit of the Loom have produced a huge amount of the white T-shirts for a cheap price. These two companies produce underwear and undershirts to  be worn under clothes. The plain white t-shirt became one of the most fashionable shirts in the world. There are 2 billion t-shirts sold every year around the globe. Today, a lot of big expensive companies such as Supreme, Adidas, Nike, and Vans took the idea of the white T-shirt and designed the logo of their company onto the shirt for a high price. For example, a white T-shirt made by Hanes costs about $5.00, but if we go buy it from the Supreme brand, it would cost us about $200.00. Obviously, the value of the white t-shirt has changed over time: the expensive companies took the idea of the white t-shirt and tried to make fashionable shirts that are more expensive and with better material, which could be used at work, in the gym, in school, or anywhere.

—Label written by Mohamed Marzouk

ORIGIN
USA

APPROXIMATE DATE
2020

MATERIALS
White cotton

COLLECTION OF
Numan Khalid

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