T-shirts or tees are fashion staples all over the world. Raid the closet of anyone you know, you will get at least a few dozen tees in them. Tees teamed up with basic jeans is a favorite with every teenager and you love the combo as well. Tees were originally manufactured to wear under the clothes but it started climbing up the popularity ladder after the Second World War. And in the later years, this popular piece of clothing was given an iconic status by James Dean in the movie ‘Rebel Without A Cause’ and Marlon Brando in ‘Street Car Named Desire’.
Tees can be classified according to quite a few criteria and the mostly used criterion is design. One of the classic designs of tees is the tie and dye design. It became a rage in the 1970s and was synonymous with the youth culture movement. The tie and dye design of tees had bright swirling shapes of colors and back in those days everyone owned one of them. Another classic tee design was ‘I Love New York’. It was a classic tourist item and it became popular all over the world. It was generally a white tee with I and NY printed in black and love was denoted by a red heart sign.
The tees are classified in terms of necklines as well. The most popular necklines are U neck, V neck and crew neck. The V neck is shaped like a V and comes in both conservative designs and designs with deeper V cuts. Similarly the U necklines were like the alphabet U is shape. The crew neck tees are circular and fits closer to the neck. In the 1980s off shoulder tees became extremely popular among women and one shoulder tees are now a rage among young girls.


