The T-Shirt as...

...BILLBOARD

A walking, talking billboard at that. In our fast-forward, too-busy-to-read-the-newspaper world, advertising's last best success story—the printed T-shirt.

...ART

It is a serigraph after all. And although they're seldom signed and numbered, they are printed the same way, they're silk-screened. Silk has been replaced with monofiliment polyester but it is ultimately the same process that's been used for thousands of years. Silk-screening is the oldest form of production printing.

...POLITICAL STATEMENT

The lowly t-shirt is considered to have enough impact that one with a political message may not be worn near a polling place on election day.

...SAFETY GEAR

In OSHA orange or green, working a job site without one can result in a citation.

...UNDERWEAR

And here's where it all started not so very long ago. The U. S. military were the first to print t-shirts...over fifty years ago. A soldier's name got printed on the upper left chest. Sports franchises and resort destinations began offering simple one-color items to fans and visitors in the early seventies. The rest is history.