Coca-Cola did the first T-shirt brand promotion, especially in the 80s.
The first promo t-shirt was produced for The Wizard of Oz in 1939.
T-shirts first entered into pop culture in the 70s which grew into popularity in 1980s. This was also the time when wrinkle-free t-shirt was born.
The first company to embellish t-shirts was Tropix Togs. As a matter of fact, it printed t-shirts with pop culture icons which lead the way to customizing t-shirts.
Cotton production is continuing for over 7000 years. However, in Mehrgarh city the use of cotton was first found.
Movie stars such as Marlon Brando, John Wayne, and James Dean popularized t-shirts. Until then, they were still considered underwear.
Currently, China and India are the two largest producers of cotton in the world, most of all with nearly 60 million sales per year.
A variety of materials are used to make the t-shirt, along with leather, gold, and even human hair.
Until 1930, t-Shirts were labeled ‘Skivvies’ and ‘Jim Shirts.’ Back then t-shirts were much lighter weighing just 1.5 to 2 ounces.
Did you know that as much as 2 Billion t-shirts are sold worldwide every year.
Rock and Roll bands in the 60s also popularized the custom screen printed t-shirt.
Did you know the world’s costliest t-shirt is marked at nearly $400,000. While it has 16 diamonds sewn into the material.
The oldest textile printing method dates back to 3rd century China, it was woodblock printing.
The credit for the oldest t-shirt slogan print goes to the presidential campaign of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
Originally t-shirts were a type of clothing meant only for men, as a result, it was popular among men for decades.
The Guinness World Record for the most t-shirts worn is “257”. Whereas, together they weighed over 200 pounds.
The US Army receives millions of t-shirt donations per year.
T-shirt recycling also keeps nearly 5 billion ton of textile waste out of landfills annually
Did you know that the world’s’ largest t-shirt is nearly 300 feet long and also 200 feet wide.
Nearly 60% of American have more than 10 t-shirts, which is enough to circle the early 34 times. To make a full circle around the world, you will need nearly 56 million t-shirts.
United states houses as many as 35000 cotton farms and consequently employ enough people to fill 4 football stadiums.
The second most popular fabric for a t-shirt is Polyester after cotton.
International t-shirt day is on June 21st.
It takes 6 miles of yarn to make “1” t-shirt but only 1 acre of the cotton field to make nearly 1200 t-shirts.
Cotton, the most common T-shirt material, has been grown by humans for over 7,000 years. The first evidence of cotton use was found in the city of Mehrgarh, one of the earliest South Asian farming settlements in the world.
Cotton is stronger wet than dry, and can absorb more than twenty times its own weight in water.
Over their history, T-shirts have been made from a variety of materials, including alligator leather, cotton, yarn, polyester, gold, and even human hair.
Every year, over 2 billion T-shirts are sold worldwide.
T Shirts also weren’t considered particularly fashionable back then – they were chiefly worn for utility, such as acting as sweat absorbers for a college football team.
The first promotional shirt was produced in 1939, for The Wizard of Oz.
For a long time, T-Shirts were a male article of clothing, with a tight fit and wide neck designed to show off the male figure.
Rumor has it that Clark Gable’s topless appearance in the movie It Happened One Night in 1934 caused a decline in T-Shirt sales. There is no evidence to suggest this rumor is true.
In the late 60s Tie-Dye T-Shirts became a central element of the hippie movement. Somewhat ironically, this was done at the behest of Rit Dye advertising mogul Don Price.
The Salvation Army receives several million T-shirt donations every year. It auctions them off by the pound and exports them to disadvantaged third-world countries.
T-Shirt recycling keeps over five billion tons of textile waste out of landfills annually.
The world’s most expensive T-shirt design costs a jaw-dropping $400,000. Although it’s made of organic cotton, it also has a set of 16 diamonds sewn into the fabric, which together amount to 9 carats.
There are 35,000 cotton farms in the United States. Together, they employ enough people to fill four football stadiums.